Editing Pentito (section)

===Important ''pentiti'' of the Sicilian Mafia===
{{category see also|Pentiti}}
*[[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.