Girolamo Di Fazio

Girolamo Di Fazio, (born 23 June 1950^{[citation needed]} 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. Falsone 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. Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine The picture of his arrest
Giuseppe Falzone Archived 2012-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
A great success for the people^{[permanent dead link]} of Agrigento
Statement Archived 2012-03-09 at the Wayback Machine by Minister of Justice

External links

Notes

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

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