Mani Pulite investigations

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Mani Pulite investigations were a landmark early-1990s Italian judicial probe into widespread political corruption that exposed systemic bribery and led to the collapse of much of the country’s postwar party system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-corruption investigation
judicial investigation
political scandal
alsoKnownAs Clean Hands investigations
Mani Pulite investigations
surface form: Tangentopoli investigations

Mani Pulite investigations
surface form: inchiesta Mani Pulite
carriedOutBy Italian magistrates
Milan public prosecutor's office
centeredIn Milan courthouse
country Italy
dateOfEvent 17 February 1992
effect collapse of Italy's First Republic party system
delegitimization of traditional parties
dissolution of Christian Democracy party
dissolution of Italian Socialist Party
major restructuring of Italian political landscape
rise of new political parties in Italy
endDate mid-1990s
focus illegal party funding through bribes
kickbacks on public contracts
hasCause widespread political corruption in Italy
historicalSignificance major anti-corruption campaign in Europe
turning point in modern Italian politics
jurisdiction Italian judicial system
languageOfName Italian
legalDomain anti-corruption law
criminal law
legalOutcome numerous convictions for corruption
numerous indictments of politicians
plea bargains and confessions by defendants
locatedIn Milan
mainTarget Italian political parties
business leaders
public administrators
mediaCoverage extensive Italian media coverage
international media attention
partOf Italian political crisis of the early 1990s
significantParticipant Antonio Di Pietro
Francesco Saverio Borrelli
Gherardo Colombo
Piercamillo Davigo
startDate 1992
subject bribery
illegal party financing
political corruption
public procurement corruption
timePeriod early 1990s
triggeredBy arrest of Mario Chiesa
uncovered systemic bribery network
tangentopoli corruption system

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Mani Pulite investigations alsoKnownAs Mani Pulite investigations
this entity surface form: inchiesta Mani Pulite
Mani Pulite investigations alsoKnownAs Mani Pulite investigations
this entity surface form: Tangentopoli investigations
Italian Socialist Party dissolutionCause Mani Pulite investigations
Bettino Craxi notableEvent Mani Pulite investigations
this entity surface form: Tangentopoli corruption scandal
Bettino Craxi notableEvent Mani Pulite investigations
PSI notableEvent Mani Pulite investigations
subject surface form: Italian Socialist Party
this entity surface form: Tangentopoli corruption scandals