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>>>>>TherewasatimewhentheownersofshopsandbusinessesinChicagohadtopaylargesumsofmoneytogangstersinreturnfor'protection.'Ifthemoneywasnotpaidpromptly,thegangsterswouldquicklyputamanoutofbu>>>>>s>>>>inessbydestroyinghisshop.Obtaining'protectionmoney'isnotamoderncrime.Aslongagoasthefourteenthcentury,anEnglishman,SirJohnHawkwood,madetheremarkablediscoverythatpeoplewouldratherpaylargesumsofmoneythanhavetheirlifeworkdestroyedbygangsters.
Sixhundredyearsago,SirJohanHawkwoodarrivedinItalywithabandofsoldiersandsettled>>>>>nearFlorence.Hesoon>>>>>m>>>>adeanamef>>>>orhimselfandcame>>>>tobeknowntotheItaliansasGiovanniAcuto.WhenevertheItaliancity-stateswereatwarwi>>>>theachother,Hawkwoodusedtohirehissoldierstoprinceswhowerewillingtopaythehighpricehedemanded.Inti