Chilling truth behind bikie romances
We already knew it was a dangerous lifestyle, now new figures have laid bare the extreme risk women are running when they get involved with bikies.
Behind The Scenes
‘My Tara was lured back to her death’
Tara Brown feared for her life and family but was wooed back into a vicious relationship with her partner in a horrific domestic violence cycle, her mother says.
$140m drug bust: ‘Pill mafia’ has eyes on Australia
An international shipment of MDMA big enough to make 7 million ecstasy pills – that was destined to hit Brisbane during Schoolies – has been crushed, leaving a global network that had been operating for years “fully dismantled”.
Prison computer ‘not suitable’ for Assange
Julian Assange has complained about his computer access inside London’s Belmarsh prison, saying he cannot defend himself on charges that carry a 175-year prison term.
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Next gen hitmen scramble for $300k payday
THE days of the lone hitman are fading with a “hit’’ today routinely consisting of a crew of four to six men more concerned with making a statement than hiding a body.
How cops brought bikies to their knees
KICKING down doors and forcing tattooed bikies to kneel in submission, Strike Force Raptor has made life deeply unpleasant for outlaw motorcycle gangs. This is the untold true story of how this elite unit took on Australia’s most fearsome criminals.
What saved dozens from Australia Post massacre
Queen St killer Frank Vitkovic wanted a gun that could fire bullets as fast as he could pull the trigger to carry out his chilling mission. And if he’d gotten what he paid for, many more lives would have been lost.
ASADA’s shake-up to tackle dirty sports
ASADA is out to prove it’s more than just a urine sample collection agency with a new priority target in the fight to clean up sport.
Truth behind crime TV’s hits and myths
TV viewers can’t get enough of the clever crime-solving methods employed by fictional forensic experts, but what’s the reality for those chasing the clues in real life?
The women who are a force to reckon with
LOREN Truter has a seven-month-old baby. But it hasn’t stopped her tackling violent and armed offenders as a member of Victoria Police’s Critical Incident Response Unit.
What brought a serial killer to tears
UNSEEN letters from Ivan Milat have revealed who his tears and sympathies are for — and it’s not the men and women he slaughtered and dumped in bush graves.
‘What you see on TV is not reality’
SENTENCED to seven years jail for a white-collar crime, Sydney mum Victoria Schembri was bashed, threatened and harassed for sex — and that’s just the first day she was an inmate.
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