August 25, 2025

EP 44: Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino: Sicilian Heroes

36 minutes

Giovanni Falcone and Palo Borsellino have an intertwining history, both born near each other in Palermo, Sicily. Growing up they saw the effects the Sicilian mafia had on their city and their people. Both Falcone and Borsellino both went to the University of Palermo to study law and then became judges. Both joined the anti-mafia pool and became judges in the maxi trial-the biggest trial to convict mafia members. Both Falcone and Borsellino knew the mafia did not like them and wanted them dead. Unfortunately this would ring true and each would meet their end in similar manners at the hands of the Sicilian Mafia. Giovanni Falcone and Palo Borsellino will forever be remembered for the heroes they are that fought with bravery and justice.

Resources:

https://www.therivernews.com/2023/07/14/giovanni-falcone-paolo-borsellino/

Cyrille Fijnaut: Twenty Years Ago: The Assasination of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino

https://www.reddit.com/r/SnapshotHistory/comments/1i6w53e/judge_giovanni_falcone_and_judge_paolo_borsellino/

https://www.iitaly.org/magazine/events/reports/article/remembering-two-fighters-against-mafia-falcone-and-borsellino

https://www.understandingitaly.com/falcone-borsellino.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/sicilian-tragedy-world-problem-first-falcone-now-borsellino-two-leading-judges-have-been-murdered-and-mafia-crime-is-spreading-across-the-globe-the-state-must-fight-back-rather-than-leaving-it-to-individuals-says-charles-1534567.html

https://wearepalermo.com/the-history-of-sicilian-mafia/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/organized-crime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Borsellino

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Falcone

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