Sérgio Moro: The great bosses were never arrested, were not troubled by the judicial system or by the police, mainly because they did their work professionally, but because of the rule of omertà, that pact of silence among criminals.
Sérgio Moro: However, courageous magistrates, together with police and equally brave prosecutors, began to change that situation in the mid-1980s, led mainly by Judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino.
They even organized a process called the Maxi Trial, in which hundreds of mafiosi were tried at the same time and more than three hundred were convicted, including, for the first time, leaders of organized crime.
Sérgio Moro: But organized crime sought to retaliate and, unfortunately, in 1992 both Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino were assassinated by the Cosa Nostra in bomb attacks.
Sérgio Moro: On that occasion, those crimes shocked Italy and Italy began to organize itself more to protect and preserve the integrity of those who stand against the mafia organizations.