Italy Police Arrest Dealers Of Dormice, Prized Mafia Dish
Muhammad Irfan Published October 16, 2021 | 03:29 PM
Three people have been arrested in Calabria, the heartland of the 'Ndrangheta mafia, after discovering a stash of frozen dormice, a favourite mob food, the Repubblica daily said Saturday
Rome, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Oct, 2021 ) :Three people have been arrested in Calabria, the heartland of the 'Ndrangheta mafia, after discovering a stash of frozen dormice, a favourite mob food, the Repubblica daily said Saturday.
The 'Ndrangheta serve dormice, a protected species, during reconciliation banquets held to bring peace between warring families, according to wildlife protection organisation LIPU.
Police found several species of the animal in cages during a drug bust in Delianuova, a town in the hills of southern Italy, along with over 200 frozen dormice packaged for sale and consumption, the Repubblica said.
Poaching is widespread in the Aspromonte mountains in Calabria, with hunters setting thousands of traps in the woods and selling captured dormice illegally to mobsters and restaurants, LIPU said.
The 'Ndrangheta, based in the region that forms the tip of Italy's boot, has surpassed Sicily's more famous Cosa Nostra to become Italy's most powerful mafia group and operates across the world.
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