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Teenager Carly Ryan, groomed and murdered by an online predator.

Inside story on the evidence trail that led to Carly’s killer

Garry Francis Newman’s cruel calculus began in suburban Melbourne. It ended with the murder of a 15-year-old girl who never stood a chance against the classic moves of a predator.

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Mokbel wearing a wig at the time of his arrest in Greece.

Crooks who zigged when they should have zagged

He remembered to floss but forgot to duck. Here’s our list of 10 of the underworld’s biggest blunders.

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The Northland brawl that sparked th government to act.

We need a police summit on knife crime. Oh, yes, we’ve already had one

It comes as no surprise that the average blade-wielding offender may be more inclined to steal a knife than provide a name, address and Frequent Flyer number at the checkout.

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Original member of The Dogs, who later became Deputy Prime Minister Jim Cairns.

How an ‘invisible’ police unit has hounded criminals for generations

On the night of the planned abduction, the Dogs were watching from a flat overlooking the house. Police had moved the family and replaced them with mannequins, apparently sleeping in their beds.

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Christopher “Rent-a-Kill” Flannery, a notorious hitman who became an underworld victim.

The day the hitman was hit

It’s a lesson crooks rarely learn: shootings bring publicity, headlines make politicians act, and a rort works best if it remains in the dark.

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Queensland police Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford addresses the media.

‘No pushover’: Favourite emerges for new Victorian police chief

The next chief commissioner is expected to be announced next week, with Queensland force deputy Tracy Linford a frontrunner.

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Then and now: A young Jason Roberts (left) and in September last year.

Payout for man wrongfully convicted of police murders

Jason Roberts served 22 years for the 1998 murders of two police officers but was later acquitted.

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Christopher Dale Flannery (second from left) entering court.

A hitman’s legacy: the family left devastated

Roger Wilson has been reduced to the passport photo used in police appeals for information when he disappeared, and he has become a bit player in his own life.

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International burglar Liudas Valiusaitis is caught on camera.

The international cat burglar who hit eight Toorak homes in seven days

Police couldn’t be sure the pair were about to commit a crime, but they soon had a pretty good clue. They watched one burglar climb down a ladder with a safe on his back.

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Police gather in Templestowe in 1991 to begin a doorknock in search of clues to the abduction of Karmein Chan. Former officer Rod Phillips was the first on the scene when the crime was called in.

When Karmein Chan was abducted, this policeman was first at the scene

Retired cop Rod Phillips still has questions about the Mr Cruel theory. “I thought, ‘Wow, that’s a big call. How can they have a suspect when they haven’t even got here yet?’”

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