Was his work also used by criminal organizations such as the mafia? There are many inferences in this regard, but only some objective evidence. Among the first is the news, published by the later murdered Mino Pecorelli in 1975, when Sindona's star was definitely waning, according to which Sindona received two million dollars in 1952 from Lucky Luciano.

Pecorelli was described as a "maverick journalist with excellent secret service contacts".
Pecorelli's name was on Licio Gelli's list of Propaganda Due masonic members, discovered in 1980 by the Italian police.

Pecorelli was killed in Rome's Prati district, with four gunshots, on 20 March 1979. Former prime minister Giulio Andreotti was tried on charges of complicity in the murder of Pecorelli, but was acquitted along with his co-defendants that included Gaetano Badalamenti and Massimo Carminati (current Rome underworld boss).

Massimo Carminati