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Neale Fursdon - a much loved cop who spread his knowledge and generosity through the Pacific and Asia.

The gentle giant who fought cartels and became an angel in Asia

Neale Fursdon spent most of his career dealing with drug traffickers and international people smugglers. But he was one of the most affable people I have ever met.

  • John Silvester

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Jessie Clarey, Victoria’s fourth policewoman to graduate.

This policewoman had the answer to youth crime 86 years ago. It fell on deaf ears

In her award-winning 1939 essay, Jessie Clarey wrote: “For permanent results, it is not sufficient for us to ascertain, ‘Did the boy steal?’, but, ‘Why did he steal?’”

  • John Silvester
Detectives hunting for a clue to the robbery showed this arsenal of machine guns to bookmakers and members of the Victorian Club.

Guns, pots and parmas: How a gang got away with the heist of the century

The inside story of the Great Bookie Robbery has finally been told – and it lifts the lid on a very clever diversion.

  • John Silvester
Jacqui and Vic Ramchen with their baby son Lev.

War of the Ramchens: A mystery suspended in time

Some relationships slowly disintegrate, others explode, but few turn into the running, public battle of Vic and Jacqui Ramchen.

  • John Silvester
Gangster Alphonse Gangitano wasn’t happy when Barry Michael beat Lester Ellis in a title fight.

The prize fight that saw Alphonse Gangitano lose a fortune – and take bloody revenge

The champion boxer has outlived the gangster who ambushed him, the crime boss who wanted him dead, and the hitman who was persuaded not to kill him.

  • John Silvester
Police cordon off the streets after a late-night, drive-by shooting at Love Machine nightclub in Prahran in 2019.

Clubs, crims and cops: Melbourne’s after-dark secrets that have left blood on the streets

The city’s nightlife has long been a magnet for the underworld, and some clubs have been the deadly battleground for gangsters and bikies.

  • John Silvester
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Protective Services Officers on patrol near Southern Cross Station on Monday.

Where we really need PSOs if we want to free up frontline police

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush has called out what everyone else had been choosing to ignore about where PSOs are stationed.

  • John Silvester
CCTV footage is helping solve crimes.

Millions of cameras watch us. Could they break the crime cycle?

How a tech overhaul – and help from the public – could end a million hours of wasted time and put 381 extra police on the street.

  • John Silvester
Crime in Victoria.

How 26 letters explain the chaos on Melbourne’s streets

From a triple murderer’s tears to a gang lord in exile, Naked City sets out its crime dictionary.

  • John Silvester
Governor general designate John Kerr and prime minister Gough Whitlam were probably not discussing the meaning of reserve powers at this meeting in 1974.

The Dismissal secret a judge didn’t want to take to his grave

Former judge and one-time ministerial adviser Howard Nathan has held onto this secret for 50 years, but was determined to reveal Sir John Kerr’s Machiavellian move before he “dropped off this mortal coil”.

  • John Silvester

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