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by AustraliaSteve
Fri Mar 04, 2022 7:52 am
Forum: MAFIA FORUM
Topic: https://mafiainaustralia.wordpress.com/
Replies: 359
Views: 130027

Re: Mafia Down Under Discussion

No prob. This particular branch of the Barbaros has been in the news a lot recently. This is Joe Barbaro’s youngest and one of the two last living sons from his first marriage; Pasquale (who went by his middle name of Timothy) was murdered in Sydney, 2016, aged 35, by members of the Rebels MC. Middl...
by AustraliaSteve
Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:41 pm
Forum: MAFIA FORUM
Topic: https://mafiainaustralia.wordpress.com/
Replies: 359
Views: 130027

Re: Mafia Down Under Discussion

Its tangential because he’s a bikie, but Harley Barbaro is a member of the Australian branch of the Barbaro family. He’s the son of Joe Barbaro, a cousin of Pasquale Barbaro, both convicted drug traffickers. Harley’s brother Tim was murdered and his brother Rick was recently in the news for murderin...
by AustraliaSteve
Mon Feb 21, 2022 3:50 pm
Forum: MAFIA FORUM
Topic: https://mafiainaustralia.wordpress.com/
Replies: 359
Views: 130027

Re: Mafia Down Under Discussion

The last guy involved in a record Australian ecstasy bust has been arrested in North Eastern Australia after over a decade on the run. Graham Potter was named in the investigation that saw Pasquale Barbaro sentenced to life in prison for drug trafficking. Barbaro is the son of Francesco “Little Tree...
by AustraliaSteve
Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:16 pm
Forum: MAFIA FORUM
Topic: https://mafiainaustralia.wordpress.com/
Replies: 359
Views: 130027

Re: Mafia Down Under Discussion

Here’s an older article, but it goes into a bit of detail about what’s going on with Joe Barbaro and a few of his 8 boys. It’s pretty tangled but definitely gives an idea on what the current situation looks like with that particular family. True Crime Australia Mafia tangled web rife in notorious Ba...
by AustraliaSteve
Thu Nov 11, 2021 5:08 pm
Forum: MAFIA FORUM
Topic: Ndrangheta
Replies: 131
Views: 6275

Re: Ndrangheta

I know right? It’s weird and stupidly hilarious. All I can think is that in Australia, it’s common for biker affiliates to convert to Islam, as there is already a massive presence of BFL members, and many of the other outlaw motorcycle groups, like the Mongols, Comoncheros, etc, who have a big Middl...
by AustraliaSteve
Thu Nov 11, 2021 7:54 am
Forum: MAFIA FORUM
Topic: Ndrangheta
Replies: 131
Views: 6275

Re: Ndrangheta

Not sure if this is where i should post this here or in another thread, as it’s only tangentially related to the ‘Ndrangheta. But in any case, the Barbaro family is far flung and ubiquitous in the Australian scene. In Australia, a Barbaro has been murdered every decade since the 1990, and are regula...
by AustraliaSteve
Thu Nov 11, 2021 7:41 am
Forum: MAFIA FORUM
Topic: Ndrangheta
Replies: 131
Views: 6275

Re: Ndrangheta

AUSTRALIAN MAFIA Ricardo Barbaro arrested after a 10-day manhunt By DIMAIOLO SANTOLO May 14, 2020 0 Comments Ricardo Barbaro after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend, Ellie Price. Ricardo Barbaro after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend, Ellie Price. Ricardo Barbaro had been a fugi...
by AustraliaSteve
Thu Nov 11, 2021 7:37 am
Forum: MAFIA FORUM
Topic: Ndrangheta
Replies: 131
Views: 6275

Re: Ndrangheta

Calabrianwatch and Motorfab; thank you for sharing all this info. Being Australian, I mainly focus on the Calabrians innAustralia. If there’s anything you guys come across or know regarding Australia, please share with me. For what it’s worth, if you guys were to share information that works it’s wa...
by AustraliaSteve
Mon Nov 01, 2021 1:14 pm
Forum: MAFIA FORUM
Topic: https://mafiainaustralia.wordpress.com/
Replies: 359
Views: 130027

Re: Mafia Down Under Discussion

I missed this article when it first came out, but it’s interesting to I thought I’d share. It seems in the fallout of the Nicola Gobba aka Lawyer X case, it’s come out that police at some point, Australian investigators suspected Tony Madaferri of being responsible for the 2006 murder of crooked law...
by AustraliaSteve
Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:18 am
Forum: MAFIA FORUM
Topic: https://mafiainaustralia.wordpress.com/
Replies: 359
Views: 130027

Re: Mafia Down Under Discussion

Totally missed this one. I've been lazy, and trying to get back into research and writing after working on music and fiction for a bit. So a few years back, it came out in some Crimine Reports that Tony Vallelonga, a businessman and former Mayor of the West Australian city of Stirling, had been in d...
by AustraliaSteve
Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:50 am
Forum: MAFIA FORUM
Topic: https://mafiainaustralia.wordpress.com/
Replies: 359
Views: 130027

Re: Mafia Down Under Discussion

Recent article explores links between suspected 'ndrangheta member and shady dealings at his strawberry farm.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/drug-tr ... 505b8.html
by AustraliaSteve
Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:47 am
Forum: MAFIA FORUM
Topic: https://mafiainaustralia.wordpress.com/
Replies: 359
Views: 130027

Re: Mafia Down Under Discussion

Article about one of so called ''Australian Donnie Brasco's''.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/vict ... oym4t.html

Trivia; in Australia, the ''Brasco'' is slang for toilet, especially in jail. Because it's ''full of shit''.
by AustraliaSteve
Fri Sep 20, 2019 4:56 am
Forum: MAFIA FORUM
Topic: https://mafiainaustralia.wordpress.com/
Replies: 359
Views: 130027

Re: Mafia Down Under Discussion

Been away for a while. It's good to be back.

Interesting article.
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relat ... 0b2f3e362d
by AustraliaSteve
Sat Jan 06, 2018 1:16 am
Forum: MAFIA FORUM
Topic: Louis Esposito and Peter LaGatta
Replies: 2
Views: 158

Re: Louis Esposito and Peter LaGatta

Chris made the point a while back that they were likely present ealier, but the earliest documented evidence starts in 1922. Of course, Australia was still mostly rural at that time, in comparison to North and South America. But it's managed to get so entrenched that Italian investigators apparently...
by AustraliaSteve
Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:49 am
Forum: MAFIA FORUM
Topic: Louis Esposito and Peter LaGatta
Replies: 2
Views: 158

Louis Esposito and Peter LaGatta

Any help on these names would be appreciated. I have them tentatively listed as Colombo guys circa. 1985...? Apparently they were implicated in the murder of one Louis Muscatello.

It's regarding (you fuckin' guessed it :mrgreen: ) a potential link to Australia.