Court documents have revealed slain gangland lawyer Joseph Acquaro was not a registered police informant, but was twice assessed by police to become a formal snitch. Convicted drug smugglers Frank ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Police were warned 12 months ago about a new breed of reckless young criminals with Calabrian ...

Slain underworld lawyer Joseph "Pino" Acquaro had been providing information to police about former clients but was never registered as a police informer despite twice being assessed for recruitment.

Joe ‘Pino’ Acquaro knew the mafia were out to kill him weeks before his murder, and in a bid to protect his workers, gave them a piece of advice which has stuck with them to this day. Joe “Pino” ...

“As a lawyer, he was shrewd and smart,’’ said close friend Michae­l McNamara. “I know Pino is already in heaven, a box of cannolis under his arm, negotiating with St Peter to get the rest of us in.’’ ...

Slain gangland lawyer and Mafia associate Joe Acquaro spent two decades cultivating, and donating to, senior Liberal politicians on behalf of alleged crime figures, even having a meeting with Malcolm ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. On June 19, 2015, detectives from Victoria Police's Purana taskforce made two important visits to ...

“Uniamo Acquaro”, lista con candidato a sindaco l’uscente Giuseppe Barilaro, la cui precedente amministrazione comunale è stata sciolta per infiltrazioni mafiose, è definitivamente fuori dalla ...

Two senior organised crime figures wanted him dead and bankrolled a $250,000 contract on his head, the Herald Sun has been told. An interstate hitman was asked to carry out the murder months ­before ...

The murder in Melbourne this week of Joseph Acquaro, a lawyer with links to the Calabrian mafia in Australia, has brought the activities of a group that largely operates under the public radar back ...