Former top cop: ‘You’re always looking over your shoulder’
From dangerous kingin ‘The Chemist’ to fugitive killer Malcolm Naden, Carlene York has been at the front of some of Australia’s most dangerous police ops. Listen to the Lady Justice podcast.
Behind The Scenes
Secrets penpal Ivan Milat told me from prison
A ‘friendship’ with Ivan Milat began with a grubby envelope and in it, some truly shocking responses from the killer to unsolved crimes.
Signs your child may be involved in a gang
Aussie kids as young as 10 are turning to lives of crime by joining violent gangs. Here’s how parents can spot the signs.
Motives to kill bikie king Mick Hawi
Comanchero president Mick Hawi was sprayed with bullets in a daylight execution, and many theories still swirl about who killed him.
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How cop’s cheeky marijuana crop note solved a different crime
When Drug Squad detectives seized a thriving marijuana crop in the hills of Healesville in 1971, Graeme ‘Hondo’ Henderson left a note for the hapless crooks who’d grown it — and it would wind up in a bizarre location two years later.
Secret stockpile of super strength MDMA for Australia
Deadly super strength ecstasy pills will hit Australian shores once lockdowns end. We reveal how manufacturers in the Netherlands are doing it amid fresh global calls for local pill testing.
Cocaine dealers’ new move as prices skyrocket to $750 a gram
Coronavirus has forced criminals to rethink their supply channels, with global transport restrictions making the movement of illicit drugs harder, and driving up the price of cocaine and MDMA.
‘Bomb making’: ISIS Bali terror suspect caught
Indonesian authorities have arrested a suspected terrorist on the paradise island of Bali, where his evil plot involved bomb making tutorials as well as sharing radical content and videos about ISIS.
COVID-19 fails to curb Aussie terror threat
The pandemic has not diminished the “probable” likelihood of a terror attack in Australia, security and law enforcement chiefs have revealed, as extremists continue to recruit vulnerable youths.
Qantas handler-turned-terrorist faces new orders out of Supermax
Authorities will keep tabs on one of Australia’s most notorious terrorists, DIY jihadi Bilal Khazal, after his release from a Supermax prison amid concerns that he still backs al-Qaeda.
The suppressed evidence that ‘swung’ rape trial
Civil libertarian Terry O’Gorman wants a far-reaching inquiry into police evidence disclosure after a second case where previously suppressed evidence led to an acquittal, writes Des Houghton.
Cops’ massive breakthrough in Aussie assassins probe
Police divers have been given a vital tip that’s taken them to the bottom of Sydney Harbour to find Australia’s first ever political assassins, whose crime is also linked to a deadly Melbourne bombing.
Baby formula, ‘dirty’ cash found in $1.2m Chinese shopper bust
Three men were arrested and more than a million dollars in cash packed into cooler bags was seized by the Australian Federal Police after a raid on an alleged money-laundering syndicate operating in the suburbs.
Loose lips sink Aussie drug kingpin’s smuggling operation
This is how a suspected drug smuggler, an off-duty cop and the unguarded chat about a Customs official helped expose a multimillion-dollar drug syndicate raided in Queensland.
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