Pizzo
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Pizzo may refer to:
  • Pizzo, Calabria
    Pizzo, Calabria
    Pizzo is a seaport and comune in the province of Vibo Valentia , situated on a steep cliff overlooking the Gulf of Santa Eufemia.Fishing is one of the main activities, including that of tuna and coral.-History:...

    , a seaport in Calabria, Italy (Pizzo means mountain in this respect)
  • Pizzo (extortion)
    Pizzo (extortion)
    In Southern Italy, the pizzo is protection money paid by a business to the Mafia, usually coerced and constituting extortion. The term is derived from the Sicilian pizzu . To wet someone's beak is to pay protection money...

    , imposed by a protection racket, a fee periodically collected by the Mafia from businesses
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