‘Selfless’ man sentenced for $57k in cocaine behind microwave
After his gambling and drinking led to money problems, Timothy Barkla agreed to store drugs in his kitchen for someone else. Then Operation Ironside detectives came knocking.
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Battle for Ironside millions: SA, NSW police clash over drug money
SA prosecutors have their eyes on $2.75m cash found during Operation Ironside during a truckie’s Adelaide-Sydney run – but NSW Police already has the money.
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.
The ‘Pope finished’: Inside Ironside’s $37.5m meth bust
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.
13 suburbs: Where latest AN0M accused allegedly trafficked meth
The latest person charged under Operation Ironside is accused of laundering more than $640,000 and trafficking drugs in 13 Adelaide suburbs.
Revealed: Full list of SA Ironside accused – and where they live
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.
Mapped and named: Operation Ironside’s SA arrests
From Stirling to Seaton, Mawson Lakes to Mount Barker, see the home suburbs of more than 40 South Australians charged in the Operation Ironside police sting.
Drug house ‘patsy’ swept up in Operation Ironside raids
Tyler Brook moved into a cannabis growhouse so he had a place to live but was left “holding the bag” when Ironside detectives came knocking – see inside the drug house.
Court error wrongly links AN0M accused to terrorism
An abbreviated charge on the SA courts’ website has wrongly linked an AN0M accused to terrorism offences – prompting an immediate correction.
Ironside accused sells house to girlfriend – for one dollar
An Ironside accused facing drug and money laundering charges allegedly tried to keep his house from the clutches of police with a cunning plan. It didn’t work.
SA Ironside test case to be first in Australia
The trial of three men for possessing military-grade firearms will become an Australian-first Ironside test case – with the validity of warrants likely to end up in the High Court.
AN0M: 160 lawyers, bikies, insiders next on hit list
The next phase of the AN0M bust is about to begin — with 160 Australians targeted by cops, who analysed millions of encrypted messages.
How criminal underworld got AN0M phones in 4 easy steps
Wholesalers, drivers, agents; for the first time the highly organised structure that sent encrypted devices into the hands of crime figures is revealed.
Ironside: 57 accused, 150+ new charges and a $17.5m guilty plea
An Operation Ironside defendant has admitted his role in a $17.5m drug trafficking syndicate, during a mass hearing of South Australians caught up in the crime sting.
Ironside’s big freeze: Treasure hoard worth millions seized
Luxury houses, prestige cars, jet skis, diamond-encrusted Rolexes … see the incredible treasure trove police are chasing from Operation Ironside’s alleged villains.
New wave of Operation Ironside arrests nets 18 men
A number of searches across Adelaide have led to the arrest of 18 men linked to Operation Ironside – and 167 fresh charges have been laid.
15,000 pages: Operation Ironside material ‘impossible to follow’
Lawyers for a group of Operation Ironside accused have been given 15,000 pages of material under the assumption they would “print it out” themselves.
Terrifying arsenal: Guns and 6000 rounds of ammo seized
High-velocity rounds, bullets designed to fragment on impact and machine gun ammunition were in an Ironside accused’s arsenal – see the pictures.
Named: Accused bikies exposed by AN0M in Ironside hit list
This is how Operation Ironside has put a serious hole in Australia’s bikie gangs and their associates, who make up a third of those charged. SEE THE LIST
Bad news for AN0M exiles and Comanchero kingpins
Police are closing in on key players in the notorious Comanchero bikie gang, as experts reveal how taking out the Mr Bigs will change their relationship with Australia’s criminal underworld.
$1.5m bust: Ironside exposes alleged Rebels bikie drug den
Two men linked to a $1.5m drug operation – run out of a suspected SA Rebels bikie gang safe house and exposed by the AN0M app – have pleaded guilty.
158 days in solitary for alleged Ironside kingpin
The alleged Ironside kingpin accused of introducing the tainted AN0M app to the underworld has spent 158 days in solitary confinement – but police won’t fully explain why.
