I'm still unsure over his guilt, but it's well known he'd been doing it hard for some years, and him getting back involved in easy money schemes is hardly a stretch of the imagination, considering his character.

Calipari was recognised as a leading figure in NSW Calabrian cells by the time he died in 1980, I think it was. He ran a shoe shop in Griffith, and I believe Donald Mackay had accused him of a number of things before his death. He kept pretty well under the radar for many years, and police were unable to tie him to anything major (at least as far as making a charge stick). I believe he accompanied Al Grassby to Plati when the Labor polly made his trip there in the '70's, and Grassby had stood in as a character witness when Calipari faced up to the one arrest of his I can remember, for carrying an unlicenced pistol in...the early '60's I think it was? Evidence of his stature is supported by Melbourne boss Liborio Benvenuto attending his funeral.

I think Bazley did it. Some new investigations have been launched in recent years, and they all draw the same conclusions. Krahe was in the area around the time though, so Bazley had a plausible reason to name him.

I write slow as fuck (two kids, a full-time job and life and shit), but when I finish my next round of Italian-Australian criminal articles, I mean to explore Griffith and it's 'Ndrine a bit more. They are easily the most recognizable cell in the country.