She fought the mob, and the mob won.
Maria Carmella Lanzetta, the mayor of the small town of Monasterace in the Calabria region of southern Italy, has resigned after enduring threats from the 'Ndrangheta which included "having her business set on fire and her car shot at" as reported by BBC News: "Avviso Pubblico (which means 'public notice') says that there were 212 cases of intimidation of local officials from organised crime in 2010 - 41% of them in the region of Calabria, where Monasterace is located."
