After our walking tour during the first full day in Palermo, I spotted one of the “no pizzo” stickers that our guide had told us about. Before this tour I hadn’t really thought about the still-present influence of the mafia, especially in the depth in which it was described by our guide (territories, politics). The mafia has always been portrayed to me as a group that can not be countered or fought, but this sticker and the “no pizzo” movement show that there is indeed an active refusal of the mafia’s presence.
