How Finks bikies won big in fine-dodging racket
Members of the outlaw motorcycle gang were identified in an Echo task force investigation into unpaid fines.
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She was twice raped in her home 40 years ago. Now there’s a new lead
The emotional grandson of Jessie Lauder say her family are clinging to hope that a new lead in her two horrific attacks back in the 80s will finally lead to justice.
Teenagers busted with gun at Fountain Gate shopping centre
Two 17-year-old boys have been caught with a gun, ammunition, knife and drugs after police were called with the Fountain Gate shopping centre in Narre Warren in Melbourne’s southeast.
The yellow ‘shame’ stickers that could quash Melbourne’s tobacco wars
Retailers want shops found to be selling illegal tobacco to be shut down and shamed, with police sources saying a “canary sticker” model is key to disrupting Victoria’s fiery tobacco wars.
Teen prisoner hears his fate after tearing out guard’s hair
A prisoner who punched a female officer and tore her hair has been sentenced for the vicious assault.
Killers who posed as cops to execute gangster had ‘done their homework’
Killers of gangland figure Hawre Sherwani are suspected of deliberately choosing one of the most common vehicles in Victoria Police’s fleet when they posed as police to carry out their hit.
How the big six bikie gangs are linked to tobacco war mayhem
From firebombings to outlaw trade, all of Australia’s big-six bikie gangs have had a part in the raging tobacco wars of the past two years. Now, the moves made by each are explained.
Doctor linked to Essendon drugs saga banned from medical practice
A doctor linked to the Essendon supplements saga — and who treated underworld figure Toby Mitchell after one of his shootings — has been banned from practising by the nation’s health watchdog.
‘I’ve been shot’: Gangster killed by hit team posing as police
Gangland figure Hawre Sherwani — who had a $1m-plus murder contract on his head — was killed in a hail of bullets after he was pulled over by a hit team posing as police.
Murder accused fronts court following Dandenong death
A 30-year-old man from Dandenong North has faced court on Friday following the mysterious death of a man in McCrae St, Dandenong this week.
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