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An alleged bandit of a criminal gang of Sao Paulo, Brazil, appears in a recorded message that was broadcast on O Globo television early on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006. Brazil’s most notorious organized crime group, the PCC, kidnapped O Globo television reporter Guilherme Portanova and forced his station to broadcast a video early Sunday in which the gang calls for improvements in the country’s prison system. (AP Photo) .

The feared Brazilian crime gang targeting Australia

Closely tied to Italy’s ’Ndrangheta and organised crime groups across the Balkans, the Primeiro Comando da Capital is thought to be Latin America’s largest gang.

  • Sally Rawsthorne

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US Coast Guard members board a self-propelled semi-submersible in international waters in 2019. A new “narco sub” has been intercepted on its way to Puerto Rico.

Australia’s new frontier in cocaine trafficking

Semi-submersibles are hard to detect and harder to spot; and they can import more than five tonnes of cocaine at a time.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Police said they found jerry cans inside the vehicles.

‘Kill cars’ allegation against man linked to Dural caravan explosives plot

Simon Lance Nichols was arrested at the start of the month over his alleged role in a criminal car rebirthing syndicate. His name was also on a counter-terror search warrant.

  • Sally Rawsthorne and Perry Duffin
Mourners carry the casket of slain underworld figure Sam Abdulrahim at the Alawi Islamic Association in Epping on Thursday.

Weeping mourners farewell ‘The Punisher’ in golden casket after underworld ambush

The funeral procession for slain gangster Sam Abdulrahim – killed in a daylight shooting in Melbourne’s north this week – was led by a formation of Harley-Davidsons, ahead of a cavalcade of luxury vehicles.

  • Cameron Houston, Marta Pascual Juanola, Lachlan Abbott and Hannah Hammoud
Sam Abdulrahim.

Monster v The Punisher: The prison slap heard around the underworld

Sam Abdulrahim’s larger-than-life reputation for ferocity was put to the test when he was confronted in prison by the man known as “Monster”.

  • Chris Vedelago, Marta Pascual Juanola and Hannah Hammoud
A hit team lay in wait for Sam Abdulrahim on Tuesday.

Underworld hunt for ‘traitor’ who sold out Sam Abdulrahim

There was only a small window of opportunity to target Abdulrahim, who was due to fly out of Australia on Thursday and kept news of his whereabouts confined to his inner circle.

  • Chris Vedelago, Marta Pascual Juanola, Lachlan Abbott and Hannah Hammoud
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A torched car has been linked to the killing of Sam Abdulrahim.

Second suspected getaway car found after Abdulrahim execution

After shooting Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim and torching their initial getaway car in Reservoir, the killers are believed to have fled in a grey Ford Ranger ute.

  • Lachlan Abbott and Chris Vedelago
Sam Abdulrahim was shot dead in Preston.

Dead man walking: Why ‘The Punisher’ refused to go into hiding

Sam Abdulrahim remained an eternal optimist despite his demise being in no doubt. It was only the location and timing that would need to be filled in on his death certificate.

  • John Silvester
Boxer Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim took more shots in the street than the ring.

Three murder contracts, a dozen firebombings, seven shootings: Time after time, ‘The Punisher’ escaped death

Sam Abdulrahim was an underworld target for years. He survived everything his enemies threw at him – until Tuesday.

  • Melissa Cunningham and Chris Vedelago
Underworld figure Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim in 2015.

Crime boss cousins with a grudge top list of Abdulrahim’s enemies

Dangerously exposed after a lifetime of double-crossing many of the most powerful underworld players, Sam Abdulrahim’s time finally ran out.

  • Chris Vedelago

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