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Theresa Maggio

Sicily

Roberto Helg, head of Palermo's Chamber of Commerce, arrested for extortion

March 3, 2015
Tags: pizzo, protection money, extortion, Palermo, chamber of commerce, anti-mafia, blowhard, no trust, hard to run a business in palermo
The sign says:" If you trust us, we will help you avoid being a victim." Oh, the irony of it all.
From today's La Repubblica. This man who paid lip service to anti-extortionists and anti-mafia movements was caught red handed pocketing part of the 100,000-EURO fee he charged a pastry-shop owner in order to renew his lease at the Palermo airport. At first he denied the extortion charges, until the carabinieri played the tape for him. Then he said he had to do it because his house had been foreclosed on
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