Aussie spy taking on ISIS extremists unmasked
One of Australia’s leading counter terrorist operatives has been revealed as the secret agent stopping ISIS supporters and plotters from using Australian courts to combat moves to boot them out.
Behind The Scenes
‘Muscling up’: Top cop gives officers new marching orders
After years of being dubbed the “plastics” for not doing real police work, new AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw says his top cops will outsmart serious, organised crims and hit them where it hurts as he shakes up the federal agency.
Was officer Pratt a ‘martyr or a mug’?
At just 21, off-duty police officer Michael Pratt didn’t think twice about thwarting a trio of armed bandits as they entered a Clifton Hill bank, ramming his Mazda at the doors and earning himself a bullet in the back and a bravery medal in the process.
Gay police officer’s new move after $1.5m legal stoush
A NSW police officer who claimed the force had a toxic culture of homophobia after he was sacked for taking recreational drugs has revealed what he’ll do next after a five-year legal battle.
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‘Lone actor’ terrorists join outlaw bikies and gangs
AUSTRALIA has 67 potential “lone actor” terrorists who have formed unholy alliances with organised crime syndicates — including outlaw bikies — to pursue their evil agendas.
‘He’s innocent’: Defence lawyer haunted by murder conviction
CRIMINAL lawyer Sam Macedone has fought to get murderers, sex offenders and even “proud pedo” Ben McCormack a fair trial — but there is one case where he is convinced an innocent man went to jail.
Shocking new MH17 spy theory
WESTERN intelligence suspect Russian interference of the MH17 probe includes attempts to hack the Malaysian and Australia government servers and the assassination of three key men.
Sara Connor’s new role in Bali jail
NEW details have emerged of life in a Bali jail for Australian prisoner Sara Connor, two years into her five-year sentence over the death of a local policeman.
The simple life of convicted killer James Finch
IT’S been 45 years since the Whiskey Au Go Go firebombing in Brisbane and the man convicted of killing 15 people appears to be living a simple life in an English country town.
Mail-order lizards: Reptile smuggling soars
ORGANISED crime groups are sending out shopping list requests for Australian wildlife to be smuggled to buyers overseas in an alarming escalation in the racket.
Crime scene cleaner: I speak for the dead
DONNA Naylor has learned that reality and horror movies aren’t so different from each other … “but for me life is worth living, even if it means cleaning up after the dead”.
One cop’s quest to catch serial paedophile
SHE had no name, no suspect and no forensic evidence, just the knowledge of the terrible harm a serial paedophile had caused 30 years before. Three years of painstaking “old fashion detective work” later, she found him.
Why this man was shot in face ten times
HE was a troubled businessman, she was a former prostitute, her lover was a callous killer. Shyam “Sam’’ Dhody met a brutal end, found dead in his bed after a horrific execution-style murder that had Gold Coast detectives baffled.
How a bank robber turned his tale into Hollywood gold
HE was one of Australia’s most wanted men, with a daring prison escape and multiple robberies on his rap sheet. But Greg Smith turned his fugitive years into an international bestseller, with Johnny Depp set to play Smith. NEW PODCAST — LISTEN NOW.
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