Tag: lindor-maxi
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Hot chocolate: How to handle 175 tonnes of stolen confectionery
By Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) – The logistical network created by Vincenzo Crupi was useful for shifting more than just drugs, prosecutors allege. The consignment of Lindor Maxi Boule Latte – small chocolate balls in shiny red wrappers – was stolen from a transport hub near Lodi in Italy between April and August 2014. The…
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Special Report: The mafia and a very special flower arrangement
By Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) – To traders at the famous Royal FloraHolland flower market near Amsterdam, Vincenzo Crupi was just another businessman helping to make the Netherlands the largest exporter of cut flowers in the world. To the police, Crupi was a mafia suspect allegedly concealing drugs worth millions of dollars alongside fragrant bouquets…