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‘Psychopaths are the best’: Confessions from inside the scam industry
From marketing and retention to catastrophe and recovery, the life cycle of the scam industry is breathtakingly cruel and strikingly consistent.
- by Aisha Dow
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Eastern suburbs man arrested after record-breaking pink cocaine bust
A man, 21, has been arrested in Coogee over a massive haul of the dangerous new party drug linked to One Direction star Liam Payne before his death.
- by Jessica McSweeney
‘Shrouded in mystery’: AFP officer caught with 200 grams of meth avoids jail
William Wheatley was a serving AFP officer when in December 2022, he was found with a quantity of methamphetamine 50 times higher than the threshold for trafficking.
- by Erin Pearson
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Inside the fall of George Marrogi: Enemies loot millions as jailed gang boss cracks
Rivals have claimed a $10 million victory tax, while tormenting the once-powerful crime kingpin has become an underworld sport. Warning: Distressing content.
- by Chris Vedelago
The secret partnerships targeting financial crime
Australians lose $3 billion to financial crime each year, and with major compensation laws looming, law enforcement agencies are ready to go to war.
- by Sarah Danckert and Sumeyya Ilanbey
Man spared jail after assault on flight at Sydney Airport
The Thai man punched the passenger next to him after a bag fell onto him from the overhead luggage compartment.
- by Riley Walter
Police investigating 14 people over displays of terrorist symbols
The Australian Federal Police is also probing whether Australians’ commentary about the Middle East war and deceased terrorists crosses any legal lines.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Crime
Illegal tobacco trade quietly exploding across Brisbane
Brisbane Times visited ten retailers across multiple suburbs. All of them sold illegal cigarettes.
- by William Davis
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The mortgage broker, his son and 50kg of cocaine: Text messages bring down alleged drug importation
Northern beaches mortgage broker Keenan Mickley was on top of the world. It was not to last.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
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Investigations
Time for corruption watchdog to prove its worth to the public
The new National Anti-Corruption Commission should not duplicate the work of others, instead it’s coming time for it to turn over some of its own stones and do so publicly.
- by Nick McKenzie
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Police probe PNG minister in $3 million detention bribe investigation
Documents reveal the country’s former police minister is under investigation over suspicions of bribery.
- by Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard
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