biography
pronunciation:
[falkohnay]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1939–92)
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| biography:
| Magistrate, born in Palermo, Sicily, S Italy. In 1978 he was appointed to Palermo where he began a campaign against the Mafia, leading to the successful prosecution of 338 top members in 1987. He became director-general of the criminal affairs division in the Justice Ministry in Rome, and several attempts were made on his life. He was killed, along with his wife and escort, when a one-ton bomb exploded under his car. |
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