{"id":121715,"date":"2023-12-01T21:38:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T21:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=121715"},"modified":"2023-12-01T21:38:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T21:38:57","slug":"mafia-mob-make-the-godfather-look-tame-as-dead-dolphins-sent-as-chilling-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/mafia-mob-make-the-godfather-look-tame-as-dead-dolphins-sent-as-chilling-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Mafia mob make The Godfather look tame as dead dolphins sent as chilling threat"},"content":{"rendered":"
Real Godfathers do not leave horses\u2019 heads in beds \u2013 they dump dead dolphins instead.<\/p>\n
Leaving the rotting corpse of one of the creatures outside a victim\u2019s office was one of a series of intimidation tactics deployed by Italian mobsters. They also used severed goats\u2019 heads as calling cards \u2013and a dead puppy.<\/p>\n
The tactics emerged from Italy\u2019s biggest Mafia trial for 30 years. A total of 207 gangsters were last week found guilty of multiple crimes. And the Ndrangheta mob made fictional crime families in the Godfather film series look tame.<\/p>\n
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The original 1972 movie showed a victim waking up to find his horse\u2019s severed head dumped in his bed. But the trial showed real gangsters are even worse.<\/p>\n
An entrepreneur who refused to pay protection money found a dead dolphin outside his office. A store boss discovered a dead puppy hanging on his shop door. Others found severed goat heads.<\/p>\n
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A supergrass told cops: \u201cWe do a bit of everything \u2013 murders, usury, extortion rackets, vote-rigging, drugs, insurance scams.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Last week, more than 200 defendants in one of Italy's biggest mafia trials for generations have been sentenced to a total of more than 2,200 years behind bars. The three-year trial saw individuals allegedly linked to the 'Ndrangheta sentenced for crimes ranging from extortion to drug trafficking.<\/p>\n
The 'Ndrangheta is one of Europe's most influential criminal organisations.<\/p>\n
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