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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter

‘Family connections’: mafia, the fruit and veg trade, and a fatal shooting in suburban Melbourne

John Latorre
John Latorre: as he walked out of his Greenvale home at about 4.30am, the 64-year-old was shot dead in a killing with possible links to Italian organised crime. Photograph: Facebook

For decades, the Latorre family has grown produce in the fertile soils of Victoria’s Goulburn Valley. From the paddocks outside Shepparton, this produce eventually makes its way to wholesale markets in Melbourne.

As a result, John Latorre regularly woke before sunrise in the outer suburb of Greenvale to get to the markets.

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