turncoat

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The turncoat troll pleaded guilty to conspiracy against rights — the same charge Mackey faces — and is helping the FBI in several other cases, prosecutors said in recent court filings.

From Seattle Times

"In the nearby provinces of Palermo and Agrigento, five out of 10 of the arrested become turncoats," he told Reuters speaking from his home in Marsala, on the western tip of Sicily.

From Reuters

Prosecutors say he also helped organize the operation to kidnap the 11-year-old son of a Mafia turncoat.

From Washington Post

Messina Denaro went into hiding in 1993 as a growing number of turncoats started providing details of his role in the mob.

From Reuters

Among other grisly crimes he was convicted of is the murder of a Mafia turncoat’s young son, who was strangled and his body dissolved in a vat of acid.

From Washington Times