As we reflect on the past year, we are filled with gratitude for the generous support of the tour operators VBT Bicycling Vacations and Country Walkers. Thanks to their contributions, Addiopizzo has been able to continue its vital work in Palermo, empowering those...
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Addiopizzo unveils the new critical consumption app: ‘PAGO CHI NON PAGA’ (I Pay Those Who Don’t Pay)
On January 10, 1991, Libero Grassi denounced his extortionists in an open letter titled “Dear Extortionist,” published in theGiornale di Sicilia. Thirty-four years later, while some still succumb to paying protection money, the choice to report such crimes is...
The activists of Addiopizzo are back on the streets of Palermo with a new message
"Attacchinaggi" ("poster-sticking actions") is how we have referred to our repeated semi-clandestine nocturnal activities, where many activists simultaneously put up hundreds of stickers with anti-mafia slogans. Last night, we did it again to renew a tradition and to...
ADDIOPIZZO 20: The Exhibition Celebrates Twenty Years of Addiopizzo by Comitato Addiopizzo
On the morning of June 29, 2004, the city of Palermo woke up to find its streets plastered with hundreds of black-bordered stickers bearing the message: « A people who pay the pizzo are a people without dignity». From that summer in 2004 to today, those stickers have...
For the first time, workers who reported crimes join as civil parties alongside the employer, with the support of Addiopizzo.
The trial against the 'Porta Nuova' mafia clan in Palermo has concluded at the first-instance court, with most of the defendants convicted of mafia association, drug trafficking, and extortion. In this unprecedented case, the individual responsible for the extortion...
Paolo Giaccone: the doctor who opposed the mafia
In Palermo, the name Paolo Giaccone is closely linked with the city's University Hospital, named in his honor. However, not everyone is familiar with the profound reason behind this tribute. Paolo Giaccone fell victim of Cosa Nostra, paying the ultimate price for his...
The stories of those who oppose extortion with the support of Addiopizzo
With Giovanni Sala’s story we inaugurate a new column on our website that will periodically recount the journey of those who, with the support of Addiopizzo, have managed to break free from extortion. We open this space with a story that comes from Altofonte, on the...
A law that makes connivance unfavorable
The idea is to inhibit access to tax bonuses for building contractors who accept to pay extortion rackets and do not report as they are complicit with the Mafia. . . .. Although there are still entrepreneurs who continue to pay, today the choice to oppose paying the...
The extortion phenomenon today: we need to change the narrative
Today the sentence of the 'Alastra' trial was has been delivered against people accused of mafia association, extortion, injury and stalking. Some entrepreneurs were bring a civil action with the support of Addiopizzo. This sentence marks a milestone on our long and...
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Addiopizzo unveils the new critical consumption app: ‘PAGO CHI NON PAGA’ (I Pay Those Who Don’t Pay)
On January 10, 1991, Libero Grassi denounced his extortionists in an open letter titled “Dear Extortionist,”...
Educational support for children in Kalsa at the Addiopizzo headquarters
Since October, Addiopizzo has started school support activities at its headquarters aimed at boys and girls in the...
After the arson at the beach establishment and its reconstruction, the trial begins with Addiopizzo joining the extortion victim as a civil party
A few months after the arrests, the trial of 26 individuals accused of belonging to the Trabia mafia clan, in the...
Another Year of Achievements with VBT and Country Walkers
As we reflect on the past year, we are filled with gratitude for the generous support of the tour operators VBT...
Addiopizzo unveils the new critical consumption app: ‘PAGO CHI NON PAGA’ (I Pay Those Who Don’t Pay)
On January 10, 1991, Libero Grassi denounced his extortionists in an open letter titled “Dear Extortionist,”...
The activists of Addiopizzo are back on the streets of Palermo with a new message
"Attacchinaggi" ("poster-sticking actions") is how we have referred to our repeated semi-clandestine nocturnal...
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.
