The suppressed evidence that ‘swung’ rape trial
Civil libertarian Terry O’Gorman wants a far-reaching inquiry into police evidence disclosure after a second case where previously suppressed evidence led to an acquittal, writes Des Houghton.
Behind The Scenes
Cops’ massive breakthrough in Aussie assassins probe
Police divers have been given a vital tip that’s taken them to the bottom of Sydney Harbour to find Australia’s first ever political assassins, whose crime is also linked to a deadly Melbourne bombing.
Baby formula, ‘dirty’ cash found in $1.2m Chinese shopper bust
Three men were arrested and more than a million dollars in cash packed into cooler bags was seized by the Australian Federal Police after a raid on an alleged money-laundering syndicate operating in the suburbs.
Loose lips sink Aussie drug kingpin’s smuggling operation
This is how a suspected drug smuggler, an off-duty cop and the unguarded chat about a Customs official helped expose a multimillion-dollar drug syndicate raided in Queensland.
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The NYE plot Australia never knew about
THE terror plot the nation never knew about can now be revealed. It was New Year’s Eve, with harbour-side families getting excited about fireworks — as police feverishly tried to locate a boat that could carry out a catastrophic attack.
Revealed: How our hi-tech crims hide their dirty cash
SA Police has revealed the cutting-edge techniques criminals are using to hide and launder their dirty money … as victims of one of SA’s most notorious scammers are finally getting their cash back.
Syd and Chopper, a tale of two idiots
CHOPPER Read and Syd Collins were linked by a thick headed criminality that would be funny it wasn’t so threatening, writes Andrew Rule.
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.
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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