Word: bertolino
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...island's store owners. The group publishes the names of the stores that have resisted extortion, hoping that such publicity will encourage consumers to shop at them. With unemployment in Sicily at 16%, the Mafia must be defeated not just for moral, but also economic reasons, says Francesco Bertolino, 28, who owns a small ceramic-restoration business. And his region's President? "Look," says Bertolino. "I don't think Cuffaro is mafioso - he's not the one demanding the pizzo. But he represents the face of so many Sicilians who silently accept this criminal system." Cuffaro would surely dispute Bertolino...