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Court released photos of fake diplomatic pouches containing cocaine which were mailed into Australia. Picture: Border Force.

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Secret way cocaine was smuggled into Adelaide

Millions of dollars of cocaine was successfully smuggled into Australia through clever fakes from Colombia – some destined for Adelaide.

Art for article on drug lord Hakan Ayik.

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Read his texts: ‘Facebook Gangster’s’ secret messages exposed

This “Facebook Gangster” thought he was operating in secret. He was wrong. Now you can see what he had to say when he thought no one was watching.

Art for article on AN0M's CHS.

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The inside story of the criminal underworld’s most wanted man

A single fateful decision by the architect behind AN0M led to the arrest of more than a thousand people across the globe. See why he is now the “underworld’s most wanted”.

AN0M secret texts Operation Ironside artwork.

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Drugs, guns, bikie conspiracies: Secret underworld texts exposed

Australia’s most dangerous criminals allegedly used the AN0M app to run underworld gangs fuelled by drugs and violence. For the first time, today we publish the contents of their secret chat groups.

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Anom and drugs artwork for tiser

Ironside ‘crime figures’ seek to challenge AN0M architects

The architects of the sting of the century may give evidence in court as men accused of conspiring to import a tonne of cocaine into Australia launch a legal challenge.

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Art for story on Ironside arrest Rohan Wakefield.

Inside story of SA’s first Ironside arrest – and how he fell so far

He was managing an exclusive casino bar – so how did Rohan Wakefield end up with detectives at his door and a ute full of drugs, cash and hidden guns?

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Art for article on combined Ironside jail tally.

Ironside prison tally: 70 years behind bars for 14 Adelaide crims

Drug kingpins, teen dealers, an arsonist and wannabe bikies – these are the people already doing jail time in Adelaide, taken down by global sting Operation Ironside. See the full list.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 26, 2022: Tereapii Pokoina leaves the District Court where he has pleaded guilty to importing 18kg of cocaine (worth $20m) in a welder. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

Drug importer quit job on day $20m cocaine shipment arrived

Was he anticipating a life-changing windfall? Prosecutors say Tereapii Pokoina quit his job on the day a huge cocaine shipment arrived, proving he wasn’t just an exploited stooge.

The ANoM app appears on the screen of a smartphone in Paris, on June 8, 2021. - Some 250 people were arrested in Sweden and Finland in the global sting on organised crime, authorities said on June 8, 2021, using phones planted by the US FBI, law enforcement officers were able to read the messages of global underworld figures in around 100 countries as they plotted drug deals, arms transfers and gangland hits on the compromised ANOM devices. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP)

$13m to run prosecution and defence of Ironside accused

Millions of dollars have been pledged to both prosecutors and the Legal Services Commission ahead of a flood of Operation Ironside trials slated to begin next year.

George Awkar, a former pizza bar owner, became a major drug dealer as part of Operation Ironside. Picture: Facebook

Prominent pizza chef’s big jail term for drug dealing

A former successful businessman and prominent member of the Lebanese community caught as part of Operation Ironside has been given the steepest sentence since the operation begun.

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Haydn Forbes, son of Mongols outlaw motorcycle gang heavyweight Nick ‘The Knife’ Forbes, is behind bars, accused of the execution-style murder of another infamous bikie. Haydn, 25, was among nine alleged Mongols bikies arrested in the last week and charged with murdering former gang member Shane Bowden in the driveway of his Pimpama home on the northern Gold Coast last October Photo Supplied Facebook

Nick the Knife’s son hit with drug charges in ANOM-linked operation

An alleged Mongols bikie, the son of the gang’s national president Nick “The Knife” Forbes, has been hit with numerous drug charges in an ANOM-linked operation.

Criminal syndicates targeted under AFP-led Operation Ironside. Specifically Operation Maidos in South Australia. Three bags of cash seized Picture: AFP

‘The Cashier’: Young man allegedly laundered $4m for bikies

A young man arrested under Operation Ironside was allegedly directed by a senior Comanchero as a “cashier” to launder more than $4m in drug money.

AFP OPERATION IRONSIDE PHASE II, Vison of the arrest of a 38 year-old man and ammunition seized in Barrangaroo., Picture: Supplied Australian Federal Police(AFP), The Australian Federal Police, NSW Police Force and Australian Border Force in Sydney to announce the first wave of results as part of Operation Ironside Phase II in NSW., , , The Australian Federal Police, NSW Police Force and Australian Border Force will address media in Sydney on Friday (17 December 2021) to announce the first wave of results as part of Operation Ironside Phase II in NSW., , Eight men are expected to face court following the targeted police activity that resulted in the seizure of encrypted devices, cocaine, cash, firearms and ammunition.

‘Fully patched bikie’ nabbed by Operation Ironside detectives

Three more men have been arrested under Operation Ironside, including one police allege is a full Comanchero and will face drug charges.

Just add water: Ironside bikies mount new legal challenge

Just add water: Ironside bikies mount new legal challenge

Does a 50L seizure of the drug fantasy have water in it – or is it pure? Incredibly, under SA law, if it’s pure, two bikies could face far lesser charges.

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