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John Silvester is a columnist.

Bodyguards for billionaires: Inside the secret world
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Bodyguards for billionaires: Inside the secret world

The super rich are spending big on super security, including elite protection teams with counter-surveillance skills to thwart kidnappings, and panic rooms marketed as nuclear and germ-warfare resistant.

  • by John Silvester

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Attention Australian criminals, you need to learn from this bloke
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Attention Australian criminals, you need to learn from this bloke

“John, there is a bloke here who would kill for the phone. And I mean that literally.” Ringing international drug smuggler Howard Marks in a Florida prison, John Silvester had his world scoop, and a lesson for the underworld.

  • by John Silvester
The street doctor no one wants to farewell
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The street doctor no one wants to farewell

Andrew Taylor is well versed in trauma. The GP has survived being shot five times, and has treated the most vulnerable patients with complex addiction problems for many years.

  • by John Silvester
‘We’re owed the truth’: Russell Hill’s daughter plans to sue killer Greg Lynn
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‘We’re owed the truth’: Russell Hill’s daughter plans to sue killer Greg Lynn

The daughter of the dead high country camper says the case will be about much more than just money.

  • by John Silvester
Celebrity crooks existed long before Carl Williams. The method’s different, but the aim is the same
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Celebrity crooks existed long before Carl Williams. The method’s different, but the aim is the same

Gangsters, massive protests, drug busts and police corruption have been around as long as The Age. Here’s a look back at Melbourne’s underbelly decades before the Underbelly war.

  • by John Silvester
Tales of the sting: The traps cops set to nab their targets
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Tales of the sting: The traps cops set to nab their targets

From bugging the collar of a crim’s little pooch to dressing up as shrubbery, there have been some ingenious and outlandish sting operations.

  • by John Silvester
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Greg Lynn is about to face the music, and he won’t like the tune
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Greg Lynn is about to face the music, and he won’t like the tune

Not one character witness took the stand for the High Country killer, who will be sentenced on Friday.

  • by John Silvester
The bullet that started the underworld war
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The bullet that started the underworld war

The rule for the meeting was no guns, but crooks make a living by breaking the rules.

  • by John Silvester
Scot free: How Scotland emptied its jails of youths
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Scot free: How Scotland emptied its jails of youths

Consider this. After years of work there are no inmates under 18 in jail in Scotland.

  • by John Silvester
The crucial DNA questions that remain over Easey Street cold case
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The crucial DNA questions that remain over Easey Street cold case

The justice system has been blinded by science before. In Victoria, suspects were previously wrongly convicted based on what appeared to be black-and-white results.

  • by John Silvester
How to write a media column (and get away with it)
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How to write a media column (and get away with it)

Some columns are unforgettable – from the immeasurable pain of a young widow to the memory of a predawn excursion, where a father shared the wonder of wetlands.

  • by John Silvester

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