Wishing You a Happy New Year! Reflecting on a Year of Defying the Mafia’s Grip
As we usher in the new year, we extend our warmest wishes by revisiting the significant milestones in our purdsuit to...
The new Sicilian
30 September 2012
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Our Gratitude for Ongoing Support from VBT & CW
We are thrilled to announce another impactful contribution from our steadfast supporters, the two American tour...
Extortion racket in Palermo: today most of those who pay the ‘pizzo’ are conniving people.
The extortion phenomenon has changed and many of the entrepreneurs and shopkeepres who accept to pay are complicit...
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....
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...
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...
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.
