Since 2004, Addiopizzo has been operating in Palermo and Sicily to promote a cultural revolution against the mafias.
Addiopizzo’s core values are individual and collective responsibility, participation, freedom, youth leadership, solidarity and social justice.
Addiopizzo’s action strategy is based on three main areas of intervention:

Critical consumption
Critical consumption is our main strategy for fighting the Mafia.
It is the collective practice of citizens and consumers to purchase in shops and businesses that said NO to pizzo (Mafia’s extortion racket / protection money).

Victim assistance
We offer free assistance to victims of extortion and usury. We accompany them in the path of liberation from the Mafia and provide them free legal, psychological and corporate support. We help them before, during and after the trial, outside and inside the courtroom.

Social inclusion
Over the years, Addiopizzo has expanded its range of action, always with the aim of putting a barrier to the material and mental control of Cosa Nostra in Sicily.
In particular, it runs social inclusion activities aimed at the prevention of discomfort and deliquency.
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SUPPORTED VICTIMS
SUPPORTED VICTIMS
This is active 24 hours a day and is a number dedicated to urgent cases: to report extortion attempts, usury, threats, damage, theft and other forms of intimidation. For more information, see the section “Victim assistance“.

CRITICAL CONSUMPTION
“Pago chi non paga” (=”I pay who does not pay”) is our anti-mafia ethical consumerism campaign. More… >
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HIGHLIGHT
Standing by those who report: the journey shared with the business owners of Brancaccio and Ciaculli
The trial of nine defendants opened this morning. They are charged with mafia-type association, as members of the Brancaccio-Ciaculli mafia district of Palermo, as well as with extortion, drug trafficking, illegal possession of weapons and aiding and abetting.
From Piazza Magione, beyond barriers. Flying over Palermo ✈️
Thanks to the valuable collaboration of the Aeroclub di Boccadifalco, thirty children from the Kalsa discovered the city from a new perspective. Because sometimes you need to rise high to look far.
Noce, Palermo: saying NO to the pizzo is possible. Together
The trial concerning extortion in the Noce neighbourhood has concluded at first instance. Addiopizzo joined as a civil party together with a building contractor and his worker who, with the association’s support, stood up to the extortion attempts.
MuST23 – Museo Stazione 23 Maggio joins the “Pago chi non paga” antiracket critical consumption network
In Capaci, a short distance from the stretch of motorway where Giovanni Falcone, Francesca Morvillo and three officers of their police escort were killed, a group of shipping containers houses MuST23 – Museo Stazione 23 Maggio.
“LIDO – Bar e Cucina Costiera” joins the “Pago chi non paga” antiracket critical consumption network
On the southern coast of Palermo stands the Ecomuseo Mare Memoria Viva and, inside it, LIDO, the bistro that has just joined Addiopizzo’s “pizzo free” business network.
“Cocciu d’amuri” joins Addiopizzo’s antiracket “critical consumption” network “Pago chi non paga”
From a small village coffee roastery to a shop that tells the story of Sicily through its products, its artisans and its stories. That’s the journey of Cocciu d’Amuri, at via Di Maggio 21 in Isola delle Femmine.
Le nouveau racket de Cosa Nostra ENTRE RÉSISTANTS ET COLLABOS
On a vu la semaine dernière que la Mafia sicilienne, Cosa Nostra, préfère désormais le business souterrain au vacarme...
Global Village: Addiopizzo, the grassroots anti-Mafia movement in Palermo, Sicily
Fonte: Stuff.co.nz
From market traders to restaurant owners and shopkeepers, around 80 per cent of the city’s small businesses have traditionally paid protection money – known as ‘pizzo’ in local Palermo slang – to the local Mafia.




