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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On a vu la semaine dernière que la Mafia sicilienne, Cosa Nostra, préfère désormais le business souterrain au vacarme...
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.
