ITALY: A Few Missing Millions

"The city of thieves," other Italians have been known to call Naples (pop. 1,000,000), and almost everyone has a story about what happened to him there. In World War II, trucks that entered Naples loaded, came out the other side of the city stripped bare. Legend has it that Neapolitans stole an entire ship, plate by plate, out of the harbor. A favorite street game is for a big boy to beat up a crying youngster within sight of a horrified American tourist. The American breaks up the fight and leaves full of virtue—minus his wallet.

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