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[AntComello]

$500 for a gram of coke??? That’s wild

[antimafia]

$500 for a gram of coke??? That’s wild

The price is directly proportional to the distance that the coke has to travel from the originating source country to Australia.

[AntComello]

$500 for a gram of coke??? That’s wild

The price is directly proportional to the distance that the coke has to travel from the originating source country to Australia.

Makes sense…here in Ny I can get a gram for $80 lol

[antimafia]

^^^^
Very interesting, Stephen. The Hells in Quebec seem to be heavily involved in actual production of meth within the province.

Very interesting, *Steven

Sorry about that.

[AustraliaSteve]

^^^^
Very interesting, Stephen. The Hells in Quebec seem to be heavily involved in actual production of meth within the province.

Very interesting, *Steven

Sorry about that.

Not at all brother.

$500 for a gram of coke??? That’s wild

The price is directly proportional to the distance that the coke has to travel from the originating source country to Australia.

Makes sense…here in Ny I can get a gram for $80 lol

Yeah, Australia has a reputation for paying some of the highest amounts in the world for drugs. 400 to 500% mark ups are relatively common place.

[AustraliaSteve]

$500 for a gram of coke??? That’s wild

The price is directly proportional to the distance that the coke has to travel from the originating source country to Australia.

Anti, I am paraphrasing this comment for an essay on online drug markets that I am currently working on for uni. This is a massive factor in the engine that is global drug traffic.

[antimafia]

^^^^
Please feel free to go ahead and paraphrase, as what I wrote is itself a distillation of what I’ve often read over the years about pricing cocaine vis-à-vis how far a shipment travels to its destination.

[AustraliaSteve]

Someone has officially replaced Tony Madaferri as boss; I’ll see if I can dig out the name over the next few days.




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Melbourne businessman, 55, anointed new Godfather of Australian mafia

It can be revealed that the Australian mafia has anointed a new Godfather – believed to have ties to a major soccer club – in the biggest change to the mob in decades.

Mark Buttler
and
Anthony Dowsley
2 min read
April 23, 2023 - 8:14PM

Daily Telegraph Crime Editor Mark Morri and reporter Josh Hanrahan examine the history of the Mafia in Australia, and its continuing impact following recent revelations made by the Australian Federal Police.
The Australian arm of the mafia has a new Melbourne-based Godfather in the biggest change to the “Honoured Society” in decades.

The Herald Sun can reveal the new top man, chosen by a “commission”, was appointed following a series of meetings held in Perth where families with ties to Calabria reside.

He is said to have ties to a major soccer club.

As the new boss, the convicted criminal replaces a well-known Melbourne fruit and vegetable businessman as the head of the Calabrian mafia, also known as the “Ndrangheta”.

Plati in Calabria is notorious for being a centre of the powerful 'Ndrangheta, the Calabrian organised crime organisation
Plati in Calabria is notorious for being a centre of the powerful 'Ndrangheta, the Calabrian organised crime organisation
The retiring boss, who has no criminal record, has been considered Australia’s Italian organised crime “Godfather” since the 1990s.

It is also believed his son has been installed as deputy leader.

Unlike previous eras, the changeover has been negotiated without bloodshed.

The incoming mob boss has been close to the “Godfather” since the 1980s.

It also brings together two families at the top of the Victorian hierarchy who have long worked together to increase the mafia’s influence.

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The outgoing Godfather made it to the top in a bloody era in which some of the key opposition candidates were murdered.

The new man appears to have made his way there, in part, through his ability to manage relationships with key families.

It is not known whether Victoria Police’s anti-gang squad, which has a team scrutinising the activities of the mafia, is aware of the recent leadership change.

But a 2015 Victoria Police intelligence report noted the planned leadership change.

The death of mafia Godfather Domenico Italiano in 1962 created a power vacuum.
The new boss, who the Herald Sun cannot legally name, is known to both state and federal police and was embroiled in the 2008 Operation Inca sting. His extended family has links to a fresh fruit business and a major sporting club.

But, after spending four years in prison, the 55-year-old now controls an organised crime syndicate with a history in Australia dating back to 1922.

“Changes in the Australian ’Ndrangheta are expected at intergenerational turns,” Italian mafia academic Professor Anna Sergi said. “In fact, we can expect different rules of succession to apply to Australia than they would apply to the organisation elsewhere.”

A restructuring of Australia’s ’Ndrangheta cells comes in the wake of the AFP-led worldwide AN0M sting, which recorded communications over years between organised crime figures.

Gangland lawyer Joe Acquaro was shot in 2016. Picture: Supplied.
The AN0M app was created as a Trojan horse to fool those using it to run their criminal networks gave authorities access to how the mafia operates.
Through AN0M – an encrypted app – the AFP and FBI gained a rare insight into the mafia and the scale of transnational criminal activity.

