Record busts: Organised crims caught with illicit drugs
COVID-19 may have turned our lives upside down but not the criminal world, which recorded the highest rates of busts and seizures in NSW on record.
Behind The Scenes
How I got ‘Chopper’ Read nude behind bars
Former prison officer Steve Bergervoet was just a rookie when he managed to get Mark ‘Chopper’ Read naked on his first day of work. Warning: Graphic
NZ massacre: How Aussie snipers saved lives
Australian police risked a potential blue-on-blue incident during the Christchurch mosque shootings as visiting officers rushed to the scene without identification.
Crime gangs target mums in ‘money mules’ scam
Stay-at-home mums, students and retirees are being duped into becoming “money mules” to launder money for overseas crime syndicates.
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The runaway psycho who scared Iddles
Legendary detective Ron Iddles claimed many scalps in his storied career, but one suspect made a creepy first impression during a police raid. And the murderous quadruple killer was on the loose, after a brazen escape from Pentridge Prison’s notorious D division.
Milat top cop’s near encounter with death
Former detective and Assistant Commissioner Clive Small, who led the team that captured Ivan Milat, has revealed his near brush with his own mortality.
The powerful prison gangs of Melbourne
They’re feared and ferocious. From the Prisoners of War to the pair responsible for Tony Mokbel’s stabbing, these are the most notorious and feared gangs in our state’s prisons.
Attack interrupts Mokbel’s bid for release
Insiders say Tony Mokbel has become obsessed with the prospect of getting back into court, as the drug kingpin wrote longwinded letters prompted by revelations in the Lawyer X scandal, demanding his release.
How deadly cartels are moving into Australia
Police have warned of a “tsunami” of drugs like ice and heroin flooding our shores, thanks to powerful Mexican cartels. How did they get a foothold in Australia — and how do authorities stop them?
Why Mokbel’s still a big-wig inside Victoria’s toughest jail
Gangland drug lord Tony Mokbel has transformed from street boss to powerful enforcer at Barwon Prison, with fears he could be continuing to call the shots beyond the prison walls.
Hitman’s jailhouse magazine protest shot down
Gerald Preston is one of South Australia’s most notorious killers and he’s trying to overturn a new prison policy which he likens to those found in a “third-world gulag”.
Inside the team keeping kids safe from online predators
Ten years ago, a Federal Government program was set up to better educate Australians on the dangers to children on the internet. Chris Clarke has been given a terrifying insight into just how depraved the world beyond our computer screens can be.
Multiple bikie gangs behind billion-dollar drug bust
Bikie gangs including the Bandidos are under close scrutiny by police after a record $1.29 billion methamphetamine bust, as Mexican cartels attempt to flood Australia with a “tsunami” of deadly illicit drugs.
Revealed: Murdered mob lawyer a police snitch
Slain mafia lawyer Joe Acquaro was one of six informers recruited by Victoria Police who all had “obligations of confidentiality” to clients. The revelation is the latest in the ongoing Lawyer X scandal.
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