Ice islands bring drugs worth $377 a gram to Australia
The war on drugs has taken Australia’s Federal Police and the Australian Defence Force to the Pacific, where five syndicates are bringing drugs to the streets of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Crime In Focus
The questions remaining over EastLink shooting
The execution-style killing of Croydon man Paul Virgona on the EastLink freeway shook Victoria. More than a month has passed since the shock shooting, but these are the questions that still need answering, Charlie Bezzina says.
Unsolved killings: The ones that got away in 2019
Despite a nearly 100 per cent clean-up rate for murders in 2019, Queensland detectives continue to be frustrated by these unsolved cases.
Horrific crimes that shocked Australia in 2019
A woman’s body set on fire after being raped and murdered, and another found in a chest freezer in an apartment. These are some of the horrific crimes that shocked the nation in 2019.
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The one question that broke the Truro murders case
SEVEN young women were kidnapped, raped, murdered and dumped north of Adelaide by a charming young psychopath and his doting accomplice. This is the inside story of how police finally solved the Truro serial killings.
When a killer prowled the northern beaches
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Motive for share house executions still baffles
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How a boy became a sadistic killer
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Aussie serial killers: Seven murders in seven weeks
WHEN the young women and girls went missing no one thought their disappearances suspicious, let alone connected them — even after the first body was found.
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