True CrimeThe trajectory of Sydney’s postcode gangs explored in The Daily Telegraph’s The War: Young Blood mirror the devastating loss of life experienced on London’s street as a result of drill rap-fuelled knife crime.
Full listCentral SydneySydney’s trains and stations have become ground zero in the city’s postcode wars, with police forced to increase their patrols as part of a crackdown on the knife crime epidemic. See the list of hot spots.
True CrimeThe alleged shooter behind an attempted Sydney underworld hit is an associate of postcode gang ONEFOUR. The shooting sparked alleged Alameddine ally Ali ‘Ay Huncho’ Younes to pen a drill rap song taunting gang rivals.
True CrimeThe stabbing death of a Sydney teen shocked proud Pacific Islander NRL star Josh Aloiai into action. He says anyone getting involved in gang violence is spitting in the face of their families.
True CrimeMany rappers in Sydney’s drill scene see time spent in jail as a rite of passage, which gives them both cred and fresh fodder for their music: “you’re hearing realness”. See who has done time.
EXCLUSIVEPolice & CourtsSeveral well known names with links to the underworld have left Australia recently, believing Sydney’s streets are now too dangerous, with 16 people killed in suspected gang hits in the past two years.
EXCLUSIVEPolice & CourtsMark Buddle’s ex-partner Mel Ter Wisscha has been languishing in a Turkish detention centre for a month, with little help from the Australian government on her visa issues.
ExclusivePolice & CourtsA doctor’s identity and credentials were stolen by a major crime clan in an elaborate scheme to make fake Covid vaccination certificates for underworld figures, it can be revealed.
Police & CourtsAs Australian Comanchero boss Mark Buddle waits extradition in a Turkish jail cell, his estranged partner Mel Ter Wisscha is posting glamorous photos of herself poolside.
UPDATEDNationalThe glamorous long-time partner of captured Comanchero boss Mark Buddle has revealed the couple has split and she has not seen him for a year.
ExclusivePolice & CourtsBikie boss Mark Buddle has gone cold on Turkey. Here’s why he’s trying to convince authorities to deport him – not to Australia, but to nearby Lebanon.
ExclusivePolice & CourtsThe small island nation that provided shelter for Sydney crime boss Mark Buddle has made extraordinary claims about what the Comanchero leader was up to while in their country.
ExclusivePolice & CourtsAs Comanchero leader Mark Buddle fights deportation from Turkey, his glamorous wife has been living it up — shopping, sightseeing and socialising. SEE ALL-NEW PICS AND VIDEO.
UpdatedPolice & CourtsBikie boss Mark Buddle has appeared in a Turkish court and will likely be deported by this weekend- but Anthony Albanese says he knows nothing about the matter.
ExclusivePolice & CourtsThe raid of Mark Buddle’s Northern Cyprus hideout was so covert no-one has yet seen him and Australian authorities who want to bring the bikie kingpin back are now faced with a complex legal and political problem.
Police & CourtsComanchero bikie Mark Buddle’s wife Mel Ter Wisscha doesn’t want anyone to be fooled by her posing in hot pink bikini as her husband awaits his fate in a Turkish prison. She says she is devastated.
Police & CourtsWhy there was no arrest warrant ready for the self appointed Comanchero bikie boss, suspected of being involved in murder and mayhem for over a decade, is a mystery to many.
Police & CourtsFugitive Comanchero Mark Buddle has been deported to Turkey, Cypriot officials say, to be handed over to Australian authorities. But police and underworld sources say the battle is “a long way from over”.
Police & CourtsComanchero bikie boss Mark Buddle is likely to fight any attempt to kick him out of Northern Cyprus – which has no clear extradition process to Australia.
ExclusivePolice & CourtsWhen police burst through the front door, these are the men whose phones start ringing — the lawyers not afraid to take on high-profile cases. Meet the lawyers in Sydney’s War.
Police & CourtsThe double murder of teenage gangster Salim Hamze and his innocent father Toufik last year may have been retaliation for the killing of another crime figure, police have revealed.
ExclusivePolice & CourtsAn “untouchable” new wave of bikie recruits are copping heat from the old guard over their refusal to abide by the rules of war, inside sources have revealed.
Police & CourtsA second attempt by the Alameddine crime syndicate to throw a 30th birthday party in the CBD failed after NSW police closed the venue down before they even got there.
Police & CourtsAfter former Comanchero boss Mick Hawi’s death, bikies are looking to settle old scores and Yusuf Nazlioglu might only be the beginning.
ExclusivePolice & CourtsEven when young, alleged Alameddine heavyweight on the run Masood Zakaria was “cold and calculated”, an ex-Middle Eastern Organised Crime investigator says.