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Inside the police sting of the century - Operation Ironside

Battle for the underworld: The new crims moving to fill the AN0M void

Battle for the underworld: The new crims moving to fill the AN0M void

A year ago, widespread Operation Ironside raids dismantled the Comanchero and other SA crime syndicates. Now the criminals left behind are battling to take over.

How drugs and gambling debts led to a $17.5m mistake

How drugs and gambling debts led to a $17.5m mistake

Crippling gambling debts and drug addiction led a NSW man to drive $17.5m of meth across the state to a handover with an SA truck driver.

Surprise plea to $20m Ironside coke haul

Surprise plea to $20m Ironside coke haul

After more than a year of maintaining his innocence, a man who went to collect $20m worth of cocaine hidden in a welder has confessed to his crime.

‘Make sure s**t is broken good’: Inside an AN0M chat group

‘Make sure s**t is broken good’: Inside an AN0M chat group

Further messages from AN0M chat groups that sparked the massive Operation Ironside police blitz have been heard in court as part of an alleged bikie’s bid for bail.

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Hakan Ayik and his associates

Aussie drug kingpin’s AN0M web exposed

Fugitive drug lord Hakan Ayik had his tentacles hooked into almost every one of the group indicted after the crime sting of the century.

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Mapped and named: Vic bikies caught up in Operation Ironside

Mapped and named: Vic bikies caught up in Operation Ironside

These are the members of the Victorian Comancheros bikie gang who have been arrested as part of the global AN0M police sting.

Criminal syndicates targeted under AFP-led Operation Ironside. Specifically Operation Rega EC. Picture: AFP

Gold Coast crane operator caught up in ‘sting of the century’

A Mermaid Waters crane operator who allegedly trafficked drugs and firearms as a part of alleged Brisbane crime syndicate has been charged through the Australian Federal Police’s “sting of the century” crackdown.

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Criminal syndicates targeted under AFP-led Operation Ironside. Specifically Operation Rega EC. Picture: AFP

Brisbane crane operator caught up in ‘sting of the century’

A crane operator who allegedly trafficked drugs and firearms as a part of alleged Brisbane crime syndicate has been charged through the Australian Federal Police’s “sting of the century” crackdown.

Police raids in connection with Operation Ironside. A raid in Cranborne.

Two Aussies arrested, five ‘on the run’ in global sting

The US is “working” to extradite all 17 suspects – including seven Australians – and 10 foreign nationals as part of a global bust on organised crime, but most remain at large.

The ANoM app appears on the screen of a smartphone in Paris, on June 8, 2021. - Some 250 people were arrested in Sweden and Finland in the global sting on organised crime, authorities said on June 8, 2021, using phones planted by the US FBI, law enforcement officers were able to read the messages of global underworld figures in around 100 countries as they plotted drug deals, arms transfers and gangland hits on the compromised ANOM devices. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP)

‘Massive take-down’: FBI reveals more arrests in Aussie-led sting

The FBI has revealed more arrests have been made as part of Operation Ironside – the Australian-US crackdown on organised crime.

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WATCH: 55 Qld raids in Australia’s biggest-ever crime bust

WATCH: 55 Qld raids in Australia’s biggest-ever crime bust

Thirty-eight Queenslanders are among those arrested in Australia’s largest ever crime bust that has included more than 250 officers in 55 raids across the state, with video showing some of the raids.

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Web art for norwood machine gun yarn

How bikies’ Norwood ‘machine gun murder plot’ was stopped

Operation Ironside allegedly averted a potential slaughter on The Parade – get the inside story of how police say they thwarted gangsters’ plans to execute a rival.

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‘Lost $700,000 in one raid’: Brisbane chippie charged after drug sting

‘Lost $700,000 in one raid’: Brisbane chippie charged after drug sting

A Brisbane carpenter arrested during an international police sting, allegedly taped talking about moving large amounts of cocaine, has been described as a ‘serious player’ and refused bail.

Second alleged bikie hit could have killed wrong man: police

Second alleged bikie hit could have killed wrong man: police

Senior police have revealed a second alleged murder plot by Comanchero bikies – in which they went to the wrong house – was foiled in a huge sting operation.

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