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'Ndrangheta in Australia and the fear of a new "war": a murder and two restaurants on fire in Melbourne
On the night of April 30, two rooms were set on fire in just a few minutes. In March, however, the ambush against Latorre. In the background "well-known" Calabrian families and common origins

It is still early to define the contours, investigators, as often happens in these latitudes, prefer caution, but what happened in the north-west of Melbourne on the night of 30 April raised more than one alarm bell. And it couldn't be otherwise considering the episodes that were at least unusual: two restaurants set on fire, one just a few minutes apart. The first to catch fire was “La Porchetta” around 2.30 am. The second, however, was the “Negroni 888” .

The restaurant "La Porchetta", for example, is part of a chain born from the entrepreneurial idea of ??the Calabrian Rocco "Rocky" Pantaleo, who died in 2010 in a car accident. As reported by the local press, Pantaleo began his business in the second half of the '80s together with Felice Nania, investing in a place called "La Porchetta", transforming it in a few years into a real chain of franchised places. The news of recent years, as well as the investigative activities, link the brand to that of another family of Calabrian origins - from Messignadi, a hamlet of Oppido Mamertina - who since 2010, through a subsidiary company, have purchased some company shares .

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