decline of the infamous cosa nostra. the mafia. >> i grow up in a period where political mafia was the same thing. >> uh-huh. >> full of ruined palaces and empty -- of the '90s. >> and the connection between the mafia and the government is not as great as it once was? >> no. we are kind of civil war the mafia. it sort of killed it. >> yeah. of the judges. >> falcone and borsellino were judges who brought large-scale legal action against the mafiosi, exposing the government's support for the mafia. they paid the ultimate price for their bravery. both men were assassinated within months of each other in palermo in 1992.