- Boris Giuliano
Giorgio Boris Giuliano (
Piazza Armerina (Enna),October 22 ,1930 - Palermo,July 21 ,1979 ) was apolice chief fromPalermo ,Sicily . He was the head of Palermo's Flying Squad (Squadra mobile).Giuliano was involved in the investigation in the killing of journalist
Mauro De Mauro .it icon [http://www.repubblica.it/2005/f/sezioni/cronaca/demauromafia/demauromafia/demauromafia.html De Mauro ucciso per uno scoop scoprì il patto tra boss e golpisti] , La Repubblica, June 18, 2005]During the late 1970s he was investigating
drug trafficking by various members of the SicilianMafia , including the bossStefano Bontade , as well as a series ofarmed robberies linked to Corso De Mille bossFillipo Marchese . Not long before his death he attended theFBI headquarters at Quantico,Virginia at the invitation of the FBI.Giuliano discovered cheques and other documents which indicated that banker
Michele Sindona through theVatican Bank had been recycling the proceeds from heroin sales by the Mafia to hisAmincor Bank in Switzerland. He coordinated his investigations with the lawyerGiorgio Ambrosoli , appointed as liquidator of Sindona's banks. Ambrosoli was murdered onJuly 11 ,1979 in Milan.Ten days later, on
July 21 ,1979 he was shot and killed by the Corleonesihitman Leoluca Bagarella while drinking a coffee in the Lux Bar waiting his driver to take him into the office early in the morning.References
*Stille, Alexander (1995). "Excellent Cadavers. The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic", New York: Vintage ISBN 0-09-959491-9
* [http://www.sicilianrenaissance.info/en/pubblicazioni/020800b.pdf Culture of Lawlessness: The Role of the Mass Media] (.pdf file) has a chapter on Giulano's murderExternal links
*it icon [http://www.poliziadistato.it/pds/primapagina/giuliano/index.htm Boris Giuliano: "un eroe semplice e allegro"] Obituary on the site of the Italian State Police
*it icon [http://www.piazza-grande.it/iniziative/borisgiuliano/lodato.htm Boris Giuliano, un poliziotto all'antica] , bySaverio Lodato , l'Unità, June 25, 2005
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