Last time on Australian True Crime we spoke to Dr. Zanthy-Western about the so-called

hospitality wars raging in Melbourne. Fire bombings and drive-by shootings are rocking the

city's entertainment strips, along with WhatsApp threats and allegations of an online marketplace

used to connect criminal gangs and young people prepared to carry out attacks for money.

Today we're joined by former police member and prolific author Duncan McNabb for his take on

the situation around the country.

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I'll tell you where we can start. A couple of days ago, we spoke to Dr. Xanthi Mallet, now known as

Dr. Zanthi Western, about the hospitality wars going on in Melbourne. Nightclubs, restaurants,

even a brothel shot up and

firebombed and all sorts. And she was saying to us that she thinks it's a lot to do with the

importation of illegal alcohol, maybe the next step up from the tobacco wars. It's possible,

but there's the problem with the tobacco,? It's possible, but there's the problem with the

current brolea on Melbourne, it's 15 plus arsons or attempted arsons in the last

fortnight.

The problem with that is I've heard the theory about it and a lot of people run it,

and there may be some case-by-case war story in it. But one of the

commentators are saying it's about supply of vodka. And I can see that in a high-volume business,

like a nightclub. But in a brothel, maybe not. And that's why I just wonder whether or not

they're also different operators

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