Giovanni Falcone

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Giovanni Falcone (May 18, 1939, Palermo May 23, 1992) was an Italian magistrate who specialised in prosecuting the Sicilian Cosa Nostra. He was killed by the Mafia, together with his wife and three of his bodyguards, by a 350 kg dynamite explosion placed beneath the motorway from Palermo Airport to Palermo near the town of Capaci. His life story is quite similar to that of his closest friend Paolo Borsellino. The two men shared provenance from a rather poor area of Palermo, had careers as anti- mafia magistrates, and equally sad fates: both were killed (less than two months apart) in particularly audacious bomb attacks in 1992. In recognition of their efforts in the anti-mafia trials, their memory was honored with the Italian "Medaglia d''oro al valor civile" (Gold medal for civil valor) in 1992. Also, the pair were named as heroes of the last 60 years in the November 13, 2006, issue of Time Magazine.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131705311
• ISBN-10: 6131705313
• Artikelnr.: 29820553