Mani pulite

E930564

judicial investigation political corruption investigation

Mani pulite was a major early-1990s Italian judicial investigation into political corruption that led to the collapse of much of the country’s postwar party system.

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Label	Occurrences
Mani pulite canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial investigation ⓘ political corruption investigation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Clean Hands NERFINISHED ⓘ Tangentopoli investigation NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	kickback schemes in public works ⓘ systemic corruption in Italian public contracts ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
effect	delegitimization of traditional Italian parties ⓘ increased public awareness of corruption ⓘ major electoral realignment in Italy ⓘ rise of new political movements in Italy ⓘ
endTime	mid-1990s ⓘ
field	Italian contemporary history ⓘ criminal law ⓘ political science ⓘ
focus	businessmen ⓘ politicians ⓘ public administrators ⓘ
hasPart	investigation of Milan city administration ⓘ investigation of national political leaders ⓘ
historicalContext	end of the Cold War in Europe ⓘ transition from Italy's First Republic to Second Republic ⓘ
inception	17 February 1992 ⓘ
influenced	subsequent anti-corruption efforts in Italy ⓘ
initiatedBy	Milan public prosecutor's office NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Italian Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName	Italian ⓘ
legalOutcome	multiple convictions for corruption-related crimes ⓘ numerous indictments of politicians ⓘ plea bargains and confessions by defendants ⓘ
legalSystem	Italian judicial system ⓘ
location	Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	bribery ⓘ illegal party financing ⓘ political corruption ⓘ
mediaCoverage	extensive Italian press coverage ⓘ international media attention ⓘ
notableProsecutor	Antonio Di Pietro NERFINISHED ⓘ Gherardo Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ Piercamillo Davigo NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Tangentopoli scandal NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	collapse of Italy's First Republic party system ⓘ crisis of traditional Italian political parties ⓘ dissolution of Christian Democracy (DC) ⓘ dissolution of Italian Socialist Party (PSI) ⓘ
startTime	1992 ⓘ
timePeriod	early 1990s ⓘ
translatedTitle	Clean Hands operation NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Subject: Mani pulite
Description of subject: Mani pulite was a major early-1990s Italian judicial investigation into political corruption that led to the collapse of much of the country’s postwar party system.

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Clean Hands investigations → hasNameInItalian → Mani pulite ⓘ