Case Study 3: Australia and the Visibility Model

Abstract

The fifth chapter presents the findings from the research in Australia, combining interviews with experts and law enforcement with document analysis to build a discourse around the Australian federal and national policing systems against mafia and organised crime. The two historical focuses of the chapter are the events surrounding the criminalisation of Outlaw Motor Cycle Gangs and those surrounding the movements and settling of the Calabrian ‘ndrangheta in the country. This chapter considers visibility as the core category to explain the policing models against mafia and organised crime in Australia, by looking at the criminalisation of criminal associations and the other main responses to the threats of organised crime in the country.