Giovanni Falcone ( ; 18 May 1939 – 23 May 1992 ) 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 the Sicilian Mafia . After a long and distinguished career , culminating in the Maxi Trial in 1986 – 1987 , on 23 May 1992 Falcone was assassinated by the Corleonesi Mafia in the Capaci bombing , on the A29 motorway near the town of Capaci
Capaci bombing
Capaci bombing
Giovanni Falcone