Editing Pentito (section)

==Cases==
Among the most famous Mafia ''pentiti'' is [[Tommaso Buscetta]], the first important ''pentito''. He was helpful to judge [[Giovanni Falcone]] in describing the [[Sicilian Mafia Commission]] or ''Cupola'', the [[leadership]] of the Sicilian Mafia in the 1980s, and identifying the main operational channels that the Mafia used for its business.

In Italy, important successes were achieved with the cooperation of ''pentiti'' in the fight against [[terrorism]] (especially against the [[Red Brigades]]), by [[Carabinieri]] general [[Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa]] (who was later killed by the Mafia).

In the period until the 1990s, there were few, albeit significant, ''pentiti'' such as Tommaso Buscetta, Salvatore Contorno, Antonino Calderone, etc. However, this changed during the early 1990s. From 1992, over a thousand ''mafiosi'' have agreed to collaborate with Italian justice.<ref name="Bull">Martin J. Bull, James L. Newell, ''Italian Politics'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=l12nA4iQzYcC&pg=PA110&dq=Carmine+Alfieri&ei=aDGoSKymCIGgsgPFmdXiAQ&sig=ACfU3U34tVlFbOcKF5X5dYyuABj9RYx30Q#PPA111,M1, Google Print, p. 111].</ref>
  
In some cases, ''pentiti'' have invented stories to obtain reductions in jail time. A famous case regarded the popular TV [[anchorman]] [[Enzo Tortora]], who was falsely accused of [[cocaine]] trafficking and [[Camorra]] membership by a ''pentito'' named [[Giovanni Melluso]]. Tortora was detained for years before being cleared; he developed cancer and died soon after the case was finally solved, some say because of the emotional [[stress (medicine)|stress]] of his imprisonment.<ref name=flo301008>[http://www.theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=3705 Enzo Tortora: When justice miscarries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405003529/http://theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=3705 |date=April 5, 2015 }}, The Florentine, October 30, 2008</ref>

===Important ''pentiti'' of the Sicilian Mafia===
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*[[Leonardo Vitale]] (1941–1984) was the first to become a ''pentito'' in 1973, although originally his confessions were not taken seriously.
*[[Tommaso Buscetta]] (1928–2000) was the first high-profile ''pentito'' against the Sicilian Mafia. He started to collaborate with the anti-Mafia prosecutor [[Giovanni Falcone]] in 1984. His testimony was of crucial importance in the landmark [[Maxi Trial]] of 1986–87.
*[[Salvatore Contorno]] (born 1946) started to collaborate in October 1984, following the example of Buscetta.
* [[Leonardo Messina]] (born 1955), member of the [[San Cataldo, Sicily|San Cataldo]] clan, who became an informant in 1992. He was the greater accuser of [[Giulio Andreotti]].
* [[Antonino Giuffrè]] (born 1945), boss of [[Caccamo]] and member of [[Corleonesi]], turned informant in 2002, after his arrest.
*[[Antonino Calderone]] (1935–2013) started to collaborate in April 1987.
*[[Francesco Marino Mannoia]] (born 1951) started to collaborate in October 1989 because his brother had been murdered. He was the first ''pentito'' who used to belong to the winning faction of the [[Second Mafia War]] (1981–83).
*[[Giovanni Brusca]] (born 1957), the murderer of anti-Mafia prosecutor Falcone, began to collaborate in 1996.
* [[Santino Di Matteo]] (born 1954), became an informant in 1993 after his arrest; offered information relating to the [[Capaci bombing]], for this reason his son Giuseppe was kidnapped, murdered and dissolved in acid.
*[[Salvatore Cancemi]] (1942–2011), another of Falcone's assassins, turned himself to the [[Carabinieri]] in July 1993 and immediately began collaborating.
*[[Giuseppe Marchese]] (1963), Filippo Marchese's nephew and who became an informant in 1992.
*[[Gaspare Mutolo]] (born 1940), started to collaborate in prison in May 1992 and was the first mafioso who spoke about the connections between the [[Cosa Nostra]] and Italian politicians.

===Other important ''pentiti''===
*[[Pasquale Barra]] (1942–2015), the first ''pentito'' and high-ranking member of [[Raffaele Cutolo]]'s [[Nuova Camorra Organizzata]].
*[[Pasquale Galasso]] (born 1955), former high-ranking member of the [[Nuova Famiglia]] faction of the Camorra.
*[[Carmine Alfieri]] (born 1943), former ''Boss of Bosses'' of the [[Nuova Famiglia]].
*[[Carmine Schiavone]] (1943–2015), former high-ranking member of the [[Casalesi clan]].
*[[Maurizio Abbatino]], former boss of the [[Banda della Magliana]].
*[[Felice Maniero]] (born 1954), former boss of the [[Mala del Brenta]].