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Inside the police sting of the century - Operation Ironside

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)

$13m to run prosecution and defence of Ironside accused

Millions of dollars have been pledged to both prosecutors and the Legal Services Commission ahead of a flood of Operation Ironside trials slated to begin next year.

George Awkar, a former pizza bar owner, became a major drug dealer as part of Operation Ironside. Picture: Facebook

Prominent pizza chef’s big jail term for drug dealing

A former successful businessman and prominent member of the Lebanese community caught as part of Operation Ironside has been given the steepest sentence since the operation begun.

Australian Federal Police (AFP) Assistant Commissioner Nigel Ryan addresses the media during a press conference in Sydney, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The AFP will focus on targeting Italian organised crime and money-laundering syndicates, prompted by invaluable intelligence obtained on the AN0M platform, marking the first anniversary of the overt action taken under Operation Ironside. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

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.

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

Prosecutors told to return cash taken from Ironside lawyer

Thousands of dollars taken from an SA law firm over Operation Ironside should be given back, a judge says – and never should have been taken at all.

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MoneyMaker a pauper: $1m linked to Ironside accused frozen

MoneyMaker a pauper: $1m linked to Ironside accused frozen

A man who allegedly went by the moniker MoneyMaker is a little poorer after the courts froze a million dollars worth of his assets.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 08, 2021 - $1.8 million cash seized during Operation Ironside South Australian arrests. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

Ironside accused stashed $190k at girlfriend’s house, court told

A 20-year-old arrested in Operation Ironside feared he was “red hot” and being tailed by police so he stashed a fortune at his girlfriend’s house, a court has heard.

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Cops seize legal funds ahead of Ironside court fight

Cops seize legal funds ahead of Ironside court fight

SA lawyers have been put on alert by an unusual move by SA Police that left a firm representing an alleged Ironside offender fearing it had been robbed.

‘Horrified’ truckie expected dope, got meth, court told

‘Horrified’ truckie expected dope, got meth, court told

A truckie thought he was picking up a bag of cannabis as a favour – instead he was caught in Operation Ironside with 10kg of meth, a court has heard.

Comanchero Motorcycle Club members prepare to leave Tooradin after having their identifications checked at the United Petrol Station. Picture : Ian Currie

Comancheros’ alleged bashing target ‘broke No. 1 rule’

The intended victim of an alleged bikie bashing plot broke the first rule of the Comanchero “brotherhood”, a court has heard.

Rivals circle as Ironside busts cripple bikie gang

Rivals circle as Ironside busts cripple bikie gang

The Operation Ironside police sting has brought one of SA’s worst bikie gangs to its knees, and it’s already having unprecedented effects on Adelaide’s underbelly.

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‘Remove the brains’: Ironside ‘murder plot’ messages revealed

An Adelaide court has heard alarming new details of how bikies allegedly used the AN0M app to plot the machinegun execution of a man known as “sexy” on The Parade.

Operation Ironside: Bikies arrested over assault plot

Operation Ironside: Bikies arrested over assault plot

Four alleged Comanchero bikies planned to lure a fellow member to the Adelaide Aquatic Centre and bash him, a court has heard.

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Flashy cars and cash: AN0M sting exposes new Aussie mafia

Operation Ironside’s AN0M sting has revealed how Australia’s new mafia bosses operate and have left their once secret mob exposed. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST

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