It unveiled how massive illicit drug importations were organised or aided through mafia figures and associates, the size of the profits and how often the mafia “worked” with outlaw motorcycle gangs.

The AFP’s Operation Ironside was then launched to cripple the networks suspected to be importing tonnes of cocaine and methamphetamine into Australia.

Profits from illicit drugs are laundered through legitimate companies or sent offshore.

The AFP last year said its intelligence indicated there were 51 Italian organised crime clans operating in Australia — 14 of them ’Ndrangheta clans, with thousands of members.

Like elsewhere in the world, the clans are tied by blood lines.

Funeral for murdered Mafia Boss Francesco ‘Frank’ Benvenuto, who was shot dead in 2000.
Some of these Australian families have relatives in Italy and the AFP’s intelligence suggests some members take orders from mob bosses in Calabria.

The existence of the mafia is denied by members who obey a code of silence, known as “omerta”.

Cracking the mafia’s activities in Australia has historically been considered too difficult and experts believe the seriousness of its threat to Australia has historically been underestimated.

It is now estimated the ’Ndrangheta controls 80 per cent of the world’s cocaine trade.


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[AustraliaSteve]

It’s somebody that was peripheral in Operation Inca, aka the Tomato Tins Case, and I know that Tony’s son had been making trips to Perth for some time. I understand it’s need, but Australia has some of the most repressive media laws in the western world. I’ll keep working some angles.

[Dwalin2014]

Is Francesco Madafferi free already or still in prison?

[AustraliaSteve]

Frank is still in prison. His son Giovanni is considered too much a loose cannon. Tony’s son has apparently been building respect and relationships for a while (I have not confirmed this outright, but I believe Tony’s son is also named Frank from conversations I’ve had).

Antonio Di Pietro is one candidate I’m hesitantly floating as new boss, im still waiting on further confirmation.

[AustraliaSteve]

Tony Di Pietro (born February 18, 1967) has officially taken over from Tony Madaferri as the highest ranking ‘ndranghetisti in Victoria. He’s close with the Madaferri family, as well as the Barbaro and Benvenuto families. His brother Michael is a property developer who is known to be a close friend of Mick Gatto. His cousin is Anthony Di Pietro, CEO of Premier Fresh (one of Australia’s largest farming companies) and chairman of Melbourne Victory FC. He did four and a half years for selling ecstasy that came from Pasquale Barbaro, which was part of the Operation Inca convictions.
Antonio’s son, whom I believe is named Frank, is being groomed for the top spot once he’s a little older, with Di Pietro nominally in charge until then.

It’s really murky, but there doesn’t seem to be quite the hegemony of a “Plati Group” along the east and southern coasts of Australia anymore. There’s groups from San Luca and Sinapoli active in Victoria and Canberra, with the Plati Group largely based out of Griffith, as is tradition for them. There’s obviously a lot of interpersonal relationships between members of different clans, and it seems like meetings in Western Australia have replace the traditional “Crimine” meetings held in Mildura for decades.

Like I said, really murky, but so far this is some of the information I’ve received. I should preface this with a big “ALLEGEDLY” because press in Australia is restrictive as fuck and I don’t want to get sued for defamation. Not sure how it applies if I’m sharing information with a US based board, but like I said. Allegedly.

[AustraliaSteve]

With what’s going on lately in the biker scene here, it would definitely seem that ‘ndrangheta in Australia no longer holds any sort of monopoly over drug markets in New South Wales, possibly the rest of the country too. Over the last few years, the Comonchero OMC has become the preeminent drug cartel in Australia, with authority to charge a “commission” on imports. I’m trying to work some angles with some journos, see if I can dig out some specific names.
If anything, it would seem that that ‘ndrangheta in Australia has become “gentrified”. They seem to be a lot more involved in white-collar type rackets, with extensive interests in property and fruit and veg markets. Landscaping and trucking concerns are also a common theme.

But it also sounds far fetched to imply that they’re no longer involved in drugs at all. Are they washing money for the bikers? How do they fit in with the current juggernaut that is the Comonchero OMC?

Sorry guys, thinking out loud here. What exactly is Di Pietro supposedly taking over?

[motorfab]

I don't really follow the news in Australia because I'm more on the years before, but it seems that the situation is a bit like Montreal with the gangs of bikers.

I think that the mafia in Australia is much more structured and organized than the one in Montreal (I'm not counting Ontario where I have no doubts about their power)

But of course I could be wrong

[calabrianwatch]

If Di Pietro is taking over from Madafferi, and it's an IF (wouldn't be the first time that news are given with an ulterior motive or purpose) then that would be Victoria, not the whole of australia. Also it seems that the cousin Di Pietro (the soccer guy) would be a much better candidate for the job than a drug trafficker...