DNA blitz throws open hundreds of cold cases
Human bones found in back yards, bushland and even the bellies of sharks will be analysed in a DNA blitz that could lead to criminal investigations.
Behind The Scenes
‘Reckless’: China blasts Australia
China has slammed Australia as ‘reckless’ and intentionally provocative, in response to Australia’s declaration that China’s territorial claims over the South China Seas are illegal.
Bikie walked into Hells Angels clubhouse and never walked out
Nestled in a quiet industrial estate, the Hells Angels Thomastown clubhouse has been the focus of intense law enforcement interest for more than two decades. Now police suspect bikie apprentice Kerry Giakoumis walked in one day and was carried out the next.
Aussie prison mum hires Corby’s bodyguard
Schapelle Corby’s bodyguard is in a race against time to travel to Bali to help escort fellow Australian prisoner Sara Connor to freedom.
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Revealed: How our hi-tech crims hide their dirty cash
SA Police has revealed the cutting-edge techniques criminals are using to hide and launder their dirty money … as victims of one of SA’s most notorious scammers are finally getting their cash back.
Syd and Chopper, a tale of two idiots
CHOPPER Read and Syd Collins were linked by a thick headed criminality that would be funny it wasn’t so threatening, writes Andrew Rule.
Next gen hitmen scramble for $300k payday
THE days of the lone hitman are fading with a “hit’’ today routinely consisting of a crew of four to six men more concerned with making a statement than hiding a body.
How cops brought bikies to their knees
KICKING down doors and forcing tattooed bikies to kneel in submission, Strike Force Raptor has made life deeply unpleasant for outlaw motorcycle gangs. This is the untold true story of how this elite unit took on Australia’s most fearsome criminals.
What saved dozens from Australia Post massacre
Queen St killer Frank Vitkovic wanted a gun that could fire bullets as fast as he could pull the trigger to carry out his chilling mission. And if he’d gotten what he paid for, many more lives would have been lost.
ASADA’s shake-up to tackle dirty sports
ASADA is out to prove it’s more than just a urine sample collection agency with a new priority target in the fight to clean up sport.
Truth behind crime TV’s hits and myths
TV viewers can’t get enough of the clever crime-solving methods employed by fictional forensic experts, but what’s the reality for those chasing the clues in real life?
The women who are a force to reckon with
LOREN Truter has a seven-month-old baby. But it hasn’t stopped her tackling violent and armed offenders as a member of Victoria Police’s Critical Incident Response Unit.
What brought a serial killer to tears
UNSEEN letters from Ivan Milat have revealed who his tears and sympathies are for — and it’s not the men and women he slaughtered and dumped in bush graves.
‘What you see on TV is not reality’
SENTENCED to seven years jail for a white-collar crime, Sydney mum Victoria Schembri was bashed, threatened and harassed for sex — and that’s just the first day she was an inmate.
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