The powerful prison gangs of Melbourne
They’re feared and ferocious. From the Prisoners of War to the pair responsible for Tony Mokbel’s stabbing, these are the most notorious and feared gangs in our state’s prisons.
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Two charged over vicious Mokbel prison stabbing
Two men have been charged with attempted murder over the savage stabbing attack on fallen drug lord Tony Mokbel and an associate. The gangland identity continues to battle for his life after the alleged assault, which was captured on camera.
Tony Mokbel stabbed in prison attack, in serious condition
Drug lord Tony Mokbel has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after being attacked in the maximum security Barwon Prison. The mobster is serving a long sentence for high-level drug crimes.
Notorious gangland hitman menaced Lawyer X
The late hitman Andrew Veniamin menaced the secret police informer known as Lawyer X over suspicions that she was too close to police at the height of Melbourne’s gangland war, raising speculation about who sent him.
The horrific crimes police continue to probe into 2019
Sarah Gatt was brutally murdered before her body was found in the bathtub of a Kensington house, while Comanchero Robert Ale was shot nine times at a Hampton Park tattoo parlour. Detectives are still hunting those responsible. And then there’s Jonathan Dick.
Ex-prison manager probed over inmate dealing, phone smuggling
A former senior manager at Victoria’s largest maximum security prison is being investigated for “wheeling and dealing” with inmates and helping to smuggle mobile phones into the facility.
Witness comes forward in Labor rorts probe
A key witness in the rorts-for-votes scandal provided significant information to assist police in their investigation before their brief of evidence was wrapped up, it has been revealed.
From petty crime to murderous rampage
Mass murderer James Gargasoulas’ delusions led him to believe a policeman was planning to kill him in the weeks before his deadly rampage, but police who knew him from years earlier say he was calculating, not crazy.
Police raids across Melbourne target Finks bikies
SEVEN people have been arrested and charged after police raided properties across Melbourne as part of a major operation targeting the Finks outlaw motorcycle club.
Melbourne raids: Cops swoop in Middle Eastern crime blitz
THREE men have been charged after detectives — including anti-bikie cops — raided several properties across Melbourne in a blitz on organised Middle Eastern crime.
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