• My Australian Mafia Road Trip

  • By: SBS
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My Australian Mafia Road Trip

By: SBS
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  • What connects a stabbing in Fitzroy to a series of murders in the Queen Victoria Market and the disappearance of an aspiring politician in Griffith? In the 1960s, Australians first heard the word 'ndrangheta', the name for a ruthless mafia with origins in Calabria, that had taken root Down Under. My Australian Mafia Roadtrip will take you on a journey between Melbourne, Griffith and Mildura to discover key sites in Australia's mafia history. You will meet the protagonists of a century-old story and, together with hosts Carlo Oreglia and Anna Sergi, discover what lies behind the headlines.
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  • VIII. Journey's End: Better to be feared than loved

    VIII. Journey's End: Better to be feared than loved
    Nov 20 2024
    Carlo and Anna have traveled more than 1500 kilometres across two states, through remote parts of Australia to the capital of Victoria, trying to make sense of why and how the 'ndrangheta spread Down Under. In this final episode, they explore how the role of 'ndrangheta boss has changed in the last decades.
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    18 mins
  • VII The Tomato Tin Bust: The endless search for the boss of bosses

    VII The Tomato Tin Bust: The endless search for the boss of bosses
    Nov 13 2024
    If Carlton and Brunswick are the heart of the 'ndrangheta in Melbourne, the port is where its blood flows. It was here that an infamous drug seizure in 2007 drew attention to the hidden and dangerous world of trafficking. The notorious Tomato Tin scheme led to what was at the time the largest drug bust in the world.
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    32 mins
  • VI. Carlton, Fitzroy and Brunswick: The stomping grounds of the 'ndrangheta

    VI. Carlton, Fitzroy and Brunswick: The stomping grounds of the 'ndrangheta
    Nov 6 2024
    The first official 'ndrangheta murder was in 1945 in Fitzroy and twenty years later the Queen Victoria Market was rocked by a mafia war. But it was on Lygon Street, Carlton's main thoroughfare and the cradle of the Italian community, that the bosses gathered: not only to plot the murder of a rival, but also to eat, socialise, and be seen.
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    24 mins

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