– -A crocodile could be the ultimate Mafia enforcer, a hit-reptile, if you will.- -Well, one Mafia crime boss appears to have employed such cold-blooded muscle in his operation!
Officers in Italy’s anti-Mafia police unit say that they have seized a crocodile (specifically, a caiman) from the home of an alleged mob boss in Naples! The owner used the 88-pound, 5.6 foot long reptile to intimidate extortion victims, local businessmen from whom he demanded protection money. In what sounds like bad TV writing, the boss supposedly would invite the extortion victims to his home and threaten to set the animal on them if they didn’t pay or grant him favors...in other words, he made them an offer they couldn’t refuse!
Now caimans normally live in Central and South America, and it is not known how this one got to Italy…rather than pasta, the croc was fed a diet of live rabbits and mice. He was placed in the care of Italy’s forestry service, and will probably wind up writing a book in a witness protection program…
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