Un certainly sumptuous and inviting banquet, sin was mainly composed of game prohibited by law, specifically thrushes and woodcocks. It did not end well for the restaurant owner who will have to pay the very high bill issued by the forest police. For the authorities this time it was not so difficult to discover the offense: the event had been widely publicized also on some social networks, given the particularity of the evening. The control was immediately triggered by the Forestry Carabinieri di Carpegna and the Investigative Unit of the Environmental, Agri-food and Forestry Police of the Carabinieri Forestale Group of Pesaro and Urbino who intervened in the act of crime before the preparation of the dinner.
The owner of the restaurant will have to answer for crime of marketing and illegal possession of birds; he was in fact reported in a state of freedom to the competent judicial authority for having violated the prohibitions provided for by article 21 paragraph 1 letter "bb" of law 157/92 with penalties which, in the event of a conviction, provide pursuant to article 30 paragraph 1 letter "l" of the same law, arrest from two to six months or the fine from € 516,00 to € 2.065,00.
Article 21 expressly provides that it is forbidden to sell, hold to sell, buy live or dead birds, as well as their parts or easily recognizable derivatives, belonging to wild fauna, which do not belong to the following species: Mallard; red partridge; partridge of Sardinia; partridge; pheasant; wood pigeon.
During the operations, 49 thrushes (Turdus spp.), 6 woodcocks (Scolopax rusticola L.) and related offal were placed under criminal seizure. The restaurateur has been reported to the judicial authorities for having violated the prohibitions provided for by article 21 of law 157/92. Man will also be charged with administrative violations relating to the lack of traceability of foods with penalties envisaged up to 4.500 € (Centro pagina.it).