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I’m conflicted on Nadu. He started off as a mob groupie who would condemn rats and the government. Then he actually started interviewing informants and admitted he couldn’t speak for other people’s experiences, which showed growth. But then he started getting kind of obnoxious about how much of an e...

Great stuff nash. I’ll link to it from my blog.

I will have been on the forums for 25 (that's twenty-five) years this September. Was thinking of doing something to celebrate it, but I'm not really sure what that might entail. I see you, Ivan. I’m the same. Started mob-watching and lurked from ‘04, first posted to GBB in 2006. From there to Real ...

Damn. That’s a really good read. Thanks Fabien.

Honestly anything regarding Giovanni Falcone lately I’m finding fascinating. True martyrs, him and Borsellino. That famous pic of them leaning in to share a joke is iconic.

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/2024/05/02/ndrangheta-in-australia-e-la-paura-per-una-nuova-guerra-un-omicidio-e-due-ris...

… the fact that things seem to target people from Messignadi/Oppido I am inclined to think this is a clear message. Not sure by whom….This is a Melbourne problem and it might, just might, attract new blood from Calabria as well. This, combined with the apparently newish role the Gattellari family h...

Thanks for responding Anna, all the time in the world for you. See I had been under the impression that of the two Giovanni’s, T’s son was considered stable and reliable while F’s son was considered the wildcard. I hadn’t thought about how the latter’s rep. may negatively influence his cousins. That...

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 ...

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.

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 Por...

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 cr...

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...