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Pentito (Italian pronunciation: [penˈtiːto]; lit. "repentant"; plural:
pentiti) is used
colloquially to
designate collaborators of
justice in Italian...
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English by
terms such as "rats" or "snitches" and in
Italian as
infami or
pentiti,
depending on the context.
According to the
Oxford English Dictionary,...
- the
witness protection program was
focused on
protecting the so-called
pentiti,
former members of
criminal or
terrorist organizations who,
breaking the...
- the
testimonies given by
former Mafia bosses turned informants,
known as
pentiti, in
particular Tommaso Buscetta and
Salvatore Contorno. Most were convicted...
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Licciardi sought to
control the
possible impact of the
testimonies of many
pentiti in
order to
protect the clan. For instance,
Italian police discovered that...
- the war
resulted in a
major crackdown against the Mafia,
helped by the
pentiti,
Mafiosi who
collaborated with the
authorities after losing so many friends...
- Counter-terrorism
Covert interrogation Denunciation Espionage Hollywood blacklist Pentiti Plea
bargain Turn state's
evidence United States Marshals Service Watergate...
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justice collaborators,
state witnesses, 'supergr****es',
macarons and
pentiti (Italian for 'those who have repented')." In the
United Kingdom and the...
- an easy life
under the
protection of the Carabinieri. Even when
other pentiti had to
return to
their prison,
Melluso was able to
prolong his stay by...
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warrants on the
basis of the
testimony of
Antonino Calderone.
While previous pentiti had all been from Palermo,
Calderone described the grip of Cosa Nostra...
