Underworld figures taking holiday break from police
Some of the biggest names in Sydney’s underworld have escaped the Harbour City for a holiday that conveniently puts them out of cops’ reach.
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Some of the biggest names in Sydney’s underworld have escaped the Harbour City for a holiday that conveniently puts them out of cops’ reach.
A former Sydney bikie boss now living overseas is considered the new Supreme Commander of the all-powerful Comanchero club, taking the reins from close associate Mark Buddle.
Jamal Salameh, 29, was arrested at Canterbury on Wednesday morning after a seven-month investigation by NSW Police.
An aspiring Sydney rapper who sings about assassinations and drive-by shootings is the same man NSW Police believe was involved in killing a young drug dealer back in 2016.
Mark Buddle is isolated from his daughters and hasn’t seen his in-laws for three years, unable to return to Australia. WATCH episode 2 now of our exclusive documentary series to see how he ended up in Turkey.
To stop crimes before they happen police and governments need find the sources of the problems. Former detective Peter Moroney says the source of Sydney’s gang war is obvious and there’s only one way to fix it.
Clutching his wounds after being shot, Mejid Hamzy ran to the home of a Kings Cross identity who lived around the corner, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
Fares Abounader was shot dead in August 2020. His death was the first of 13 killings on Sydney’s streets in just 18 months. Now his widow is speaking out.
Investigators believe they know who carried out each Sydney gangland hit in the last two years but one thing has prevented more arrests and kept killers on our streets. Read the latest part of our video documentary series The War.
Gunmen who attempted to murder Comanchero bikie boss Tarek Zahed made so many mistakes police are convinced they were amateurs with no idea what they were doing. Go inside Sydney’s gangland conflict with The War. WATCH EPISODE ONE HERE
Twenty suspected underworld figures have been identified by police as the “masters” of Sydney’s gang war which has claimed more than a dozen lives in 18 months.
The bond between exiled Comanchero boss Mark Buddle and his sergeant-at-arms Tarek Zahed extended far beyond criminal activities — this is the photo that proves it. Read the latest instalment in our video documentary series The War.
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