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Giovanni Falcone ( Italian: [dʒoˈvanni falˈkoːne]; 18 May 1939 – 23 May 1992) was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. [1] [2] From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo, Sicily, he spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of the Sicilian Mafia.
It killed magistrate Giovanni Falcone, his wife Francesca Morvillo, and three police escort agents, Vito Schifani, Rocco Dicillo and Antonio Montinaro; agents Paolo Capuzza, Angelo Corbo, Gaspare Bravo and Giuseppe Costanza survived.
Sep 5, 2018 · On May 23, 1992, Giovanni Falcone — one of Italy’s most important prosecutors — was assassinated in broad daylight by the Sicilian Mafia (La Cosa Nostra). Falcone’s murder was executed via a car bomb filled with more than a half-ton of explosives, and it came not long after he had presided over the historic Maxi Trial against the Mafia.
Giovanni Salvatore Augusto Falcone [1] ( Palermo, 18 maggio 1939 [2] – Palermo, 23 maggio 1992 [3]) è stato un magistrato italiano . Assieme ai colleghi e amici Rocco Chinnici, Antonino Caponnetto e Paolo Borsellino, Falcone è stato una delle personalità più importanti e prestigiose nella lotta alla mafia in Italia e a livello internazionale.
May 18, 2012 · On May 23, 1992, Mafia hit men detonated a roadside bomb that killed Giovanni Falcone, his wife, and three bodyguards as they drove near Palermo, Italy. The assassination was payback for...
Giovanni Falcone was killed on May 23, 1992, on the orders of Mafia Boss, Salvatore “Totò” Riina. A half-ton bomb was placed under the motorway between Palermo International Airport and the city.
May 23, 2017 · A car bomb filled with half a ton of explosives killed Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three members of his escort in 1992, but his death still has ripples today.
May 23, 2024 · Italy marks the 32nd anniversary of the murder of the anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone who was assassinated by the Corleonesi mafia in a bombing in Sicily on 23 May 1992. The explosion, known as the Capaci bombing , took place on the A29 motorway near Palermo airport as Falcone was on his way home after returning from Rome.
In a serene courtyard on the grounds of the FBI’s National Academy in Virginia stands a monument to one of the Mafia’s most ardent foes, a former judge and prosecutor in Italy who put hundreds of...
May 18, 2022 · Thirty years ago, the Sicilian mafia killed judge Giovanni Falcone with a bomb so powerful it was registered by experts monitoring volcanic tremors from Etna on the other side of the island.
