Mafia boss used croc to collect money

ITALY’S anti-Mafia police unit has seized a crocodile used by an alleged Naples mob boss to intimidate local businessmen from whom he demanded protection money.

Officers searching for weapons in the man’s home outside the southern Italian city last week found the crocodile living on his terrace, said police official Sergio Di Mauro.

The crocodile, weighing 88 pounds and 5.6 feet long, was fed a diet of live rabbits and mice, Di Mauro said.