Million-dollar Ironside mansion sold – with a catch
A $1.4 million mansion owned by an alleged Operation Ironside kingpin has been sold, but questions surround a mysterious payment of $350,000 labelled a “sham”.
Locked up for meeting … so they can hang out together in prison
A trio of alleged bikies arrested over a huge cannabis seizure had their bail revoked for meeting up – but ironically two are now being housed in the same jail cell.
Aussie pop star’s uncle charged in airport AN0M sting
The uncle of an Australian pop star is among six men accused of being members of an AN0M-linked drug syndicate operating out of Sydney Airport.
Two Aussies arrested, five ‘on the run’ in global sting
The US is “working” to extradite all 17 suspects – including seven Australians – and 10 foreign nationals as part of a global bust on organised crime, but most remain at large.
‘Massive take-down’: FBI reveals more arrests in Aussie-led sting
The FBI has revealed more arrests have been made as part of Operation Ironside – the Australian-US crackdown on organised crime.
How bikies’ Norwood ‘machine gun murder plot’ was stopped
Operation Ironside allegedly averted a potential slaughter on The Parade – get the inside story of how police say they thwarted gangsters’ plans to execute a rival.
Second alleged bikie hit could have killed wrong man: police
Senior police have revealed a second alleged murder plot by Comanchero bikies – in which they went to the wrong house – was foiled in a huge sting operation.
95 charged in 18 months as Comancheros smashed
Police have dismantled a “trans-national” meth and cocaine ring in SA and caused “mass disruption” to the Comancheros in the past 18 months under Operation Ironside.
Ex-con was paid $120,000 to bring down the underworld
A tech-savvy convicted drug trafficker has been revealed as the person who invented the Trojan horse app AN0M.
Aussie drug lord’s chilling warning after AFP raids
Fugitive drug lord Hakan Ayik, who led the criminal underworld straight to law enforcement, has been given an ultimatum.
Murder plot, drugs and guns: 48 South Australians arrested
Dozens of South Australians caught up in the Operation Ironside sting have appeared in court.
Inside the police operations bunker as the raids went down
At 5.30am on Monday, a senior South Australian detective radioed the phrase “execute resolution” – and more than 400 cops sprang into action.
Aussie-led sting nets 800 global arrests
Police from 16 countries have arrested more than 800 suspects and seized more than $48 million in the AFP’s “sting of the century”.
Victoria’s Comancheros ‘stopped in their tracks’
Comanchero bikie members from suburbs across Melbourne have been arrested in raids linked to global police sting Operation Ironside. Victoria Police are expected to use information uncovered to solve at least four murders.
‘Telstra shop’ of crime underworld: Australia’s Mafia Man
This is Australia’s Mafia Man who cops secretly used to fool local criminals and global fugitives to give up their identities and networks.
How cops’ covert ‘AN0M’ crime-busting apps works
The AFP and FBI secretly used an encrypted platform known as AN0M, to catch crims at their own game. This is how it operated.
How beers led to Aussie cops and FBI’s global crime take-down
PART 1: This is how the AFP and FBI toppled Mafia, bikies and ethnic gangs from Asia to Albania by executing raids across Australia.
96 seconds that blew up Australia’s crime underworld
PART 2: This is the moment Australian Federal Police created the AN0M app — a Trojan horse that could expose criminals and their networks.
Trusted insiders: Who’s next on Aussie cops’ hit list
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.
Criminal ‘influencers’ who took cops’ bait
PART 3: Aussie cops convinced “influencers” who could get others to use the AN0M app where their secret networks were finally exposed.
How Aussie cops stopped up to 21 murder plots
Up to 21 murder plots including hits on two organised crime families were stopped because of intel from the AN0M app. WARNING: Graphic
How Aussie drug kingpin took down his criminal pals
Australian drug kingpin Hakan Ayik has been unmasked as the “influencer” who led police straight into the world’s criminal underbelly.
Real time crime busts are just the start to stop the coffins
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.
Bikies to reality stars: Who got caught in AN0M police net
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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