Mafia Boss’s Pet Caiman Seized By Italian Police

September 25th, 2009

Guardian:

Police near Naples are looking into claims that a mafia boss used the threat of being fed to an alligator-like reptile as a way of convincing local businesspeople to pay for protection.

The South American caiman was found on the terrace of a top-floor flat in the town of Orta di Atella, in the heart of the area that forms the setting for Roberto Saviano’s international bestseller, Gomorrah.

The animal, almost 4ft long and weighing 40kg, was the property of a 35-year-old alleged mobster police described as “an up-and-coming boss” of the Camorra, the Neapolitan mafia…


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