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Officine Bellotti joins the “Pago chi non paga” anti-racket critical consumption network

The city of Palermo is full of spaces where culture, in its components of tangible and intangible heritage, proves to be a fundamental and essential element in giving meaning to civic life. Thus, even abandoned structures are transformed, or rather, regenerated into...

“ADDIOPIZZO 20” returns — the exhibition at the No Mafia Memorial.

The exhibition ADDIOPIZZO 20 has been reopened to the public. It was first inaugurated last year to mark the 20th anniversary of the founding of our movement — an important milestone that we chose to celebrate and share through a distinctive and engaging visual...

Metus Trial Verdict: The Role of the Sole Reporting Victim Supported by Addiopizzo Recognized

The Metus trial concerning extortion carried out in the seaside district of Sferracavallo Palermo—concluded today in first instance. In the proceedings, Addiopizzo acted as a civil part alongside the only victim who filed a complaint, a business owner who, with the...

The Court of Cassation seals the Resilienza trial: the liberation of the victims with the help of Addiopizzo.

The expedited 'Resilienza' trial, one of the most important investigations of recent years conducted by the Palermo Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Carabinieri, has concluded in the Court of Cassation. A significant number of shopkeepers and entrepreneurs had come...

Addiopizzo commemorates Mario Bignone on the 59th anniversary of his birth

PALERMO – Today, on the occasion of what would have been his fifty-ninth birthday, police chief Mario Bignone was remembered at the Addiopizzo headquarters – a property confiscated from the mafia and returned to the community in 2010. In the presence of his wife...

From Piazza Magione, soaring above the barriers, flying over Palermo.

"From Piazza Magione, soaring above the barriers, flying over Palermo" captures both the need and the desire to shift perspective—to rise beyond the boundaries of a space that is a source of pride and joy, yet can sometimes feel like a maze with no exit for the youth...

Studio Mud joins the anti-racket critical consumption network “I Pay Those Who Don’t Pay.”

When you step into a ceramics studio, one scene immediately springs to mind—the most romantic moment in cinema history: Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze at the pottery wheel in Ghost. Who hasn’t dreamed, at least once, of recreating that scene or simply trying their hand...

The trial begins for extortion against the merchant from Ciminna who opposed the extortion with the support of Addiopizzo.

A few months after the investigations and the execution of the preventive custody order, the trial begins for the extortion of a merchant operating in the municipality of Ciminna. At today's first hearing, where the defendants chose the ordinary procedure, we became a...

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