Giovanni Falcone was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo, Sicily, he spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of t
Falcone in 1991
Antimafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone in a drawing
Sheets exposed in solidarity with Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino. They read: "You did not kill them: their ideas walk on our legs".
Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in March 1992. This image of the two assassinated judges, seen on posters and articles after their deaths, has since become an icon in the struggle against the Mafia.
Salvatore "Totò" Riina was an Italian mobster and boss of the Sicilian Mafia. He is known for a ruthless murder campaign that reached a peak in the early 1990s with the assassinations of Antimafia Com
Giovanni Falcone
…guilty, not including the life sentences handed to the 19 leading Mafia bosses and killers, including Michele Greco, Giuseppe Marchese and—in absentia—Salvatore Riina, Giuseppe Lucchese and Bernardo Provenzano. One of the most important factors in the trial was the testimony of Tommaso Buscetta, the first-ever Sicilian…
Mugshot of Totò Riina after his arrest in 1993
Stefano Bontade after he was shot to death with an AK-47 by Giuseppe Greco (23 April 1981)
The bodies of Pio La Torre and Rosario Di Salvo, murdered by the Mafia (30 April 1982)
The bodies of Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa and his wife Emanuela Setti Carraro (3 September 1982)