Girolamo Di Fazio

Girolamo Di Fazio, (born 23 June 1950 in Ramacca, Catania) is a former Police Commissioner. He worked in Rome, Palermo, Piazza Armerina and Acireale, Sicily before he became the Chief of Police of Ragusa. He was most known for his 2010 capture of mafia boss Giuseppe Falsone who had been on the Italian "Most Wanted List" since January 1999.

Early life

Di Fazio attended secondary school in Catania before obtaining a doctorate in law.

Career

In 1976, Di Fazio attended police academy in Rome and was assigned to Ostia Lido. He later transferred to Palermo where he was assigned to the team led by Boris Giuliano. There he worked with judges, Rocco Chinnici, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino. In 1982, he was made Director of Police in Piazza Armerina in the commune of Enna. In 1997, he became the head of Police of Acireale, Sicily. Since 2004, he has served as Chief of Police of Ragusa.

The fight against Mafia

On 26 June 2010, Di Fazio captured Giuseppe Falsone in Marseille. Giuseppe Falsone is a member of the Sicilian Mafia. Falzone was a fugitive who had been on the Italian Ministry of the Interior's "Most Wanted List" since January 1999. He had been designated "28" in coded messages by Sicilian mafia boss, Bernardo Provenzano.

References

• Falsone computer lover. The picture of his arrest
• Giuseppe Falzone
• A great success for the people of Agrigento
• Statement by Minister of Justice

External links

• Newspaper Grandangolo, Winds murders
• Girolamo Di Fazio website
• La Repubblica Marseille boss arrested in Falsone faithful man Bernardo Provenzano
• La Repubblica Facial Plastic and business
• Welcome to the official website of the Polizia di Stato Archived 2009-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (English)
• World news

Notes

• "There is more security together," phrase Girolamo Di Fazio, festa police in Agrigento