THE BLACK HAND FORUM

Giorgio Curcio wrote an article recently that explores a little about what might be going on in Melbourne atm, with these two suspicious fires on the back of the LaTorre hit;
https://www.corrieredellacalabria.it/2 ... melbourne/

On a historical note, Stefano Gattelari was arrested with Mr Lenin Alvaro in Sydney’s western suburbs at the start of 1970
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/art ... ro%20raids

Some the younger LaTorre and Madafferi family members are apparently friends with Vincenzo Gattellari. As I understand atm, Vincent ran 888 Negroni with the support of some older family members.

Director of the proprietary company that owns Taylor Lakes La Porchetta is one Antonina Formica née. Arico. She’s married to Fat Sal Formica. Her father is Giovanni whose brother Antonio is the father of Rocco Arico.

A journo here reckons the LaTorre hit had something to do with Salvatore Formica’s coke bust in PNG with Peter Forni and Tony Natale. Sal is married to Rocco’s cousin. Antonina..

I just viewed the ASIC extract for Negroni’s of Essendon Pty Ltd, and the Vincenzo Gattellari who’s name is listed as Director was only born in 1993.

These Gatterlaris are sort of new in town, they have not been in Melbourne long.

I wonder if or how he’s related to Fortunato Gattellari, who was sentenced for his role in the Michael McGurk murder some years back. Fortunato aka Lucky was the brother of Olympian boxer Rocky Gattellari.

He owns a few businesses in Melbourne. I think this is him
In the middle;
EDIT: let me censor some of the image first. There’s other people in it

Yeah, St Monica’s at the Moonee Ponds section of Mt Alexander Road. 888 Negroni is in Essendon. I’ll see if I can find the company extract and see if there’s any other names on there that might be a lead.

Blondie and Bebe Manariti muscled in on Pantoleo years ago and it’s made them very rich. La Porchetta Holdings extract might be interesting. It's not listed on the Madafferi-LaVerde owned Luckbuy holding company that his fruit market operates under. These fires are suspicious as fuck, coming on the back of the LaTorre murder.

Pizza chain La Porchetta's thin crust of respectability hides a darker truth
https://www.theage.com.au/national/vict ... yot31.html

https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbo ... fb03788845

888 negroni is owned by a Vincenzo Gattellari, from Messignadi, the fraction village of Oppido Mamertina where Madafferi brothers are from. Same road where La torre funeral was held if I am not mistaken. And the other restaurant was in the La porchetta franchise. Something is fishy here.

Yes, a much more modern perspective than mine. Really looking forward to keeping up with the fieldwork.

Absolutely love this quote;

It is often said that for the 'ndrangheta clans, everything begins where it ends, namely in Calabria. It is very quick to say that the head - like the heart - of the criminal organisation remains always and only in Calabria. And yet, we have said how criminal activities certainly have several heads, without a control room; they are dislocated throughout the national territory and even abroad. An investigation into the complex and composite identity of the clans in their place of birth is therefore essential to fully understand the various faces of this mafia today, even outside Calabria.

Excellent news.

Prof. Anna Sergi has started a blog
https://myaustraliandrangheta.blogspot.com/?m=1

I’ve been on this mission to identify mafia activity in Australia pre-1922, and have mostly come across random bits and stubs about potential “camorrista” hiding out in Australia and random acts of violence that have a scent of ‘ndrangheta activity.

So I found this article dating from August of 1916 that covers the murder of Joseph Lauricella by Joseph Picone. Both Melbourne fruiterers, Picone murdered Lauricella over a long-standing fued between the two. Picone was sentenced to death but pleaded mental deficiency. The feud dates back to 1900, and both their fathers had returned to Italy before the murder.
Not saying this is necessarily a mafia thing, but it’s interesting to show that violence in the Melbourne fruit markets dates back so early. The name Picone I believe is from Bari. Not sure on Lauricella.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116672435

After some email exchange with Dr Sergi, I have a bit of a clearer idea about how Tony Madafferi has insulated himself from investigators as well as journalists. I viewed a business extract from ASIC (the Australian Securities and Investments Commission) that detailed the company’s owned by Madaferri, or rather, the umbrella company under which Madaferri family produce companies operate. His businesses are owned by LaManma Premier Group, which is owned by the Di Pietro family. LaManna, plus some other companies, operate under Luckbuy Pty Ltd/Market Europa. This proprietary company also envelopes several LaVerde owned companies and family trusts in the Madafferi and Tropeano family names. Basically nowhere is Tony Madafferi officially named as the sole owner/operator of any of his business. But there is a slew of closely related families in there, Manariti, Di Pietro, Tropeano, Romeo and LaVerde.

It’s kind of minutiae, but it’s kind of interesting when trying to look closer at the Madafferi empire.