Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi, Italy’s Ambassador to Spain, wrote a complaint letter. Spanish basketball team backed by a company that offers Mafia name as alleged. “The news of the collaboration between a major Spanish basketball team and this chain bothers me,” the diplomat wrote in his letter to the Casademont Zaragoza team, criticizing the restaurant chain. Mafia sitting at the table.
“From the fact that the mafia is the mafia, we associate the mafia with the concepts of intimacy and relaxation. I would sit at the table sharing a meal contributes trivialization of illegal activities In his letter published this Monday by the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, the ambassador defended the crimes and crimes of the organization in question, which are contrary to the fundamental values of the European Union.
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“The image of the mafia sitting at the table also emerges” against culture your diet MediterrenianShared by Spain and Italy, making food an important moment for social change and personal growth,” he continued, “Many efforts and significant resources are devoted to fighting the mafia (mafia), not only by the Italian government, but also at EU level; organized crime a serious security threatlegal economy and coexistence,” he added, reminding many Italians “living and working” in Spain.
Accordingly, the Italian representative also reminded of a decision of the European Union General Court stating that the name of these restaurants is “”.contrary to public order and offensiveNot just for the victims and their families of this criminal organization, but for everyone.” In 2022, the Coldiretti agricultural association denounced the existence of at least 300 restaurants in the world that use the names and symbols of Italian mafia organizations.