You may be positively tickled by the fact that the maple syrup industry is controlled by a cartel like group that may be mafia-adjacent and there have been high-stakes maple syrup heists.
https://www.google.com/search?&q=mafia+maple+syrup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Hei...
It's no joke, of course. That's precious stuff. And where there's money there's crime...
Today [2018], a barrel of maple syrup is worth
about $1,200 — that's around 18 times the value
of U.S. crude oil.