Torsten Posted April 14, 2005 Just cruising the ayahuasca forums and wanted to make people aware of this. There is a lot more info to this over there. This is another Santo Daime case, which is encouraging, because these appear to have the best chances of success. --------------------- Breaking-up in Italy of a religious cult suspected of drug traffic 18 March 2005 Roma, AFP A religious cult of Brazilian origin accused of narcotic substances traffic at an international scale was broken up in the center of Italy, has announced this Friday the antimafia brigade of the city of Perugia. After an investigation that lasted eight months, an arrest order was issued against 24 members of the pseudo-religious organization "Santo Daime" or "Ayahuasca" (rope of the spirits in Quechua), appeared in Brazil at the beginning of the 20th century and which Italian headquarters are located in Assisi. The questionned persons are of Italian, French, Brazilian, and Portuguese nationality The investigation also permitted to seize 40 liters of a hallucinogenic psychotropic substance called "dimethyltryptamine" (DMT) considered a hard drug in Italy according to the antimafia brigade. According to the antimafia brigade, the principal figure of this spiritual movement is a Brazilian who produces and transports the DMT to Europe. This person received adhesion requests from the entire world through electronic mail and a sum between 15 and 30 euros. The participation to one "Santo Daime" ritual cost 45 euros to the adepts of the movement or 70 euros for two sessions. The meetings were held every two weeks, approximatively. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amulte Posted April 20, 2005 why and to what purpose would the antimafia brigade be wanting to bust a religous gathering?? hmmm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
incognito Posted April 21, 2005 ahhh, because they are producing and exporting large quantities of illegal drugs maybee? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
