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Giovanni Falcone, (18 May, 1939 - 23 May, 1992), was an Italian judge who specialised in prosecuting mafia crimes.
His life story is quite similar to that of his closest friend Paolo Borsellino. Both shared provenance from a rather poor area of Palermo, careers as Anti-mafia judges, and equally sad fates: both were killed (only 20 days apart) in particularly cruel massacres.
Aerial view of the ambush site View of Falcone's car after the ambush Falcone was killed with his wife (herself a judge) and bodyguards in Capaci, on the motorway between Palermo International Airport and the city of Palermo in 1992. The car in which he was travelling was blown up by a bomb that had been placed under the asphalt of the road. When passing over the bomb, Falcone was driving his car at an estimated speed of nearly 160 km/h.
It is supposed his murder was ordered by Totò Riina, though - like his friend's murder - many other people gained criminal advantages from his death.
A sheet exposed in solidarity with Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino Palermo airport is now also known by the name Falcone-Borsellino Airport in honour of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino. A memorial by local sculptor Tommaso Geraci can be found there.
The story is documented in the movie Excellent Cadavers.
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