woensdag 28 januari 2015

Corleone businessman breaks omertà over mafia extortion

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Entrepreneur’s decision to speak out after he was refused discount on ‘protection money’ has led to four arrests.An Italian businessman in Corleone, the Sicilian town that inspired the creation of fiction’s most famous godfather, has blown the whistle on alleged mafia extortionists, breaking decades of silence – or omertà – that protected the mob.The entrepreneur’s decision to speak out has led to four arrests, according to Italian media reports, including that of a mafia boss whose demands had long terrorised local businesses in Palermo.“Every month I was forced to pay protection money, almost €500,” the businessman told police, according to a report in La Repubblica. “In the end, I had to shut down one of my businesses when I couldn’t pay.”

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