NZ massacre: How Aussie snipers saved lives
Australian police risked a potential blue-on-blue incident during the Christchurch mosque shootings as visiting officers rushed to the scene without identification.
Behind The Scenes
Crime gangs target mums in ‘money mules’ scam
Stay-at-home mums, students and retirees are being duped into becoming “money mules” to launder money for overseas crime syndicates.
The Fasta Pasta connection: How police smashed SA-Qld drug syndicate
In 2017 almost 40 boxes were mailed from Adelaide to Fasta Pasta in Cairns. Why? And what was inside those boxes?
Retiring DNA dynamo leaves SA with crime-cracking database
The man behind the development of DNA as major crime fighting tool for police is retiring, just as SA’s database reaches new levels of success.
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Attack interrupts Mokbel’s bid for release
Insiders say Tony Mokbel has become obsessed with the prospect of getting back into court, as the drug kingpin wrote longwinded letters prompted by revelations in the Lawyer X scandal, demanding his release.
How deadly cartels are moving into Australia
Police have warned of a “tsunami” of drugs like ice and heroin flooding our shores, thanks to powerful Mexican cartels. How did they get a foothold in Australia — and how do authorities stop them?
Why Mokbel’s still a big-wig inside Victoria’s toughest jail
Gangland drug lord Tony Mokbel has transformed from street boss to powerful enforcer at Barwon Prison, with fears he could be continuing to call the shots beyond the prison walls.
Hitman’s jailhouse magazine protest shot down
Gerald Preston is one of South Australia’s most notorious killers and he’s trying to overturn a new prison policy which he likens to those found in a “third-world gulag”.
Inside the team keeping kids safe from online predators
Ten years ago, a Federal Government program was set up to better educate Australians on the dangers to children on the internet. Chris Clarke has been given a terrifying insight into just how depraved the world beyond our computer screens can be.
Multiple bikie gangs behind billion-dollar drug bust
Bikie gangs including the Bandidos are under close scrutiny by police after a record $1.29 billion methamphetamine bust, as Mexican cartels attempt to flood Australia with a “tsunami” of deadly illicit drugs.
Revealed: Murdered mob lawyer a police snitch
Slain mafia lawyer Joe Acquaro was one of six informers recruited by Victoria Police who all had “obligations of confidentiality” to clients. The revelation is the latest in the ongoing Lawyer X scandal.
Top cop Ashton to face intense scrutiny
Victoria’s top cop Graham Ashton will be under the spotlight over the force’s use of informers after a revelation that six people, including Lawyer X, breached “obligations of confidentiality” to clients in order to assist police.
Lawyer X a ‘double-dealing snake’: Carl’s letter revealed
A jailed Carl Williams hit out at Lawyer X, branding her a “dog” and a “double-dealing snake” in a bid to subpoena documents to prove his lawyer’s “conflicted” role. READ THE LETTER.
Secret underworld of black market sea poachers
They hide their illegal catches in bras, underpants, secret walls in boats and even in their backsides. But secret phone taps and trackers are shutting down underwater thieves before their stolen goods can reach the black market.
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