Explained: Where Australia’s Italian mafia clans are
Italian organised crime is now in the sights of the AFP after Operation Ironside exposed its tentacles. This is where they are operating.
Inside the police sting of the century - Operation Ironside
Italian organised crime is now in the sights of the AFP after Operation Ironside exposed its tentacles. This is where they are operating.
Court documents have revealed frantic text messages allegedly between two SA mafia figures, after a man was arrested over a 10kg cocaine shipment.
A year on from the Operation Ironside sting, here’s the definitive list of all 111 South Australians before the courts – including 37 whose identities are suppressed.
An international fugitive charged in the US was allegedly at the helm of an SA drug syndicate that was laundering as much as $8.2m at a time, prosecutors say.
Luke Kokotis was living the high life with 19 properties, $450,000 in the bank and a fleet of vehicles including a Lamborghini. Then Operation Ironside detectives came knocking.
A man arrested during Operation Ironside was caught at a “crucial moment” with disguises after hiding a loaded gun for an alleged bikie assassination attempt, a court has heard.
An Ironside accused and senior Comanchero boss was responsible for sourcing a sub-machinegun to be used in a drive-by shooting a court has heard.
A man who allegedly went by ‘MoneyMaker’ on the AN0M app has been refused bail on charges of trafficking a kilo of ice in a Bunnings carpark.
Pushing the Operation Ironside arrests through the courts is set to cost the state government millions of dollars in extra funding – with a task force now set up.
Two high-profile alleged drug plots have been uncovered by the AN0M sting, with links to a Comanchero-linked crime syndicate. See the video.
This is what the AFP’s forensic team involved in Operation Ironside did to find hidden weapons, drugs and $50 million in dirty cash.
An Operation Ironside accused has unsuccessfully sought release on bail for a third time, while a co-accused has admitted guilt in a firebomb attack.
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