Italian mafia Australia

AFP say Calabrian mafia have been in Australia for decades, laundering money and 'pulling the strings' of other gangs.

They funnelled the illegitimate wealth into their legitimate construction, agricultural and catering businesses. “They are pulling the strings of Australian outlaw motorcycle gangs who are behind some of the most significant violence in our communities.” “The ‘Ndrangheta are not just an Australian problem, they are a global problem,” Ryan said.

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Australian 'Ndrangheta members are difficult to combat, infiltrate and disrupt due to the code of silence, known as omertà. Since the 1970s, the Australian 'Ndrangheta are believed to have been involved in money laundering through legitimate business, making it difficult for law enforcement agencies to track the original source of money. Australian-based 'Ndrangheta are believed to be assisted and directed by 'Ndrangheta in Italy. "Unfortunately for them, they invested in the wrong technology when they invested in AN0M." "We've seen the familial blood lines, and marriage into blood lines," Ryan said. "The 'Ndrangheta are actually the ones pulling the strings of different, other organised crime groups, particularly the more violent groups such as motorcycle gangs."

The Australian Federal Police is investigating 51 Italian organised crime clans across Australia, including 14 from the notorious Ndrangheta mafia.

'They have been able to stay under the radar by living modest lives, in modest homes. We see the same names coming up all the time in relation to this country,' Assistant Commissioner Ryan said. Certainly the Italians have established themselves in regional areas. So this is really a warning to Italian organised crime that they're on our radar.' That shows how subterranean and significant the 'Ndrangheta are in Australia,' AFP Assistant Commissioner crime command Nigel Ryan said in a statement. Money laundering poses a significant threat to Australia's national security as it subverts, exploits, and distorts legitimate markets and economic activity.' In Australia, they are also responsible for cannabis and methamphetamine trafficking,' Mr Ryan said. He admitted dismantling the 'Ndrangheta in Australia will be a long and challenging task due to years of living under the radar. Of four arrests in recent weeks, three were allegedly linked to the 'Ndrangheta and were accused of being involved in a plot to import 1.2 tonnes of cocaine from Ecuador. 'The 'Ndrangheta are flooding Australia with illicit drugs and are pulling the strings of Australian outlaw motorcycle gangs, who are behind some of the most significant violence in our communities. The 'Ndrangheta mafia from Calabria in southern Italy is a particular focus for the AFP, which has been assessing the familial relationships, through blood and marriage, of the clan in Australia with the help of Italian authorities. The Australian Federal Police is investigating 51 Italian organised crime clans, including 14 from the infamous 'Ndrangheta mafia, a year after their secret app AN0M helped them launch one of the biggest and most significant crackdowns on organised crime in history.

Police are involved in a nationwide crackdown on Italian organised crime families who are pulling the strings of outlaw bikie gangs, including four clans in ...

Mr Ryan said the AFP is targeting the finances, communications, and operations of the Italian organised crime networks. Mr Ryan said understanding the operations of the Ndrangheta would help authorities crackdown on members of the Italian crime clans, who have been able to avoid detection by living in modest homes and mixing their illegal funds with profits from their legitimate businesses. “The Ndrangheta are flooding Australia with illicit drugs and are pulling the strings of Australian outlaw motorcycle gangs, who are behind some of the most significant violence in our communities,” he said.

After obtaining crucial intelligence, the Australian Federal Police are focusing on Italian organised crime syndicates that 'wash' billions of dollars ...

Police estimate millions of dollars a day are laundered through the Australian economy to wash drug profits. In Australia, that also extends to methamphetamine and cannabis. Police are conducting a nationwide sting to crack down on Italian organised crime families they believe are pulling the strings of bikie gangs.

Thousands of Italian mafia figures are washing billions of dollars a year through the Australian economy in secrecy ...

Ryan noted that while money laundering “subverts, exploits, and distorts” legitimate markets, drug trafficking weakens Australia’s national security and economy. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Tuesday launched a probe into 51 Italian organised crime gangs operating in Australia, 14 of which are the Calabrian mafia—also called ‘Ndrangheta—one of the most powerful organised crime groups in the world. Thousands of Italian mafia figures are washing billions of dollars a year through the Australian economy in secrecy while “pulling the strings” of other criminal clans.

The Calabrian mafia work with other organised crime groups including bikie gangs and Asian or Middle Eastern crime groups to co-operate on drug importation, ...

They funnelled the illegitimate wealth into their legitimate construction, agricultural and catering businesses. "They are pulling the strings of Australian outlaw motorcycle gangs who are behind some of the most significant violence in our communities." There are some 51 Italian organised crime clans in Australia, and the AFP has confirmed that 14 of those are 'Ndrangheta. "They are responsible for 70 to 80 per cent of the world's cocaine and they are flooding Australia with illicit drugs. "In many ways, I would say that the 'Ndrangheta are actually the ones pulling the strings of other organised crime groups, particularly the more violent groups, such as outlaw motorcycle gangs." Thousands of Italian mafia members are operating in Australia and until recently had gone largely undetected, while "pulling the strings" of other criminal gangs, Australian Federal Police say.

The Australian Federal Police is investigating 51 Italian organised crime clans across the country, including 14 from the infamous 'Ndrangheta, taking their ...

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is investigating 51 Italian organised crime clans across the country, including 14 from the infamous 'Ndrangheta, taking their orders from bosses in Calabria in southern Italy. "The 'Ndrangheta are flooding Australia with illicit drugs and are pulling the strings of Australian outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMCG), who are behind some of the most significant violence in our communities," said Mr Ryan. The Australian Federal Police is investigating 51 Italian organised crime clans across the country, including 14 from the infamous 'Ndrangheta, taking their orders from bosses in Calabria in southern Italy.

The Calabrian mafia work with other organised crime groups including bikie gangs and Asian or Middle Eastern crime groups to co-operate on drug importation, ...

They funnelled the illegitimate wealth into their legitimate construction, agricultural and catering businesses. “They are pulling the strings of Australian outlaw motorcycle gangs who are behind some of the most significant violence in our communities.” “They are responsible for 70 to 80 per cent of the world’s cocaine and they are flooding Australia with illicit drugs. “20 years ago Fremantle mafia families put a hit out on police officer Pryce Scanlan who is the current boss of the AFP’s western region… “The ‘Ndrangheta are not just an Australian problem, they are a global problem,” Mr Ryan said. “In many ways, I would say that the ‘Ndrangheta are actually the ones pulling the strings of other organised crime groups, particularly the more violent groups, such as outlaw motorcycle gangs.”