11 Facts About Boris Giuliano

Boris Giuliano was killed by the Sicilian Mafia while investigating heroin trafficking and money laundering.

In 1963, after joining the police, Boris Giuliano was assigned, at his request, to the Flying Squad of Palermo.

Boris Giuliano was involved in the investigation in the disappearance of journalist Mauro De Mauro in September 1970.

Boris Giuliano focused on the lead of De Mauro's investigations into the death of ENI president Enrico Mattei, prompted by the disappearance a few pages of notes and a tape with the last speech given by Mattei from De Mauro's office.

The investigation started when Boris Giuliano found a suitcase at Palermo's Punta Raisi Airport with half a million dollars neatly wrapped in freshly laundered pizza aprons.

Boris Giuliano discovered cheques and other documents which indicated that Sindona through the Vatican Bank had been recycling the proceeds from heroin sales by the Mafia to his Amincor Bank in Switzerland.

Boris Giuliano coordinated his investigations with the lawyer Giorgio Ambrosoli, appointed as liquidator of Sindona's banks, that had been declared insolvent due to mismanagement and fraud, involving losses in foreign currency speculation and poor loan policies.

Ten days later, on 21 July 1979, Boris Giuliano was shot dead in the Lux Bar in Palermo taking a cappuccino while waiting for his car to take him to work early in the morning.

Boris Giuliano was investigating Bagarella after he had discovered his hiding place.

Bagarella had managed to escape in time, but inside Boris Giuliano discovered weapons, four kilogrammes of heroin and false documents with photographs depicting Bagarella.

The Boris Giuliano murder was represented in Pif's 2016 series The Mafia Kills Only in Summer.