Calabrian-Australian families like that of John Latorre, who was killed this week, are synonymous with the fresh produce sector – but some have connections to the ’Ndrangheta too
John Latorre: as he walked out of his Greenvale home at about 4.30am, the 64-year-old was shot dead in a killing with possible links to Italian organised crime.John Latorre: as he walked out of his Greenvale home at about 4.30am, the 64-year-old was shot dead in a killing with possible links to Italian organised crime.
In the century since Calabrian families with links to the mafia, or ’Ndrangheta, first arrived in Australia, much has changed about how organised crime operates in the country. But Calabrian-Australian families are still synonymous with the fruit and vegetable trade.Latorre did not seem a significant player in the ’Ndrangheta, according to Prof Anna Sergi, a leading expert on the group – which makes the motive for his killing – if it is indeed linked to the ’Ndrangheta – all the more puzzling.
There has also been speculation about an impending changing of the guard in Australia, which could be linked to the killing, Sergi says.In Australia, the ’Ndrangheta is suspected to effectively be run by a committee of older men with links – by family or marriage – to the Calabrian towns that remain strongholds of the group.
Another curiosity, according to Sergi, is that regional areas such as Shepparton and Mildura with enduring ’Ndrangheta connections have increased in importance to the organisation since the pandemic. His body had been wrapped in plastic and doused in lime. Latorre, Vincent Latorre, and two other brothers, Mario and Frank, refused to give evidence at a 2006 inquest into Iaria’s death, according to reports at the time, saying they did not wish to incriminate themselves.
The report found families had a diminishing importance in Italian organised crime but remained central to operations.
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