Brazen NT criminals’ new moves
New crime data has revealed the biggest crimes being committed in the Northern Territory. See where they are happening and why.
New crime data has revealed the biggest crimes being committed in the Northern Territory. See where they are happening and why.
Queensland has recorded the largest number of sex assaults with many targeting teens and kids, as domestic violence cases continue to spiral.
In South Australia, the number of murder and attempted murder victims have skyrocketed — with many knowing their offender.
Victoria has had a record breaking crime spree targeting a group of vulnerable people, as it becomes the “fastest growing crime”.
New crime data has revealed how often women are being attacked across NSW and where it’s happening as they are defenceless.
A number of AFP officers may face charges of abuse of office as others have been charged with DUI, domestic violence and child exploitation offences.
Former agents likened it to “cowboy central” – an era when corruption was rife among some members of the AFP, while those who spoke out were targeted.
Calls are mounting for the urgent establishment of a Federal ICAC with power to investigate law enforcement officials following damning claims about the AFP.
It was the announcement that sent shockwaves across the country – the AFP had allegedly uncovered 14 mafia families in Australia. So why didn’t they tell their state counterparts?
One of Australia’s top law enforcers is under investigation amid suspicions he was allegedly secretly working with the mafia and may have compromised some of our biggest crime cases.
The lawyers who represented David Eastman – the man wrongly convicted of top cop Colin Winchester’s murder have hit out at the AFP and their handling of claims it was a mafia hit.
He was one of Australia’s most-feared gangsters until he was gunned down in a hail of bullets. More than 30 years later, we reveal who was behind Pasquale Barbaro’s murder.
News Corp Australia tracked down ‘The Shepherd’ – the man a secret police report claims is behind the murder of former top cop Colin Winchester. This is what he told Charles Miranda.
An explosive secret police report names two alleged assassins sent by the Italian mafia to kill former Australian Federal Police Assistant commissioner Colin Winchester.
The 1989 assassination of top cop Colin Winchester remains one of Australia’s most high profile unsolved murders and yet there seems little interest by the AFP in reopening the case.
It took 28 years, a million-dollar undercover budget and the most covert sting in police history to finally nail notorious mafia boss Domenic Perre.
A little over one year after the AN0M ‘sting of the century’ smashed drug rings around the world, here’s what’s happened to the alleged Queensland underworld figures snared in the operation.
Hannah Clarke’s estranged husband was so clinical and calculating in his murderous act that even the coroner leading the inquest into Hannah’s death was shocked to discover just how far-reaching and convincing his manipulations were.
Police missed crucial opportunities to hold Rowan Baxter to account before he went on to kill his ex-wife and children.
Babis Anagnostopoulos had claimed that his wife was killed by burglars during a home invasion – but police found otherwise. SEE HOW
Vladimir Putin shot down MH17 killing 298 – including 38 Australians – as a favour to China after the US downed MH370, according to sensational new claims.
The day Tara Brown was hunted down by Lionel Patea is etched in the minds of many Queenslanders. But for her heartbroken family life must go on, some how. This is their story.
The use of ghost guns is on the rise, with police seizing glocks and semi-automatic assault rifles from crime gangs all over Australia. See the photos.
The husband of a fourth-grade teacher killed protecting her students died of a ‘broken heart’, as video shows parents pinned down by the police they begged to help.
A failed cocaine import has led to an international smuggling syndicate scuffle, with one of the alleged Australian crooks involved linked to infamous runaway Mostafa Baluch.
A Sydney high flying businessman has been jailed in New York for defrauding hundreds of thousands of people through text messaging fraud.
Victorians Sarah Mitchell, Haley and Orin James have had their ute stolen. But they are not alone. See where crims are stealing top top-selling utes now.
For Vinnie Colasante and his family, the theft of his father’s ute was a shock. But he’s not alone. See where crims are stealing top-selling utes now.
Paul Handley’s ute was stolen in Winston Hills. But he’s not alone. See where crims are stealing top top-selling utes now.
Queenslanders Sean Gordon and Matt Ford both had their utes taken from them. But they are not alone. See where crims are stealing top top-selling utes now.
He was the loveable Melbourne tradie, with a long-term girlfriend and kind heart. Or so his best mate thought. Until he discovered his friend, Peter Dupas, was a serial rapist and killer.
Kathleen Folbigg, the Australian woman convicted of killing her four children, opens up for the first time about her victims in a new tape.
Sugar passed off as cocaine, a shootout in a suburban car park, an escaped suspect and red-faced cops who risked shooting at each other. How did it all go so wrong?
Femme fatale Robyn Lindholm tried to recruit both a Hells Angel bikie and a new flame to bash her boyfriend months before she had him killed instead.
The fiance of Australian woman Justine Ruszczyk Damond says her killer will not be held accountable after his murder conviction was overturned.
A classroom demonstration has left a Sunshine Coast teacher awaiting sentencing for common assault.
The killer of Australian woman Justine Ruszczyk Damond is set to leave prison early after a US court overturned his third-degree murder conviction.
A Queensland father has revealed the shocking way a paedophile trapped his son as perverts force children as young as eight to perform live-streamed sexual acts.
With the likelihood of life in prison looming, murderer and rapist Barrie Watts told his accomplice a stomach-churning secret – “I’d like to do it again”. Now, he wants to be free. READ THE 5 CHAPTERS
Three men who ran a complicated, tax fraud for two years have been jailed and left liable for more than $4.6m in debt to the federal government.
The judge who jailed the notorious Skaf brother rapists for record prison terms said he is concerned that Mohammed Skaf has shown no remorse as he could be released as early as next month.
Sensational claims made by convicted triple killer Sef Gonzales while behind bars for murdering his family, are now being investigated.
Gypsy Joker bikie boss Phil ‘Ugly’ Mawson says the car-bomb killing of former police chief Don Hancock was just deserts but he “feels bad” for the bloke caught in the crossfire.
The Taliban has a new terror force to contend with in Afghanistan. After their twin attacks on Kabul, we look at who ISIS-K is and what they want.
Mohammed Skaf has spent the best part of two decades in jail for a series of horrifying gang rapes. Tomorrow he could learn whether he is released on parole.
Police are confident they have made a significant dent in the local drug supply chain, with singular street dealers being arrested in their droves. See the list.
Shocking data has revealed who Australia’s sex assault victims are and how there is a disturbing pattern that follows them into adulthood.
Deadly attacks in the UK and Japan bring new focus on incels – involuntary celibate men – and their violent ideology.
A politician has accused cops investigating the murder of a Melbourne woman in eastern Europe of wasting time to save her life.
A global investigation into one of the most infamous IRA abductions, tortures and murders has moved to NSW, Queensland and Victoria.
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