Woman 'murdered and fed to pigs' after land dispute with the mafia in southern Italy
A businesswoman who refused to sell her land to the mafia in southern Italy was kidnapped, murdered and fed to pigs after her body was ground up in a threshing machine, an informant has told Italian investigators. Maria Chindamo, 44, the mother of three young children, disappeared five years ago from her home near Vibo Valentia in Calabria, the home turf of the 'Ndrangheta mafia. She had been in dispute with an alleged mafia boss, who put pressure on her to sell him her land. Alexander Koerner/Getty Images An informant says the woman, 44-year-old Maria Chindamo, was murdered and fed to pigs...