Brewing change: An Italian café teaches youth to fight the mafia one espresso at a time

NPR | By Megan Williams

Published October 24, 2026 at 5:42 AM MDT

In Ostia, near Rome, a café is fighting the Mafia one espresso at a time — teaching young people to run a business legally, and build a future free from organized crime.

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