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Nadal Acherkouk was gunned down in Surry Hills on Friday evening.

Brazen plot against underworld figure foiled before Surry Hills murder

Nedal Acherkouk was shot dead on a busy inner Sydney street in front of Friday night diners. Six months ago, he fought off another attack in public.

  • Perry Duffin

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The scene of the shooting in Surry Hills on Friday night.

‘We’re coming for you’: Search for underworld figures after Surry Hills shooting

A major search operation is under way after one man was shot dead and a suspected getaway car was found torched in Kensington.

  • Amber Schultz, Riley Walter and Penry Buckley
Police files reveal the damage done to the home of Jordan Shanks, aka FriendlyJordies, in what police call an organised crime arson attack.

Inside the ‘organised crime’ arson attacks on FriendlyJordies’ Bondi home

A stolen Mercedes, cloned plates, a bikie stabbing and two arson attacks – a police file released to the Herald outlines the alleged underworld attack.

  • Perry Duffin
Rafat Alameddine is believed to be in Lebanon.

International manhunt over alleged Sydney gangland murder plot

Rafat Alameddine and John Bayssari are wanted for allegedly conspiring to murder their gangland rival, Ibrahem Hamze, pictured centre, in a foiled North Sydney assassination attempt.

  • Jessica McSweeney
Slain underworld figure Tarek Ayoub.

‘He lived by the sword, he died by the sword’: How the ‘Angel of Death’ got his name

Tarek Ayoub’s body was found riddled with bullets in a quiet Sydney street. Police are hunting multiple gunmen over an execution with all the signs of a professional hit.

  • Perry Duffin and Jessica McSweeney
NSW police arrest a man (left) in January over an alleged plot to kill members of the rap group OneFour (right).

‘Airtasker for crooks’: Contract killings becoming big business

Business in Sydney’s underworld is booming, as criminal networks outsource their killings.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
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Two homes in St Helens Park, on Briggs Place, were targeted by suspected arson attacks and a shooting since May 1.

A drive-by shooting and two flaming cars: The Sydney street under siege

A shooting and two suspected arson attacks have a suburban Sydney street on edge as police investigate suspected outlaw motorcycle gang links.

  • Perry Duffin
Toufik, 64, and Salim Hamze, 18, were shot dead in 2021.

‘Cleaning cars’: How an alleged murder syndicate was blown open

Toufik Hamze, 64, and his son Salim, 18, were gunned down outside their Sydney home. This is how police tracked down the organised crime figures they say ordered the teen’s death.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
NSW Police Strike Force Wessex detectives arrest 16 people in Sydney’s southwest in alleged takedown of high-profile criminal group

Police ‘eradicate’ one of Sydney’s most high-profile crime gangs

Detectives say the arrests of more than a dozen people – including notorious rapper Ali “Ay Huncho” Younes – have allegedly “cleaned up” the Alameddine clan on Australian shores.

  • Clare Sibthorpe
Liverpool Hospital in Sydney’s south-west.

Man dies after turning up at Sydney hospital with gunshot wounds

The 32-year-old man was dropped off at Liverpool Hospital with two gunshot wounds and died shortly afterwards.

  • Ben Cubby

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