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King Island Dairy Saputo Owners’ Historical Mafia Connections
In this feral journalistic dig, Tess Lawrence gets her fingers dirty whilst sifting through the Saputo family’s historical links to the Mafia and the inexplicable code of omerta by the Australian media about such links.
As is often the case with Lawrence, she takes the road less traveled. She has consulted with dozens of people, including employees of the King Island Dairy who, like many in the wider community, are appalled at the quick demise of this once proud cheesemaker since its purchase by Saputo, the famous global monolith and dairy industry expert.
In no way does she suggest any wrong doing whatsoever, but in the public interest, for the sake of public accountability and corporate transparency, she asserts there are legitimate questions to be asked – and answered – by the media shy Saputo and Australia’s own regulators and intelligence agencies, so we are assured that the protocols of due diligence and corporate ethics have been applied to Saputo, as with any other individual/entity seeking to invest monies as well as in this case, purchasing flagship boutique farming and manufacturing companies and co-operatives.