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Inside the police sting of the century - Operation Ironside

Art for article on AN0M's CHS.

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The inside story of the criminal underworld’s most wanted man

A single fateful decision by the architect behind AN0M led to the arrest of more than a thousand people across the globe. See why he is now the “underworld’s most wanted”.

AN0M secret texts Operation Ironside artwork.

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Drugs, guns, bikie conspiracies: Secret underworld texts exposed

Australia’s most dangerous criminals allegedly used the AN0M app to run underworld gangs fuelled by drugs and violence. For the first time, today we publish the contents of their secret chat groups.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos June 8 2023: Homer Kakalias, an accused in the ongoing Operation Ironside police investigations appears at Adelaide Magistrates Court. NCA NewsWire / David Mariuz

Ironside: Multimillion-dollar charges after AN0M sting

An alleged drug trafficker, arrested as part of Operation Ironside, has been hit with new charges relating to millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine.

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Secrecy as ex-bikie’s freedom bid fails despite 540 days in solitary

A man who’s been locked up in isolation for 22 times longer than the UN’s agreed maximum has failed in his bid for release – but the judge will not say why.

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Robin Reffo, who has been charged by Australian Federal Police over an alleged $1 billion ice importation conspiracy

Accused drug dealer freed for wedding

An alleged drug trafficker has been granted a late night out on bail after being netted in Operation Ironside’s AN0M sting.

Criminal syndicates targeted under AFP-led Operation Ironside. Specifically Operation Maidos in South Australia. Three bags of cash seized Picture: AFP

‘The Cashier’: Young man allegedly laundered $4m for bikies

A young man arrested under Operation Ironside was allegedly directed by a senior Comanchero as a “cashier” to launder more than $4m in drug money.

AFP OPERATION IRONSIDE PHASE II, Vison of the arrest of a 38 year-old man and ammunition seized in Barrangaroo., Picture: Supplied Australian Federal Police(AFP), The Australian Federal Police, NSW Police Force and Australian Border Force in Sydney to announce the first wave of results as part of Operation Ironside Phase II in NSW., , , The Australian Federal Police, NSW Police Force and Australian Border Force will address media in Sydney on Friday (17 December 2021) to announce the first wave of results as part of Operation Ironside Phase II in NSW., , Eight men are expected to face court following the targeted police activity that resulted in the seizure of encrypted devices, cocaine, cash, firearms and ammunition.

‘Fully patched bikie’ nabbed by Operation Ironside detectives

Three more men have been arrested under Operation Ironside, including one police allege is a full Comanchero and will face drug charges.

Just add water: Ironside bikies mount new legal challenge

Just add water: Ironside bikies mount new legal challenge

Does a 50L seizure of the drug fantasy have water in it – or is it pure? Incredibly, under SA law, if it’s pure, two bikies could face far lesser charges.

Comanchero wanted to send ‘shockwave’ message, court told

Comanchero wanted to send ‘shockwave’ message, court told

An alleged bikie murder plot foiled by Operation Ironside aimed to send a violent message to SA’s underworld, a court has heard.

International fugitive nabbed on the Yorke Peninsula

International fugitive nabbed on the Yorke Peninsula

A man sought by the FBI and Australian Federal Police has been arrested on the Yorke Peninsula by Operation Ironside detectives. He faces charges over drug trafficking and money laundering.

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More heroin in one Hills bedroom than seized in SA in an entire year

More heroin in one Hills bedroom than seized in SA in an entire year

See inside the bedroom of an Operation Ironside drug courier busted with a massive amount of heroin in the Adelaide Hills – who then thanked a judge for his jail time.

Comanchero member Ethan Ericson has been charged with firing a shotgun into the front a house. Picture: Facebook

Bikie admits shooting house, set for big sentence cut

A member of the Comanchero motorcycle gang has admitted firing a shotgun into a house as tensions grow between his gang and the Hells Angels.

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Bikies in first Ironside win as charges dismissed, downgraded

Bikies in first Ironside win as charges dismissed, downgraded

Five alleged bikies have had their first win against charges stemming from Operation Ironside with serious charges downgraded and dropped.

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)

AN0M test case: Encrypted app was illegal, lawyers say

An encrypted app at the heart of an international law enforcement operation was illegal from the start and federal police have been breaking the law, lawyers for two alleged senior organised crime figures claim.

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