Second Mafia War

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Second Mafia War
Date April 23, 1981–December 1984 Location Sicily, Italy Result Victory for the Corleonesi
Belligerents
Corleonesi Mafia clan	Inzerillo family Bontate family Badalamenti family
Commanders and leaders
Salvatore Riina Bernardo Provenzano Leoluca Bagarella	Stefano Bontate   Salvatore Inzerillo  Rosario Riccobono  Salvatore Scaglione
Total deaths: 1,000+[1]

The Second Mafia War was a period of conflict involving the Sicilian Mafia, mostly taking place from 1981 to 1984 and involved thousands of homicides.^[2] Sometimes referred to as The Great Mafia War or the Mattanza (Italian for 'Slaughter'), it involved the entire Mafia and radically altered the power balance within the organization. In addition to the violence within the Mafia itself, there was violence against the state, including a campaign of deliberate assassinations of judges, prosecutors, detectives, politicians, activists and other ideological enemies. In turn, the war resulted in a major crackdown against the Mafia, helped by the pentiti, Mafiosi who collaborated with the authorities after losing so many friends and relatives to the fighting. In effect, the conflict helped end the secrecy of the Mafia.