Monday, January 14, 2008

Would Tony Soprano go digital?

Businessmen Refuse to Pay for Protection:
"The Mafia has a history of bouncing back from defeat, but this time it is up against something entirely new: a Web site where businessmen are finding safety in numbers to say no to the mob.

At the same time, businessmen ranging from neighborhood shopkeepers to industrialists are being emboldened by arrests of fugitive bosses, and the discovery in raids of meticulous Mafia bookkeeping on who paid the 'pizzo' and how much."

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