Givovanni Falcone & Paolo Borsellino vs The Mafia
In her book Elements of Italy Lisa St Aubin De Teran devotes a short chapter to two Italian’s, Givovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino and their contribution to ending Mafia control in Sicily. The facts are worth repeating. The history of the Mafia probably dates to Giuseppe Garibaldi’s efforts to unite Italy when his red shirts arrived in Palermo in 1860. Young peasant supporters hid in caves called "maha" in Arabic which is believed to be the source of the name…