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Ankle bracelets are to be fitted to 50 underage offenders during a trial.

Key questions drag on ankle bracelet trial for teens accused of serious crimes

Victoria’s trial for putting monitoring devices on underage offenders is due to start this month, but where the teens will be sent is among the unanswered questions.

  • Caroline Schelle

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Unlike banks and casinos, real estate agents don’t have to do due diligence checks on customers or report suspicious transactions.

Organised crime and armoured cars of cash: The dirty money pushing up Australian house prices

They looked like any other couple at the auction. But the Russians had a secret.

  • Sherryn Groch
John Anthony Rogers in 1988.

Former teacher accused of sexually assaulting teen student

A former Melbourne teacher is accused of indecently assaulting and abusing a teenage girl in the late 1990s while a teacher at an inner-north school.

  • Caroline Schelle
Police gather in Templestowe in 1991 to begin a doorknock in search of clues to the abduction of Karmein Chan. Former officer Rod Phillips was the first on the scene when the crime was called in.

When Karmein Chan was abducted, this policeman was first at the scene

Retired cop Rod Phillips still has questions about the Mr Cruel theory. “I thought, ‘Wow, that’s a big call. How can they have a suspect when they haven’t even got here yet?’”

  • John Silvester
Kazem “Kaz” Hamad in about 2015.

‘Kaz tax’ hike: Illegal tobacco kingpin doubles his extortion fee to $5000

The “Kaz tax” is a protection payment extorted from tobacconists allowing them to sell illicit cigarettes smuggled into Victoria.

  • Chris Vedelago
Funeral director Peter Tziotzis arrives at the Supreme Court on Monday.

Funeral director didn’t look at body for five weeks, court told

Peter Tziotzis admitted he would not have seen the body until weeks after the woman’s death, but denied the error was an attempt to mislead.

  • Erin Pearson
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Tony Mokbel arrives at a police station in Melbourne this week.

Why gangland figure Tony Mokbel’s drug trafficking conviction could be overturned

A gangland lawyer became a police informer, but the bad guys got what they deserved, right? Yet, this alleged perversion could see Mokbel cleared.

  • Tammy Mills

Son released from police custody after elderly father’s Phillip Island death

The 55-year-old son of businessman Paul Waylen, 85, has not been charged in relation to his death.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola, Hannah Kennelly and Alexander Darling
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Woman allegedly waving gun from stolen car shot by police in Mulgrave

Police said witnesses had reported seeing a gun pointed out the window of the stolen car, which had reached speeds of up to 110km/h during the overnight pursuit.

  • Alexander Darling and Brittany Busch
Abdul Nacer Benbrika

MCG terror plotter Benbrika’s supervision extended due to ‘unacceptable risk’

Convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika will remain under supervision for another seven months, after a judge ruled he was still a risk to the community.

  • Tara Cosoleto

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