Federal and state cops clash over mafia secrecy
It was the announcement that sent shockwaves across the country – the AFP had allegedly uncovered 14 mafia families in Australia. So why didn’t they tell their state counterparts?
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Top law investigator suspected of being ‘Aussie mafia mole’
One of Australia’s top law enforcers is under investigation amid suspicions he was allegedly secretly working with the mafia and may have compromised some of our biggest crime cases.
Mafia infiltrated Aussie organised crime at all levels: report
The lawyers who represented David Eastman – the man wrongly convicted of top cop Colin Winchester’s murder have hit out at the AFP and their handling of claims it was a mafia hit.
Feared Aussie gangster silenced by mafia assassin
He was one of Australia’s most-feared gangsters until he was gunned down in a hail of bullets. More than 30 years later, we reveal who was behind Pasquale Barbaro’s murder.
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Slain bikie’s funeral: ‘His last ride’
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Billion-dollar bags of ‘dirty cash’ masking crims
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‘Nearly s***t myself’: How I faced my niece’s killer
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Party’s over for these Adelaide coke and ecstasy dealers
Meet some of Adelaide’s party drug dealers, who got caught selling cocaine, fantasy or MDMA and now know how seriously the law treats drug traffickers.
How SA tax insider scammed over $330k from the ATO
Todd Ryan looked like a success. Well dressed and ambitious he swept his girlfriend off her feet, only to get her involved in a $330,000 government scam.
‘Life should mean life’: Push to keep killer rapists in jail
Murder victim Anne-Marie Culleton’s sister has launched a national petition calling for mandatory life sentences without parole for rapist killers.
Lax laws a boon for drug cartels
The drug trade claimed more than 8000 lives in Europe this year – with two substances remaining a significant problem.
Victims say no to Port Arthur film
Port Arthur massacre families have rejected a new movie they say will “glorify” the crime that claimed 35 lives.
Push to keep Frankston serial killer in jail forever
A grieving family whose daughter was one of Paul Denyer’s victims says the serial killer must never be released.
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