Drug money laundering in the food business

The drug trade in Australia is worth approximately 1,200 million dollars per month, something that the authorities are reluctant to admit, as this could indicate a ‘failure’ of control.

The drug trade in Australia is not limited to one gang or rather one nationality, but rather a turf war between various groups.

The classic Italian mafia has rivals of biker gangs, Asian drug syndicates and Middle Eastern gangs that also deal in illegal prostitution, extortion and luxury car thefts.

Intertwined with this criminal activity is an entire support network that ranges from corrupt police, legal firms to magistrates and high court judges.

Melbourne’s northern suburb of Carlton, is a notorious Italian strong hold of not only fine dining pizzeria’s, cafe’s and other culinary delights but also home to drug money laundering businesses.

Melbournians will know that Springvale, Richmond and Footscray are Asian strongholds, as is Broadmeadows and the surrounding suburbs controlled by Middle Eastern gangs.

Most of the troubled hotspots are settlements of low socioeconomic migrant populations which the government knowingly let into the country. There is an added benefit that keeps the masses under control.

It is well known within the authoritative circles that in which drug monies are laundered, that being in a manner that the drug money is put through the cash registers as sales. This in turn is backed up by falsified (receipts of) not existent purchases of raw products from suppliers, such as soft drink manufacturers, fruit suppliers, dairy distributors and many others.

The products that were not supplied are then sold for cash deals to other establishments, so their customer base can also be falsified.

The authorities, being police, government and taxation departments are fully aware of this criminal activity have turned a blind eye for decades.

The taxation ‘deficit’ is then mopped up by the general populous, with raids on specific groups targeted by the authorities, except the ‘drug’ mafia, which the corporate media informs the masses, as a scare tactic.

The mass media stays away from reporting on the behind the scenes of Lygon or Rathdown Streets, together with the drug money laundering businesses of Sydney Rd, but only do so when the general populous has been effected, e.g. the very public shootings which are a result of a turf war, where one can no longer hide the fact, but rather falsify certain events, or to dismiss the severity of the nature is the general trend.