Giovanni Falcone, (May 18, 1939 -- May 23, 1992) was an Italian magistrate who specialised in prosecuting Cosa Nostra crimes.Falcone was killed with his wife Francesca Morvillo (herself a magistrate) and three policemen: Rocco Di Cillo, Antonio Montinaro, Vito Schifani, in Capaci on the motorway between Palermo International Airport and the city of Palermo ( 38°10′58″N, 13°14′41″E) on May 23, 1992. The car in which he was travelling was blown up by a bomb that had been placed in trenches dug by the side of the road. When passing over the bomb, Falcone was driving his car at an estimated speed of nearly 100mph (160kph.)

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