Mafia, former Carabinieri generals accused of obstruction of justice sent to trial: among them Falcone's historic collaborator
by Editorial Staff

November 20, 2024

The preliminary investigations judge of Caltanissetta, Graziella Luparello, has sent to trial the former generals of the Carabinieri Angiolo Pellegrini, 82 years old, a long-time collaborator of the judge Giovanni Falcone, and Alberto Tersigni, now retired. Both are accused of obstruction of justice.

Also on trial is former police officer Giovanni Peluso, accused of external complicity in mafia association. The two officers, who had been with the DIA for a long time, allegedly obstructed the investigations of the Prosecutor's Office to verify the statements of the repentant Pietro Riggio, a former prison police officer, later arrested on charges of being linked to mafia clans.

Pellegrini and Tersigni, in the early 2000s, managed the collaborator of justice, on whose reliability, however, many prosecutors have repeatedly expressed doubts. According to the prosecutors, they did not give due weight to the revelations of Riggio, their confidant at the time, revelations that, always according to the investigators, could have led to the capture of the fugitive Bernardo Provenzano and to the discovery of a plan to attack the former judge of the anti-mafia pool Leonardo Guarnotta.

Peluso, on the other hand, allegedly facilitated Cosa Nostra, among other things by favoring the fugitive status of the Corleonese boss. The trial will begin on January 14th in the Caltanissetta court.