Italy's big stink
            

There was a public outcry in Italy two years ago, a rebellion against the stench in the streets.

Stinking hills of rubbish were burning all over the neighbourhoods of Naples. And since organised crime controlled the sanitation business, that's just the way things were.

Until its citizens said enough.

That prompted Italian prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to declare a national emergency. He sent in the military, and away went the trash. But it didn't go far. Just to the lush countryside outside Naples.

And two years later, it still isn't going anywhere fast.

In fact, the only thing worse than the new garbage situation is the way Italy treats those who complain about it, as we hear now from Dispatches contributor Megan Williams, who's watching it all pile up.

Megan's dispatch...