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The 19 pages that link to Witness protection, each with the reason it gives.

• Organized crimeCompared with: Protection can counter intimidation that otherwise keeps organized offenses hidden.

• Five FamiliesRelated: Protected informants have helped prosecutors build cases against Mafia leaders.

• Organized crime in the United StatesRelated: Protected testimony can weaken the secrecy and intimidation on which organizations rely.

• DisguiseRelated: Identity alteration can reduce the danger of recognition after testimony.

• Special Court for Sierra LeoneRelated: Threats and risks to witnesses required protective measures throughout the court’s trials.

• Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation CommissionRelated: The commission’s work required safeguards for people recounting violence and identifying perpetrators.

• Legal thrillerRelated: A threatened witness can make testimony a race against violence.

• PentitoRelated: Cooperating Mafia members may face retaliation from former associates.

• John GottiRelated: Federal protection helped make Gravano’s cooperation possible despite retaliation risks.

• Contract killingRelated: Cooperating witnesses may face retaliation from people involved in a contracted killing.

• Sammy GravanoRelated: After testifying, Gravano entered federal protection with his family.

• Henry HillNarrower topic: Hill’s informant role required relocation and a new identity for his family.

• Joseph MassinoRelated: Massino’s cooperation raised the security risks and practical costs of turning against the Mafia.

• Honor killingRelated: Survivors and witnesses may face intimidation that obstructs investigations and prosecutions.

• John GrishamRelated: Threatened witnesses make legal cooperation dangerous in several Grisham thrillers.

• Semion MogilevichRelated: Investigating transnational criminal networks can depend on witnesses facing serious personal risks.

• Whitey BulgerCompared with: Bulger’s informant arrangement was not lawful witness protection and instead shielded active criminals.

• Joseph D. PistoneRelated: After the operation, Pistone faced continuing threats because his undercover identity had been exposed.

• Nicky BarnesRelated: Barnes’s cooperation raised the practical problem of protecting a high-profile former trafficker.