Shooting the mafia - in pictures

Battaglia standing in front of her own photograph of mafioso Leoluca Bagarella Photograph: Shobha

Giovanni Falcone at the funeral of Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, prefect of Palermo Photograph: Letizia Battaglia

'There are mafiosi in here, too ... too much blood, there’s no love here, no love at all'
The words of Rosaria Schifani, above, at the funeral of her husband, a bodyguard killed during the assassination of Giovanni Falcone, 1992 Photograph: Letizia Battaglia

Palermo, 1982. Near the church of Sants Chiara Photograph: Letizia Battaglia

The triple murder of a prostitute and her clients in 1982 Photograph: Letizia Battaglia

8 August, 1980, Capaci. Three killers have murdered the owner of Hotel Costa Smeralda. The woman, not knowing who has been killed , thinks the murdered man is her son
Photograph: Letizia Battaglia

Magistrate Roberto Scarpinato with his escort during his prosecution of former prime minister Giulio Andreotti, 1998. Scarpinato remains alive Photograph: Letizia Battaglia

His name was Vincenzo Battaglia and they killed him in the dark, amid the garbage. His wife tried to help him but it was too late Photograph: Letizia Battaglia

Leoluca Bagarella under arrest, 1980 Photograph: Letizia Battaglia

A young girl with a football in 1980 Photograph: Letizia Battaglia

Two boys and a dove in Trapani, on the west coast of Sicily, 1989 Photograph: Letizia Battaglia

1983, Polizzi. In the Countryside. 'Sabina and Pippo are in love.'
Photograph: Letizia Battaglia