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FIGHTING THE SICILIAN MAFIA THROUGH TOURISM

Role of an NGO in fighting organised crime. Addiopizzo fighting the protection racket by asking tourists to boycott those places that pay “pizzo” to the Mafia. Bit of a restaurant guide, but there’s a good excuse.

BILL HUGHES’ LETTER TO THE TIMES

In the interests of fairness and academic objectivity, I went to the SOCA Website: [http://www.soca.gov.uk/index.html]. I must have missed the offending Times article. Mea Culpa! Will follow up! Bill Hughes letter here is of interest, obviously.

FRAUD DETECTION SCHEME NETS £4.5 MILLION

Sounds like joined-up government to me! Now if we had regional assemblies across England, they would probably be the right size to do something similar successfully. Don’t hold your breath!