iStock/Thinkstock(ROME) — Italian police decode a cheesy method of communication used by the mafia.
Using hidden cameras and microphones, police in Sicily cracked a code used by members of the Sicilian mafia, leading to the arrests of 11 suspects.
The secret code centered around cheese and sheep, allowing mafia members to communicate with their boss.
One of the suspects arrested, 77-year-old Vito Gondola, would say something along the lines of “I’ve put the ricotta cheese aside for you, come by to get it,” alerting members to a note under a rock.
Other phrases included “the sheep need shearing” and “the hay is ready.”
Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro remains on the lam, and has been since 1993.
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