 On 25 August 1970, Buscetta was arrested in Brooklyn, New York, but was released on 4 December 1970.On 21 July 1971, an arrest warrant was issued by Italian police.Buscetta moved to Brazil, having undergone plastic surgery and vocal cord surgery, he set up a drug trafficking network, but on 3 November 1972, was arrested by the Brazilian military government, and subsequently extradited to Italy exactly one month later where he began a ten year sentence at Palermo's Ucciardone prison for drug trafficking, reduced to eight years after appeal.