Accused Operation Ironside criminals in huge court win
Accused drug kingpins arrested under Operation Ironside have won a significant legal battle that may allow them to hide their riches from police.
Accused drug kingpins arrested under Operation Ironside have won a significant legal battle that may allow them to hide their riches from police.
A horse trainer known as ‘The Pope’ was caught trafficking $37.5m of meth – now newly released AN0M messages reveal what was going on behind the scenes.
The latest person charged under Operation Ironside is accused of laundering more than $640,000 and trafficking drugs in 13 Adelaide suburbs.
Today we reveal the identities of dozens more South Australians charged over the Operation Ironside organised crime sting. See who they are, what they’re charged with, and where they live.
PART 2: This is the moment Australian Federal Police created the AN0M app — a Trojan horse that could expose criminals and their networks.
Police will now target a raft of trusted insiders – corrupt people working in legitimate businesses and help drug lords get their evil cargo into Australia.
PART 3: Aussie cops convinced “influencers” who could get others to use the AN0M app where their secret networks were finally exposed.
Up to 21 murder plots including hits on two organised crime families were stopped because of intel from the AN0M app. WARNING: Graphic
Australian drug kingpin Hakan Ayik has been unmasked as the “influencer” who led police straight into the world’s criminal underbelly.
The AFP’s world-first operation will cut the head off the snake of some crimes but there are other serpents striking Australia, the AFP’s Nigel Ryan writes.
Dozens of Comanchero bikies, two reality TV stars, Mafia figures and a man with $1.5m in alleged dirty cash were caught in cops’ AN0M sting of the century.
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