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Here’s an article from The Age I can share; Coffee with a mafioso: The time I met John Latorre By Nick McKenzie March 12, 2024 — 3.50pm Save Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size When I asked John Latorre whether he knew anything about the existence of the Calabrian mafia in Australia...

Anyway, early theories are speculating that Latorre might have also been involved in the so-called “Tobacco Wars” currently occurring in Melbourne and Sydney, where rival crews have been burning down illegal vape and tax-free cigarette shops. In any case, it will be interesting to see what happens w...

https://theblackhand.club/forum/ext/dmzx/imageupload/files/168beafb7e8894157c98e80bed61150b.png This one’s John Latorre at Vince Benvenuto’s funeral. https://theblackhand.club/forum/ext/dmzx/imageupload/files/bbf2a494fef5c166c7120b6cb76d6aa4.png This is his brother Vincent Paul Latorre. https://the...

Yeah I started to notice my blog getting a surge in views this morning, which tipped me off to something going on. Latorre was killed at 4.30am outside his house on Buchanan Place, Greenvale. Apparently he was leaving for work at the Markets. I’ve previously covered the Latorre family in an article ...

69 if you ain't the boss or a capo. That convict inc guy says joe testa was like a real co and warden pet. Always talking to the guards for what it's worth Wow, see this got me thinking. In Australian jails, if you initiate a conversation with a screw, or even engage with them too much when you hav...

Yo, this is DOPE fabien. I love the tangential link, it’s gives such a better scope to the whole picture.

It’s also where the Madafferi brothers were from, making it a somewhat interesting possibility, but that has little bearing on this conversation. Beyond the murder of Vincenzo Polestino recorded as occurring in Victoria, 1927 (which I assume is what you’re referring to Fabien…?) im finding very litt...

THATS it! Polestino and the goddamn Luppino family!
Thanks anti, I will save the clipping amd keep looking for the old source.

^^^^ Lethal Exports: How B.C. gangsters are damaging a tropical paradise https://vancouversun.com/feature/lethal-exports-how-bc-gangsters-ruining-tropical-paradise Btw, great article anti. This method of “parasite smuggling” where the cargo is welded on to hulls and in to ballast spaces. I was talk...

A lot of this Ironside info is apparently wrapped up in national security issues, especially considering the trans-national nature of most of the relative syndicates. It was a pain just to identify the two Alvaros charged last year, and as far as I know their cases are still to come before the court...

Hey Fabien, for the moment I’m going to play it safe and admit I may have been wrong; I believe the conversation I referred to may have involved members of the Macrí family. What’s super frustrating is that I know there’s a significant Alavaro family connection, but I can’t for the life of me find t...

If you have your copy of Evil Life handy, go the chapter titled “The Toronto Connection”. In it, the authors describe a few phone calls being made between Canada and Australia. They use fake names (due to Australia’s draconian defamation laws) but one of those calls is between Alvaro families. Some ...

Now iirc, a brother of Carmine named Cosimo ended up in Canada, and was close to Violi. I’ll have to double check my notes. I’m at work atm, so I’ll post more later . That, I didn't know, thanks for the info, I have to dig into this. Yeah, there’s definitely links there. I might be misremembering, ...

Sorry, I contradicted myself. The Adelaide Alvaro are from Sinopoli. San Luca people are in Canberra and Sydney.

Iirc, there’s a marriage somewhere in Sydney but I’ll have to double check. The Alvaro in Australia are from Sinopoli in Sydney and San Luca in Adelaide and Canberra, but there’s also some descendants from Delianuova. It’s a weird hodge-podge of Sinopoli and Plati in Western Sydney atm. Carmine Alva...