Thanks for the link Richard. I just searched the site of Il Giornale (side note: which is owned by Silvio Berlusconi not by his family as reported) found the article.

These area couple of lines about the coffin wood. 'The eye of the investigators is pointed mainly to the pizza of the lowest order, that in Naples there are thousands. Investigators suspect that the coffins are shredded and then blended into the mixture then used to power the ovens.'

And this is to give a general idea about things in Naples. 'But the real problem is the cemetery, considered a seaport, accessible to all, at any time of day, where everyone can do what he wants without hindrance. The lootings are a daily occurrence, especially in the so-called quadrilateral cemetery of illustrious men, where statues, coats of arms are constantly stolen. Last year in a congregation were stolen even five thousand vases for flowers: a looting in broad daylight, not even a complaint.

A gang may have set the market for coffins for resale to owners of pizza ovens and the unscrupulous determined to save on the expense of firewood. On the other hand, to realize the state in which they reduced most of the twelve cemeteries citizens, just to jump in the two most important Poggioreale. It is now a daily spectacle which presents itself to visitors: uncovered coffins, human remains abandoned in the streets as if they were garbage. "The cemetery reflects the city. It is in disarray as roads and as are the offices and public health. No wonder that certain things happen: graves uncovered, thefts continue, vandalism, "says Andrea Santoro, president of the municipal committee of inquiry on cemeteries.'

Here is the link to the original article. Sorry but it is in Italian of course.

http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/rub...e=1-comments=1