There are plenty of small-time supermarket pickpockets, but much more interesting is the world of organized cheese crime that involves multi-million dollar Parmesan heists, cheese-smuggling rings and the mafia’s long history with the dairy biz that dates back to the days of Al Capone. More recently, Italian crime syndicates have been under the microscope for allegedly fixing cheese prices, suppressing competition and forcing restaurants and grocers to use their products.
The same thing happens in Canada — except police can’t investigate and no one can bring charges, because we’ve legalized our dairy cartel. We call our government-approved system of fixing prices and limiting competition “supply management,” a term that is seemingly designed to bore the average consumer, lest they realize how badly they’re being taken advantage of.
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