The mafia charges monthly protection money even from traveling street vendors, like this guy who sells produce from his three-wheeled Read More
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Police video of extortionist at work
October 31, 2015
The mafia charges monthly protection money even from traveling street vendors, like this guy who sells produce from his three-wheeled Read More
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mafia wins one
March 23, 2015
From La Repubblica/Palermo edition of 22 March 2015.
A restaurant owner has given up and decided to move out of the Vucciria market area and night life hub of Palermo after a bonfire on the Eve of Saint Joseph's Feast (March 19) practically destroyed his business and put his customers and staff in danger. Read More
A restaurant owner has given up and decided to move out of the Vucciria market area and night life hub of Palermo after a bonfire on the Eve of Saint Joseph's Feast (March 19) practically destroyed his business and put his customers and staff in danger. Read More
Roberto Helg, head of Palermo's Chamber of Commerce, arrested for extortion
March 3, 2015
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 Read More
The restaurant with moral standards
March 28, 2014
The overflow crowd at lunchtime, Antica Focacceria San Francesco
The food is so good and the prices so reasonable that the crowd spills out the door a full hour before traditional Sicilian lunchtime. Not so bad, though, because across the piazza is the fabulous medieval ( 1300s) Basilica di San Francesco. To see what they serve, go to www.afsf.it for mouth-watering photos Read More
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