San Giuseppe Jato in Sicily is home to an Italian product not seen on trees or in fields, though it spreads like a weed - a poisonous weed. Nancy Greenleese got a taste of it, as she relays in this postcard from Italy.
I arrive in San Giuseppe Jato on a gorgeous afternoon. The piazza is crowded with teenagers licking gelato cones. Older folks play cards outside coffee shops. On the surface, life is beautiful. But I'm here to look beyond the sun-dappled scenery. This is a stronghold of the Mafia group called Cosa Nostra, or "our thing."
And their "thing" isn't charity fundraisers. It's extortion, drug trafficking and prostitution. One of the biggest names in the game hails from here - Giovanni Brusca, nicknamed The Pig. He has confessed to killing about 200 people, but admits he lost count at some point.
Brusca is behind bars, but many of his followers aren't.
So, I'm a little uncomfortable to begin with. Then I start to notice that people are staring at me...
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