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Article: Web site helps Sicilian businesses defy Mafia bullying.(Front)(Website overview)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- January 14, 2008
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Byline: FRANCES D'EMILIO
By Frances D'Emilio
The Associated Press
PALERMO, Sicily
When it came down to business, Cosa Nostra could always count on fear.
No more.
In a rebellion shaking the Sicilian Mafia to its centuries-old roots, businesses are joining forces in refusing to submit to demands for protection money called "pizzo."
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