This is a the long war Italy doesn’t give up on giving up. The last chapter is nowadays written by the Coldiretti agricultural association. Management team condemned Presence of nearly 300 restaurants and dozens of gastronomic products they use it all over the world Mafia names and symbols Sicily Collective understands that downplays the perception of harm caused by criminal activities These organizations include illegal drug and weapons trafficking, money laundering, murder, intimidation and corruption, among other crimes.
Coldiretti, in collaboration with the association Filiera Italia, has even created a sort of catalog of the aforementioned products and exhibited them in Palermo, the Sicilian capital and the birthplace of the Mafia (colloquially known as Cosa Nostra). Where is the state’s fight against this criminal organization? cost the lives of many victims over the last century.
a Scotch named Cosa Nostra Shot, sold in a machine gun-shaped bottle; Portuguese wine Talha Mafia Pistol with a label containing a stylized bloodstain; Two Pig Mafia Condiment Mix; Bulgarian coffee Mafiozzo and American sauce Wicked Cosa Nostra are some of the products condemned by Coldiretti and Filiera Italia.
trivialize evil
“This is a hateful phenomenon,” the union denounced. These items are used for a business that doesn’t shy away from victims’ pain and it tarnishes Italy’s image,” Coldiretti added. “It’s even possible to buy the ‘Mafia cookbook’, a recipe book online, or even buy sweets from the Candy Mafia portal,” they stressed.
Using information from the famous tourist advice site TripAdvisor, Coldiretti and Filiera Italia they also registered restaurants with references to the Mafia that exists in the world. For example: Don Corleone from Finland, Burger Mafia from Germany, Falafel Mafia Food Truck from USA and Nasi Goreng Mafia from Indonesia.
Moreover Spain targeted. These two associations that came to the count more than 60 restaurants of this type Ukraine, Brazil, Indonesia and Russia are in the first place in the list in the country. Especially due to a first place Mafia sits at the table, restaurant chain Established in Zaragoza twenty years ago, the EU General Court rejected its registration in the European trademark registry in 2018 on the grounds that it was contrary to public order.
against EU values
The local court’s reasoning at the time was that the use of the mafia as a commercial allegation promoted “a criminal organization known as the Mafia openly”. According to the court, this fact against the values Unity and downplays the overtly negative connotation the word has in Italy, a country where this criminal organization represents a group. serious security threatAdded the European body.
However, the decision did not affect restaurants of that name operating in Spain, so it is still possible to find them. Something that doesn’t stop organizations like Coldiretti, as well as the Italian public, from continuing to shout to heaven on these occasions. Some even wondered what would happen if restaurants called ETA were opened in Rome or Milan.