Marco Mancini (born 3 October 1960) was an Italian secret agent who was a member of the Carabinieri and the Dipartimento delle Informazioni per la Sicurezza (DIS).
He was also the second-highest-ranking officer of SISMI, the military intelligence agency of Italy,[1] until his 5 July 2006 arrest for his participation in the kidnapping of Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr (the Imam Rapito case).
[3][4] Born in Castel San Pietro Terme, Mancini led the anti-terrorist division of the Italian secret service.
The investigations directed by Milan's public prosecutor Armando Spataro [it] demonstrated that Mancini proposed himself to the CIA as a double agent.
[6] All SISMI testimonies concurred in saying that Mancini owed his dazzling career (he was a non-commissioned officer) to his "privileged relations with the CIA".