The airport was given the name "Falcone Borsellino" in memory of the two leading anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were murdered by the Sicilian Mafia in 1992. A diameter plaque featuring their portraits can be found to the right of one of the main outside entrances to the departure hall, set into a mosaic of Sicily. Created by the Sicilian sculptor Tommaso Geraci, it bears the inscription "Giovanni Falcone–Paolo Borsellino–Gli Altri–L'orgoglio della Nuova Sicilia" ("Giovanni Falcone–Paolo Borsellino–The Others–The Pride of the New Sicily").