Episodes

  • 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
  • V. Mayhem at Queen Victoria Market: A turf war erupts

    V. Mayhem at Queen Victoria Market: A turf war erupts
    Oct 30 2024
    After exploring Griffith and Mildura, Carlo and Anna start the long drive back to Melbourne, 'ndrangheta's "third corner" in Australia. But how exactly is Melbourne connected to the origin of the Honorable Society Down Under? And what is the thread that connects a gruesome murder in post-war Fitzroy to a bloody turf war at the Queen Victoria Market in the 1960s?
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    33 mins
  • IV. When a coffee is not a coffee: Extortion, bottlenecks, and hidden messages

    IV. When a coffee is not a coffee: Extortion, bottlenecks, and hidden messages
    Oct 23 2024
    Mildura is a beautiful regional town known for food, wine and tourism. But it was here in the 1970s and 80s that the first "mafia tribunals" were established, and it was here that some of the more gruesome murders took place. Carlo and Anna try and untie some of the contradictions of this border town.
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    23 mins
  • III. Mafia Tribunals in the Mallee: How the 'Men of honour' maintained order

    III. Mafia Tribunals in the Mallee: How the 'Men of honour' maintained order
    Oct 16 2024
    In the 1970's the 'ndrangheta was active not just in Griffith, its sphere of influence stretched westward over 300 kilometres to Mildura. And its daily business was more than just violence. But to maintain order in it's ranks violence was often enforced. A tribunal system made key decisions, and held the power to determine life or death.
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    28 mins
  • II. The Original Sin: The unfinished business of the Woodward Commission

    II. The Original Sin: The unfinished business of the Woodward Commission
    Oct 10 2024
    After a visit to the Coleambally plains - site of the infamous drug busts of the 1970's - it's time to enter Griffith to investigate the disappearance of Donald MacKay. The mysterious fate of the aspiring politician captured the attention of Australia, while the resulting investigation left Griffith in a state of uncertainty that continues to this day.
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    26 mins
  • I. Where it all began: The rise of 'ndrangheta in Australia

    I. Where it all began: The rise of 'ndrangheta in Australia
    Oct 10 2024
    To understand the rise of the 'ndrangheta in Australia, you can't just stay in the big cities: tracing its origins means hitting the road. Carlo Oreglia and Anna Sergi head up the Hume highway and through the Coleambally plains toward Griffith, the NSW town that was the centre of a national case in the 1970s: the disappearance of aspiring politician Donald Mackay.
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    27 mins
  • My Australian Mafia Road Trip: How the 'ndrangheta evolved Down Under

    My Australian Mafia Road Trip: How the 'ndrangheta evolved Down Under
    Oct 7 2024
    According to legend one hundred and two years ago, the Honoured Society made its way from Calabria to Australia. From that moment on, a series of murders, disappearances and spectacular drug busts showed how the 'ndrangheta took hold Down Under over decades. But why, and how did the 'ndrangheta, or Honoured Society, become so prevalent in Australian society? SBS Italian's Carlo Oreglia and mafia expert Dr Anna Sergi hit the road to find out.
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    3 mins