Leonardo Messina

Quick Facts

Full Name	Leonardo Messina
Occupation	Pentito
Date Of Birth	Sep 22, 1955(1955-09-22)
Age	69
Birthplace	San Cataldo
Country	Italy
Birth City	Sicily
Horoscope	Virgo

Leonardo Messina Biography

Leonardo Messina is one of the most popular and richest Pentito who was born on September 22, 1955 in San Cataldo, Sicily, Italy. Leonardo “Narduzzo” Messina (b. San Cataldo on 22nd September 1955) is an ex- Sicilian mafioso, who became an informant for the government or “pentito” in 1992. His testimony resulted in the arrest of more than 200 mafiosi in the so-called “Operation Leopard” (Italian: Operazione Leopardo). Messina has been linked to a number of public officials and politicians who have connection to Sicilian Mafia, and in particular Giulio Andreotti, who has been seven times the Prime Minister of Italy.

While a mafioso with little significance from within the region of Caltanissetta Messina’s initial declaration of the link to Cosa Nostra and politics was important in the era. The inside workings of the upper level within Cosa Nostra, he obtained from Giuseppe Madonia – considered to be the second highest ranking member of the Mafia, around 1990. He was an important witness in the prosecution against mafia members in Caltanissetta. Caltanissetta. On the 4th of December 1992 He appeared in front of the Italian Parliamentary Antimafia Commission led by senator Luciano Violante.

Messina started to collaborate on June 30, 1992 and was a goldmine of information to Falcone’s colleague Paolo Borsellino, especially about the workings of the Mafia in central and southern Sicily. He talked about a rival mafia-like organisation in Sicily, the Stidda. It was composed originally of mafiosi who had left the organisation during the Second Mafia War of the early 1980s. The new group was particularly strong in southern Sicily around the towns of Agrigento, Caltanissetta and Gela. As a result of his declarations 203 arrest warrants were issued on November 17, 1992, in the so-called “Operation Leopard” (Operazione Leopardo). At that time the Mafia had killed Borsellino as well.

Messina was arrested in April 1992 and decided to become a government informant (pentito). He was the first mafioso to start collaborating after the Capaci massacre in which judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three men of his police escort were killed. He said he was moved by emotional appeal of Rosaria Schifani – the widow of one the police escorts of Falcone – against the Mafia.

Messina also stated the fact that Cosa Nostra was in the middle of a major internal crisis that began around 1990. The life of the organization became a gruelling nightmare due to the regime of terror imposed under The Corleonesi under the direction by Toto Riina. It was becoming a routine instead of an option that could be used in a controlled and sensible manner.

Leonardo Messina Net Worth

Leonardo Messina is one of the richest Pentito from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Leonardo Messina 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The student dropped out of school, and he was caught up in burglaries. He was jailed multiple times. In April 1982, after serving four years in prison for armed robbery, the man was subsequently an “man of honour” in the Mafia family in San Cataldo. Messina was a close associate to Giuseppe Madonia, the boss of Vallelunga which is one of the biggest Mafia families within Caltanissetta. Caltanissetta and an ally to the Corleonesi.

In 1984, he was detained once more for the murder of an alleged drug dealer. He was imprisoned until 1989. Following the release of his prisoner, he arranged an organized drug trafficking ring in the name of Giuseppe Madonia that covered several regions of Italy. Madonia had, by the time was elected the provincial representative in Caltanissetta within Caltanissetta’s Interprovincional Commission of Cosa Nostra.

The Mafia felt betrayed by Salvo Lima and Andreotti. In their opinion they had failed to block the confirmation of the sentence of the Maxi Trial by the Italian Supreme Court in January 1992, which upheld the Buscetta theorem. Many Mafia bosses were condemned to life in prison and Cosa Nostra reacted furiously. In March 1992, they killed Lima and in May Mafia killers blew up Giovanni Falcone, his wife, and three bodyguards. In July, a second car bomb killed Falcone’s colleague and close friend Paolo Borsellino, along with five bodyguards.

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Leonardo Ranked on the list of most popular Pentito. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Leonardo Messina celebrates birthday on September 22 of every year.