salt is the only preservative allowed before the hams are aged for at least 14 months with that foggy air wafting around them and doing its magic. they are skewering the hams with one of the tools of their trade, a horse bone, clean and scentless to check for quality . no defects. this may seem like the best job in the world, but it s also deadly serious. dna tests are now mandatory to check the pedigree of these pigs because of widespread corruption. back in 2017, a criminal racket was exposed hustling fake prosciutto di parma.
a horse bone, clean and scentless to check for quality. no defects. this may seem like the best job in the world, but it s also deadly serious. dna tests are now mandatory to check the pedigree of these pigs because of widespread corruption. back in 2017, a criminal racket was exposed hustling fake prosciutto di parma. a huge operation by the fraud squad involving phone tapping and undercover surveillance resulted in the ringleaders being jailed and over a million fake hams confiscated. the industry is still reeling from the scandal. alessia, nice to meet you. nice to meet you too. i m meeting alessia cerantola, an italian journalist who brought the story of the biggest food fraud in the country s history to the nation s tv screens. this is what you see on every ham. it is what should be protected.
the next step is to track down the people that actually print the i.d.s. and then unpeel the conspiracy from there. two weeks later, a tip leads davis and one of his inform amendments to the mexican consulate on chicago s lower west side. there they find another i.d. ring. hustling fake green cards out front. that s just how bold they are, do you know what i mean?