Authorities will keep tabs on one of Australia’s most notorious terrorists, DIY jihadi Bilal Khazal, after his release from a Supermax prison amid concerns that he still backs al-Qaeda.
Civil libertarian Terry O’Gorman wants a far-reaching inquiry into police evidence disclosure after a second case where previously suppressed evidence led to an acquittal, writes Des Houghton.
Police divers have been given a vital tip that’s taken them to the bottom of Sydney Harbour to find Australia’s first ever political assassins, whose crime is also linked to a deadly Melbourne bombing.
Three men were arrested and more than a million dollars in cash packed into cooler bags was seized by the Australian Federal Police after a raid on an alleged money-laundering syndicate operating in the suburbs.
KIRWAN police boss Jason Brosnan recounts his life-and-death struggle with a jewel thief.
THE Comancheros are one of the most dangerous and volatile outlaw motorcycle clubs in Australia. Here are the major players and figures inside Comanchero Inc.
MICK Gatto’s style always tells a story, with his wardrobe a veritable gangster’s paradise of dress-ups and colours. Here’s a look back at the many guises of Gatto.
FOR almost three years, the North Adelaide rapist eluded police. His crimes struck fear into residents and hospital workers. That was until an Australian-first DNA breakthrough unmasked the man responsible.
WIELDING a sword as he stood over his bloodied victim, Chino Ly was about to complete his transformation from Melbourne thug to Texas prison gang member. But a DIY ink gun inside one of the US’s toughest jails set him on a new path. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST NOW
AS A director at popular fashion label Gasp, Qiu Shan Lian rubbed shoulders with celebrities and lived in a swanky mansion on Melbourne’s bayside. Now she appears blank-faced and glamour-free on the Interpol website as an unlikely international fugitive.
LIKE most crooks, Chopper Read was a lying and manipulative egotist. He was also intelligent, funny and hadn’t been raised to be a criminal. This is the Chopper I knew, writes Andrew Rule.
WIL Patterson cried himself to sleep on his first night in prison after going from suburban Melbourne dad to living with murderers. But despite witnessing a brutal shiv stabbing, he says he wouldn’t be afraid to go back to jail.
IT IS Sydney’s new hi-tech prison — a razor-wired “escape-proof” compound set to house Australia’s most dangerous terror suspects. The Sunday Telegraph was granted exclusive access to the soundproof prison, located within Long Bay jail.
FROM major disasters to toes stuck in bath taps, it takes a special breed to survive life working for the elite Police Rescue Squad. “The words ‘no, we can’t’ do not exist. If we can’t do it, who will?”
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