$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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Luxury houses, prestige cars, jet skis, diamond-encrusted Rolexes … see the incredible treasure trove police are chasing from Operation Ironside’s alleged villains.
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.
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.
High-velocity rounds, bullets designed to fragment on impact and machine gun ammunition were in an Ironside accused’s arsenal – see the pictures.
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
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
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