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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.

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

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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.

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Bad news for AN0M exiles and Comanchero kingpins

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.

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$1.5m bust: Ironside exposes alleged Rebels bikie drug den

$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.

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)

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

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”.

Six men have been charged with drug trafficking after the South Australia National Anti-Gangs Squad found more than 320 kilograms of dried cannabis and $50,000 cash at a suburban Adelaide property yesterday (Wednesday 3 February 2021)., Police will allege the Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang has been using the Northfield residence as a so-called ‘safe house’ for drug activity. Picture: AFP

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.

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Aussie pop star’s uncle charged in airport AN0M sting

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.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 08, 2021 - $1.8 million cash seized during Operation Ironside South Australian arrests. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

Ironside accused ‘lost millions’ in drug seizure

An Operation Ironside accused lamented he had “lost millions” when police seized 10kg of methylamphetamine during a traffic stop, court hears.

Secret AN0M money seizure ‘has End of Days feel’, judge says

Secret AN0M money seizure ‘has End of Days feel’, judge says

All $20,000 “secretly” taken from the account of a law firm acting for an Operation Ironside accused will be returned, with the judge strongly criticising prosecutors.

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

Prosecutors told to return cash taken from Ironside lawyer

Thousands of dollars taken from an SA law firm over Operation Ironside should be given back, a judge says – and never should have been taken at all.

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MoneyMaker a pauper: $1m linked to Ironside accused frozen

MoneyMaker a pauper: $1m linked to Ironside accused frozen

A man who allegedly went by the moniker MoneyMaker is a little poorer after the courts froze a million dollars worth of his assets.

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