Paolo Borsellino

Paolo Borsellino was an Italian magistrate who prosecuted Sicilian Mafia crimes. The Cosa Nostra murdered him in Palermo on July 19, 1992.

Giovanni Falcone: An Italian magistrate who investigated Cosa Nostra and was murdered near Palermo in 1992. Borsellino’s close friend and fellow anti-Mafia magistrate, Falcone was killed in the Capaci bombing two months earlier.
Maxi Trial: A landmark Palermo criminal trial that prosecuted hundreds of alleged Cosa Nostra members from 1986 to 1992. Borsellino helped build the investigation that led to this unprecedented prosecution.
Anti-Mafia Pool: A team of Palermo magistrates who shared information and investigations into organized crime. The pool let Borsellino and colleagues combine evidence and reduce the risk of isolated investigations.
Anti-Mafia movement in Italy: A civic and political movement opposing Mafia power and its influence in Italian society. Borsellino’s murder became a rallying point for public anti-Mafia action.
Antonino Caponnetto: An Italian magistrate who led the Palermo investigative pool targeting the Sicilian Mafia. He recruited Borsellino into the investigative pool that developed the Maxi Trial case.
Via D’Amelio bombing: The 1992 car-bomb attack in Palermo that killed Paolo Borsellino and five police officers. This was the attack that killed Borsellino while he was visiting his mother.
Pentito: An Italian term for a criminal who cooperates with authorities and provides testimony about criminal organizations. Cooperating witnesses such as Buscetta supplied testimony central to Borsellino’s prosecutions.
Via D’Amelio investigation: The criminal investigations into the 1992 bombing that killed Borsellino and his police escort. The investigation produced wrongful convictions and remains marked by unresolved questions about evidence and responsibility.
Tommaso Buscetta: A Cosa Nostra member whose testimony exposed the Mafia’s organization to Italian investigators. His testimony helped Falcone and Borsellino build the prosecution behind the Maxi Trial.
Capaci bombing: The 1992 Mafia bombing that killed magistrate Giovanni Falcone, his wife, and three police officers. Falcone’s murder preceded Borsellino’s by 57 days and intensified fears of further attacks.

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