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

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Six teenagers have been arrested following a high-speed car chase, on Tuesday evening, with police also seizing a machete. , , , A 15-year-old, 16-year-old 16 and 17-year-old from the Boroondara area, a 17-year-old from the Glen Eira area, an 18-year-old from Mont Albert and an 18-year-old from Surrey Hills were all arrested and interviewed by Police.

Youth crime up 18 per cent over past year, arrests at record high

Offending by children surged 18 per cent in the year to March as Victoria Police carried out the most arrests ever in its 172-year history.

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ACT Policing/Australian Federal Police (AFP) generic image. Picture: Blake Foden

Somalia-born man charged with alleged visa breaches

A Somalia-born man on a visa has been arrested in Melbourne after allegedly breaching his electronic monitoring conditions and committing a serious crime on bail.

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Gangsters such as Kazem Hamad will be targeted

Crime lords issue orders on encrypted apps. Police now have the power to stop them

Gangsters are set to have their phones and other tech seized by police under tough new organised crime laws in Victoria.

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Danielle Stephens arrives at the Melbourne Magistates court with boyfriend and co-accused Sanar Ghanim. Commital for Carl Williams' step-daughter Danielle Stephens on an attempted murder charge. Picture: Nicole Garmston

Ex of Roberta Williams’ daughter shot in Bali, second man dead

A Melbourne man wounded in a shooting in Bali is reported to be the former partner of Roberta Williams’ daughter Danielle, while another Australian man was killed in the incident.

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Bayside Argonauts striker Yuta Hirayama is the second man charged by Victoria Police after a probe into betting corruption. Picture: Instagram

Second player charged over A-League betting scandal revealed

A Bayside Argonauts striker can be revealed as the second man charged after a major probe into alleged betting corruption on four A-League matches.

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Before Olarenshaw did Bali, ‘Greedy’ flew the flag in Manilla

Ricky Olarenshaw is by no means the first colourful “entrepreneur” with footy connections to ply his trade in south east Asia.

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A nightclub glassing, a suburban shootout but no charges

A former member of the Notorious Crime Family gang who police formerly alleged glassed an underworld foe at the Love Machine nightclub before a suburban shootout has had all the charges against him withdrawn.

True Crime

Only in death did Mark Moran become a notorious gangland figure.

How Melbourne’s criminal world has shifted after Mark Moran’s death

Drug runs, secret payments and a bent cop – these were the dodgy dealings unearthed after Mark Moran was killed 25 years ago, sparking all-out war among Melbourne’s meanest crooks.

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13/12/2024: The inside of the firebombed Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea . PIC: Brendan Kearns

Multiple homes raided over synagogue firebombing

Further raids have been executed as part of the major investigation into the firebombing of the Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea in December.

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New figures reveal police have taken 6876 edged weapons from the wrong hands so far this year, three-quarters of them in Melbourne.

The unsettling record Melbourne is once again set to break

Police have confiscated more than 6000 edged weapons so far this year amid heightened concern at the number of Victorians arming themselves.

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