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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...

Money. the big change that has happened is that up until the mid 80s, the late 80s, there were a great many sicilians who thought if they were honest and didn't have anything to do with the mafia they could live without being affected by the mafia. apparently, 80% of the businesses in palermo and 70% in the rest of italy that pay extortion. >> that's a lot. >> that's a lot. that's a lot. >> but not everybody pays the bite. a small but growing coalition of businesses have joined a group called adiopizo. a grassroots organization taking a stand against the mafia's traditional near total control ...