Huge Stash of Spaghetti Bolognese found in Virtual Barn:
A racket of illegal virtual food smuggling from Italy has been dismantled by Coop, the Customs-operated online police. Approximately two million cans of Spaghetti Bolognese were discovered in a virtual barn on a computer in central Stockholm. The owners of the computer, Luigi fra Diavoli and Roberto Ravioli, claim innocence. They insist that a Microsoft virus, or a cracker from the Liberal Party, installed the barn on their computer. Coop has switched off the computer and seized the offending harddrive. This may at first seem odd, as both Italy and Sweden are part of the European Union---a free-trade zone---but Magnus Frisk, CIO of Coop, explains: "The Internet falls under US Law, and you can't import food to the US without a permit, even if it's virtual."
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