As Sydney's current gang war continues to rage, The War goes back to where the violence all began and investigates three vicious conflicts that led us to this point, including crime families who hated each other so badly they were ready to use rocket launchers on suburban streets. Dive inside the worst gang wars Sydney has seen in a generation, in four gripping digital mini-series produced by The Daily Telegraph. The brand new The Road To War, as well as previous series The War and The War II: Kill or be Killed and The War: Young Blood.
From Mount Druitt and Merrylands, to Doonside and Parramatta, there has been increasing violence from youth gangs representing their suburbs. Here’s a breakdown of the gangs and why they have beef with each other.
Bikie kingpin Mark Buddle, who is behind bars in Australia, is expecting a child with his Cyprus-based wife.
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.
A deadly gangland feud is festering like a dark underbelly and threatening to change the very fabric of our harbour city. It could catch any of us in its crossfire, writes Anna Caldwell.
Bullet-ridden bikie Tarek Zahed was fighting for life after an assassination claimed his brother’s life. Now he’s fighting charges from his hospital bed.
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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