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Mark Buttler is an award-winning crime journalist for the Herald Sun.

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Anti-police vandals have struck again this time defacing a business in Melbourne’s south on Saturday morning. Picture: Oscar Moodley

Left-wing activists claim credit for hateful anti-police graffiti

Left-wing activists have shared an anonymous video claiming credit for hateful graffiti plastered all over Victoria’s police memorial.

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - 18/11/22 MUST CHECK WITH PIC EDITOR JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE USING - Outlaw motorcycle gang ÃThe BandidosÃ hold their national gathering for 2022 in Ballarat. National President of the club ÃBig TonyÃ (Tony Vartiainen) pictured. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Bandidos boss slams proposed Vic bikie laws as ‘political war’

The head of Australia’s Bandidos has accused Victorian authorities of enforcing “collective punishment” as his club faces potential symbol bans and anti-association orders.

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A crazed shirtless driver has escaped police by ramming their patrol car 11 times, then doing a runner. , The destructive showdown played out in front of shocked locals on the Mornington Peninsula. picture 7 News

CCTV captures dramatic moment police car rammed

CCTV has captured the moment an allegedly stolen Toyota became a battering ram in a desperate attempt by an accused car thief to escape police.

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Alleged Point Lonsdale gunman faces court as community reels

Point Lonsdale’s Neil James Harrington has faced court accused of a wild shooting in an exclusive street of the quiet coastal town.

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Ice king wielded power without gory during billion-dollar drug plot

Not so long ago, if someone was sparking up an ice pipe in Melbourne, its contents probably came via Chi Lop Tse. But the man known as the “Asian El Chapo” built his empire without the brutal violence of his Mexican counterpart.

Police and police forensic teams at a stabbing scene in Ascot Vale near the corner of Union and Maribyrnong Rd Ascot. Picture: Tony Gough

Second teen arrested over horrific Ascot Vale stabbing

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested over the stabbing death of 40-year-old Papua New Guinea-born musician Thomas at Ascot Vale on Sunday.

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Bling sting: Inside the jewellery ripoff netting crims huge cash payouts

A bold and blingy cash grab is on the rise among Australian crooks and the payouts are causing alarm among major insurers.

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Crime gangs set to smoke big tobacco companies out of Australia

Australia’s tobacco market is facing complete criminal takeover, with crime syndicates on their way to controlling 100 per cent of the country’s tobacco market in the next three years, according to leading experts.

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Inside story of the rise and fall of ‘Asia’s El Chapo’

Drug lord Chi Lop Tse was described by one investigator as unlike other gangsters and more like a “gentleman”. While he flew under the radar he and his syndicate pumped more drugs into Australia than just about any single source before he was jailed in Melbourne.

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Punter-turned-scammer spotted outside the slammer

We revealed last week jailed fraudster Bill Vlahos had been released, now we have proof that “Dollar Bill” is back in circulation, where we trust he’s not looking for more “investors” to fatten his wallet.

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