Police officers often remain matter-of-fact about the tragic and often grisly things they see and do on the job. One officer recounts the worst cases he witnessed during his long career in the road accident squad.
Ingle Farm man Allan Michael Speck was a bikie drug mule – until he unwittingly led police to a $350,000 stash of drug money being transported in an ingenious and hi-tech way.
It’s the true story behind crime statistics that police don’t want you to know. It’s even resulted in defendants being awarded thousands in compensation.
A $334,000 seizure order has been slapped on the luxury home of famous stuntman Robbie Bolger, ringleader of the syndicate that stole $2 million in parts from Holden’s Elizabeth factory. For the first time we tell the full extraordinary story behind the heist.
COMANCHEROS bikie boss Mick Murray is expected to walk from jail within weeks. But the powerful figure has some formidable enemies — and things have changed on the outside while he’s been doing his time.
THEY’RE the men behind the world’s biggest and baddest outlaw bikie gang. The colourful characters who have kept the Hells Angels in the headlines.
HE was suspected of being part of a criminal gang responsible for a brazen robbery of an Armaguard van. Problem was the police didn’t have the proof they needed — until they put him in a cell with two undercover cops. READ THE TRANSCRIPTS
JASON Roberts knows exactly who murdered police officers Gary Silk and Rodney Miller. He always has. But with his plea of innocence headed back to the Supreme Court, the case ultimately comes down to one question.
FROM outback victim Joanne Lees to a bashed MP, cold case murders and sexual assaults, hypnotist Margaret O’Brien has been the secret weapon unlocking forgotten clues for police for nearly 40 years.
THE US man accused of killing his pregnant wife and two kids might have revealed nine telltale signs of guilt when he appealed for their safe return.
THE Rebels may well have grown into the biggest outlaw bikie gang in the country. But with leaders either dead or deported, the club is struggling to recover from a power vacuum — and internal power struggles have weakened their criminal empire.
AN international expert in gunshot wound trajectory has decimated the police theory that a young scientist “accidentally’’ shot himself. NEW PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW
IT was the decade that saw the Queen’s first tour of Australia, a dramatic defection by Soviet spies and the spectacle of the Melbourne Olympics. The police dealt with all these events, plus some shocking crimes.
TONY Mokbel once moaned that he had just $45 to his name as he fought to stay out of prison. It was hard to reconcile the sob story with the incredible wealth authorities had linked to the drug kingpin’s operation.
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