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henry_flower) wrote2015-12-21 10:43 am
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"The pizzo is protection money paid to the Mafia often in the form of a forced transfer of money, re
"The pizzo is protection money paid to the Mafia often in the form of a forced transfer of money, resulting in extortion. [...] The practice is widespread in Southern Italy [...]
One of the first to refuse to pay protection money was Libero Grassi, a shopkeeper from Palermo."
"Grassi eventually had his shop broken into in early 1991 and the exact amount of money that had been demanded of him was stolen."
"In August 1991, he wrote an open letter to the Giornale di Sicilia, the local newspaper. Published on the front page, it was addressed to an anonymous "Dear Extortionist". It caused an uproar but, barely three weeks later, Grassi was dead."
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One of the first to refuse to pay protection money was Libero Grassi, a shopkeeper from Palermo."
"Grassi eventually had his shop broken into in early 1991 and the exact amount of money that had been demanded of him was stolen."
"In August 1991, he wrote an open letter to the Giornale di Sicilia, the local newspaper. Published on the front page, it was addressed to an anonymous "Dear Extortionist". It caused an uproar but, barely three weeks later, Grassi was dead."
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