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[AustraliaSteve]

Recently found this document. It’s old, the submission from 2001-2004 by Frank Madafferi to the Human Rights Committee when he was facing deportation. It goes into deep detail about his arrival in Australia and the effect the possible deportation had on his family, including eldest Giovanni who would go on to home invasions and motor thefts in 2015. At the time, Frank was still being represented by Pino Acquaro.

Interesting read:
http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/undocs/html/1 ... 6%2C%20and

[AustraliaSteve]

More older stuff, but for anyone who hasn’t seen it, this was the report on Joe Madafferi’s court appearance for stealing cars and possessing weapons. He and a mate tried to run through a house in Kings Park and subsequently got his skull fractured. He seems fine in the video.

https://www.9news.com.au/videos/mafia- ... qkqu1xvvxm

Just looking over some old Melbourne stuff in the aftermath of the Latorre hit.

[AustraliaSteve]

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.

[AustraliaSteve]

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

[OcSleeper]

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

[B.]

Excellent news.