Posted on 07/14/2013 5:06:06 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
The drug trafficking 'Ndrangheta or Calabrian Mafia has been long-entrenched in Australia, and the Herald Sun has run an enlightening three-part series based on confidential law enforcement intelligence reports: Part I, Part II and Part III. Australian authorities became aware of the 'Ndrangheta's presence in the early-1960s when a turf war among rival clans attracted attention, and notwithstanding repeated investigations over the next fifty years little has been done to bring down the crime group. Of course, a little corruption apparently goes a long way in Australia. A 1991 report by the Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence states that Mafia members or their relatives "have achieved a high degree of influence with, and even infiltrated, federal and state government departments, the judiciary and various law enforcement bodies."
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