22

May

As Italy marks 30th anniversary of anti-Mafia magistrate’s murder, two-thirds of Italians consider Falcone a hero

Two-thirds of Italian people consider Giovanni Falcone a hero who went above and beyond his duties as a servant to the State, according to an IPSOS poll released ahead of…

Read More Here

18

May

Italy commemorates anti-mafia hero Falcone on his birthday

Giovanni Falcone would have turned 83 on Wednesday if the anti-mafia prosecutor had not been murdered by Cosa Nostra in the the Capaci bomb attack in 1992. The huge explosion…

Read More Here

18

Nov

Falcone and Borsellino on the new Italian two-euro coin

Italy is to pay homage to the anti-Mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino by issuing a new €2 coin in 2022, on the 30th anniversary of their murders. The…

Read More Here

23

May

On this day, in 1992, Giovanni Falcone was killed in Capaci’s tragedy

On 23 May 1992 Giovanni Falcone was on board his car, home-bound. Two other Fiat Cromas were escorting him: one driving in front, one following. 1000 kilograms of TNT remotely detonated…

Read More Here

23

May

On this day, in 1992, Giovanni Falcone was killed in Capaci’s tragedy

On 23 May 1992 Giovanni Falcone was on board his car, home-bound. Two other Fiat Cromas were escorting him: one driving in front, one following. 1000 kilograms of TNT remotely detonated…

Read More Here

08

Oct

Giovanni Falcone’s killer request for house arrest refused

The supreme Court of Cassation on Monday rejected a petition by Giovanni Brusca, the Sicilian mafia boss who set off the explosive that killed anti-Mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone in 1992,…

Read More Here