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[ singing godfather theme ] anthony imagine that waking up every day. As one bus after another filled with japanese tourists go up there. Oh look, michael corleone got married there. Oh, its so fantastic [ laughter ] i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la anthony its one of the most beautiful places in europe. A place whose roots are very much the roots of the town where i live. But someh...

The mafia has decided that it isn't worthwhile bothering with the people who belong to addio pizzo. there's so many others out there, and why look for trouble? how true it is? i don't know. >> anthony: right. >> mary: to belong to addio pizzo, you have to sign a pledge that you will not pay and that if you are approached, you will go to the police. >> anthony: right. >> mary: then they send you to lawyers and to another organization, which deals with other people who are actually having trouble. it's incredibly complicated. there are no easy answers. what about big farm? what about some of the...

Apparently, 80% of the businesses in palermo, and 70% in the rest of italy that pay extortion. >> anthony: that's a lot. >> mary: that's a lot, that's a lot. >> anthony: but not everybody pays the bite. a small but growing coalition of businesses have joined a group called addio pizzo, a grassroots organization taking a stand against the mafia's traditional, near total control over the food chain, from farm to table. i come out of the restaurant business in new york. you got taxed with every laundry order, every time they took your trash away. it was built in -- >> mary: yeah. >> anthony: -- t...

>> anthony: but not everybody pays the bite. a small but growing coalition of businesses have joined a group called addio pizzo, a grassroots organization taking a stand against the mafia's traditional, near total control over the food chain, from farm to table. i come out of the restaurant business in new york. you got taxed with every laundry order, every time they took your trash away. it was built in -- >> mary: yeah. >> anthony: -- to all your basic services. >> mary: here it's much more of the -- the going around christmas and easter. >> anthony: guy comes by. >> mary: the guy comes by. ...

A small but growing coalition of businesses have joined a group called addio pizzo, a grassroots organization taking a stand against the mafia's traditional, near total control over the food chain, from farm to table. i come out of the restaurant business in new york. you got taxed with every laundry order, every time they took your trash away. it was built in -- >> mary: yeah. >> anthony: -- to all your basic services. >> mary: here it's much more of the -- the going around christmas and easter. >> anthony: guy comes by. >> mary: the guy comes by. i mean, it's plain and simple extortion. >> a...