Tag: the-chocolate
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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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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…
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Amid clinic closures, young doctors seek abortion training
Even as scores of U.S. abortion clinics have shut down, the number of doctors trained to provide the procedure has surged – but only in some parts of the country. Two little-known training programs say they have expanded rapidly in recent years, fueled by robust private funding and strong demand. Launched nearly a quarter century…