The son of a Melbourne Mafia godfather was been laid to rest in a funeral attended by hundreds of mourners in St Patrick's Catholic Church in Mentone in Melbourne's south-east on Tuesday.
Vincent Benvenuto, the son of the late Liborio Benvenuto, died last Wednesday at the age of 62.
Born in Italy, he migrated to Australia as a one-year-old, where his father ruled as Victoria's Honoured Society godfather in the 1960s and '70s before he died a natural death in 1988.
Among the mourners was underworld identity Mick Gatto, who joined the long line of attendees who embraced Mr Benvenuto's bereaved relatives.
Mr Gatto had placed a tribute in the Herald Sun on Monday, expressing his condolences to the family.
"Vince was a good man, had a heart of gold and will be sadly missed," the notice read.
Mr Benvenuto came under police scrutiny when a large surveillance operation, led by the Purana Taskforce, probed the 2002 death of Melbourne gangland hitman Victor Peirce.
Benvenuto was charged, but then acquitted over Peirce's murder.
But the investigation did find Benvenuto was trafficking a commercial quantity of drugs and he was jailed for just over nine years in 2011 after pleading guilty to 13 charges.
His brother, Frank, was murdered in 2000, shot dead outside his Beaumauris home.
Benvenuto is survived by his wife and three sons.
- The Age, June 30, 2015
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Vincent Benvenuto, the son of the late Liborio Benvenuto, died last Wednesday at the age of 62.
Born in Italy, he migrated to Australia as a one-year-old, where his father ruled as Victoria's Honoured Society godfather in the 1960s and '70s before he died a natural death in 1988.
Among the mourners was underworld identity Mick Gatto, who joined the long line of attendees who embraced Mr Benvenuto's bereaved relatives.
Mr Gatto had placed a tribute in the Herald Sun on Monday, expressing his condolences to the family.
"Vince was a good man, had a heart of gold and will be sadly missed," the notice read.
Mr Benvenuto came under police scrutiny when a large surveillance operation, led by the Purana Taskforce, probed the 2002 death of Melbourne gangland hitman Victor Peirce.
Benvenuto was charged, but then acquitted over Peirce's murder.
But the investigation did find Benvenuto was trafficking a commercial quantity of drugs and he was jailed for just over nine years in 2011 after pleading guilty to 13 charges.
His brother, Frank, was murdered in 2000, shot dead outside his Beaumauris home.
Benvenuto is survived by his wife and three sons.
- The Age, June 30, 2015
Video - The Australian Mafia
The son of a Melbourne Mafia godfather was been laid to rest in a funeral attended by hundreds of mourners in St Patrick's Catholic Church in Mentone in Melbourne's south-east on Tuesday.
Vincent Benvenuto, the son of the late Liborio Benvenuto, died last Wednesday at the age of 62.
Born in Italy, he migrated to Australia as a one-year-old, where his father ruled as Victoria's Honoured Society godfather in the 1960s and '70s before he died a natural death in 1988.
Among the mourners was underworld identity Mick Gatto, who joined the long line of attendees who embraced Mr Benvenuto's bereaved relatives.
Mr Gatto had placed a tribute in the Herald Sun on Monday, expressing his condolences to the family.
"Vince was a good man, had a heart of gold and will be sadly missed," the notice read.
Mr Benvenuto came under police scrutiny when a large surveillance operation, led by the Purana Taskforce, probed the 2002 death of Melbourne gangland hitman Victor Peirce.
Benvenuto was charged, but then acquitted over Peirce's murder.
But the investigation did find Benvenuto was trafficking a commercial quantity of drugs and he was jailed for just over nine years in 2011 after pleading guilty to 13 charges.
His brother, Frank, was murdered in 2000, shot dead outside his Beaumauris home.
Benvenuto is survived by his wife and three sons.
- The Age, June 30, 2015
Video - The Australian Mafia
Vincent Benvenuto, the son of the late Liborio Benvenuto, died last Wednesday at the age of 62.
Born in Italy, he migrated to Australia as a one-year-old, where his father ruled as Victoria's Honoured Society godfather in the 1960s and '70s before he died a natural death in 1988.
Among the mourners was underworld identity Mick Gatto, who joined the long line of attendees who embraced Mr Benvenuto's bereaved relatives.
Mr Gatto had placed a tribute in the Herald Sun on Monday, expressing his condolences to the family.
"Vince was a good man, had a heart of gold and will be sadly missed," the notice read.
Mr Benvenuto came under police scrutiny when a large surveillance operation, led by the Purana Taskforce, probed the 2002 death of Melbourne gangland hitman Victor Peirce.
Benvenuto was charged, but then acquitted over Peirce's murder.
But the investigation did find Benvenuto was trafficking a commercial quantity of drugs and he was jailed for just over nine years in 2011 after pleading guilty to 13 charges.
His brother, Frank, was murdered in 2000, shot dead outside his Beaumauris home.
Benvenuto is survived by his wife and three sons.
- The Age, June 30, 2015
Video - The Australian Mafia
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