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The 'ndrangheta began in Queensland, where they continued their rural form of organised crime, especially in the fruit and vegetable industry. [3] From 1928 to 1940, some 10 homicides and 30 bombings were attributed to the Society. [4] 'Ndrangheta operating in Australia include the Sergi, Barbaro and Papalia clans. [5]
The first Serbian mafiosi came to Australia in the late '70s, organised in a Yugoslav clan, their headquarters were some 15 kafanas in Sydney, Wollongong and Melbourne. [5] In the '80s the Serbian Mafia was reinforced with the arrival of Serbian immigrants.
The Sydney gangland wars (or the Gang wars) were a series of murders and killings of several known criminal figures and their associates that took place in Sydney, Australia, during the 1980s. [1] A vast majority of the murders were seen as retributive killings, attempts to control Sydney's drug trade, and expansion of criminal territory. [2]
The 5T gang was started by refugees who came to Australia with their parents after the fall of the Republic of Vietnam. The formation of the 5Ts began in the mid-1980s. The term 5T, stands for five Vietnamese words starting with T; 'Tình', 'Tiền', 'Tù', 'Tội' and 'Tử', translating to 'Love, Money, Prison, Punishment, Death'.
26 April 1980 – Louise and Charmian Faulkner disappearance – A mother and her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter disappeared from outside their St Kilda, Victoria, residence and are presumed murdered (unsolved). May 1980 and November 1981 – Tynong North and Frankston Murders – Six women were killed in Victoria (unsolved).
The Milperra Massacre, Milperra bikie shoot-out [1] or Father's Day Massacre [2] was a gunfight between rival motorcycle gang members on 2 September (Father's Day in Australia) 1984, in Milperra, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. [2]
Bruno Robert Trimbole (/ t r ɪ m b oʊ l i /) (19 March 1931 – 12 May 1987) was an Australian businessman, drug baron and organized crime figure whose alleged involvement in drug trafficking in Griffith, New South Wales, resulted in a royal commission, a coroner's inquest and an international chase by the Australian government seeking his apprehension after he fled to Europe.
MOB also is believe to have deep undocumented and yet to be proven links to multiple crime entetis in Sydney, including OMC groups and organised crime syndicates also bleaved to be involved in the fatal shooting of a 35-year-old in Chester Hill in October 2021. Its active status is currently unknown. [74] NF14: 2770 (Mount Druitt)