CRÓNICAS ANTIMAFIA

Emanuela Loi was the first female bodyguard killed by the mafia. She was 24 years old when she died alongside Borsellino in the Via D’Amelio massacre.

There are women who have not only been victims of the mafias but have also carried out their work against organized crime, fully aware that continuing to confront mafia power would put them in danger — even at risk of death. One of these women — whose name is often known, but whose story rarely is — is Francesca Morvillo. Here is part of her story.