Drone used to drop drugs into Barwon Prison
A package filled with drugs, a knife, security tools and tech gear has been dropped via drone into Victoria’s most notorious prison. Here’s how.
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Notorious SA paedophile dies in prison
One of South Australia’s most notorious paedophiles has died in prison, just two years after he made a final bid for release into the community.
‘Load of crap’: Son walks free as body still missing
He killed his own mother, shockingly calling her “a waste of space… a bogan… an ugly bitch”. Now, despite her body never having been found, he is set to walk free – and her family are furious.
COVID hits Aussie paedo, drug dealer in Bali jail
Two Australians locked up in Bali have contracted the deadly coronavirus and forced into a cramped isolation wing with hundreds of infected men.
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Inside a slain mobster’s lairs
A clapped out garden shed in a North Fitzroy backyard and a city office with happy snaps pinned to a board were where mafia money man Mario Condello met with Melbourne’s biggest underworld players. Take a glimpse into his “war rooms”.
The downward spiral of an underworld widow
She was once one of Victoria’s most colourful ladies, but life has faded underworld widow Wendy Peirce, with a downward spiral seeing the formerly hardened gangland lioness jailed, widowed, destitute and grieving a lost daughter. NEW PODCAST — LISTEN NOW.
Aussie jihadi’s death row hell hole
Ahmed Merhi’s filthy jail conditions have been revealed while on death row in Iraq, as the jihadi’s lawyers beg the Australian Government to save him.
Forget Minority Report — this is how to predict crime
Science fiction is becoming science fact as researchers use our app and social media data to predict when and where crimes will occur, with astounding implications for real-life policing.
How underworld figures and their families get hitched
When you’re a member of the underworld, or related to one, wedding day drama is a given — whether it’s an assassination attempt, a last-minute arrest or crashing your car into a photographer. Happily ever after is no guarantee.
Aussie fugitive taunts cops with new island jaunt
Australian fugitive Shaun Davidson has again taunted police on social media by reportedly posting his latest location as he remains on the run.
Macris and Ibrahim families reach peace agreement
When Viktoria Karida flew into Australia after her husband John Macris was murdered in Greece, the whispers around Sydney were whether her spouse’s past run-ins with the Ibrahim clan would cause issues. But it seems a peace deal has been reached.
Murder headquarters at Big Mama’s house
A stunning 1930s mansion filled with antiques served as ‘murder headquarters’ for Melbourne underworld matriarch Judy Moran, the former showgirl who lost every man she ever loved to a bullet in Melbourne’s gangland war. NEW LIFE & CRIMES PODCAST — LISTEN NOW.
Mental toll on frontline officers ‘confronting’
A shocking proportion of Australian Federal Police officers are facing psychological distress as a result of their jobs, with the commissioner admitting that, while staff wellbeing is a priority, “we have not always understood what this has meant”.
Executed gangster John Macris’ life with TV model wife
Former underworld figure John Macris had a luxurious life in Greece where he and his wife, Viktoria Karida, raised their children. This is how it unfolded before he was murdered.
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