Cops’ shock discovery in kids’ toy dinosaur box
Border Force has stopped crims running an illegal racket across the globe, which led to a raid in Victoria. SEE THE PHOTOS.
Crime In Focus
‘Alarm bells’: Son’s shock motive for stabbing parents to death
David Reid’s crime stands out as one of the most bizarre. But the neuropsychologist who assessed him has revealed his motive.
Qld’s suburban drug capitals revealed: 842 arrests in major crackdowns
Fresh mapping of crime in Queensland has revealed the new suburban drug capitals following major hit squads which have uncovered $103m in street drugs leading to 3000 charges and 842 arrests. FULL LIST OF NAMES, SUBURBS
‘F**k him’: Angry Bill Vlahos punters want hidden cash
Bill Vlahos’ victims want to know where he has hidden his money, as they celebrated his nine-year jail term for one of Australia’s biggest punting scams. SEE THEIR STATEMENTS
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Mystery outback killer gunned down trio in cold blood
This Wolf Creek-style triple murder in the outback has long been forgotten by most: A young Melbourne couple and their friend lured into the bush and executed, a mystery man never identified. But cold case police have now given their families hope.
Who wanted bikie boss blown up?
Bikie boss Amad Jay Malkoun’s Mercedes erupted into a fireball when he turned the key. The Comanchero heavyweight has many friends and foes across the globe — which one of them wanted him dead?
Lawyer X: The Scorpion’s sting
As bullets flew and crims turned on their own during Melbourne’s gangland conflict, the police had an unlikely but powerful weapon. Secretly, one woman shaped the course of the underworld war — now her betrayals are set to bring the legal system to its knees.
Lawyer X: The Hodson betrayal
How did a secret police file which exposed Nicola Gobbo’s former client Terry Hodson as an informer end up in the hands of the Melbourne underworld?
Lawyer X: The man in the golden coffin
When they laid drug kingpin Carl Williams to rest the truth about several unsolved gangland murders were buried with him. Did he also take secrets about Nicola Gobbo to the grave?
Lawyer X: The Tomato Tins Twist
The infamous Tomato Tins drug bust was a tale of bungling mobsters, botched hits and a nasty case of bad luck for the smugglers. It also saw dozens jailed and 15 million pills seized. But could one of law enforcement’s greatest ever success stories now be brought undone?
The worst attacks inside Victoria’s dog-eat-dog prison world
Tony Mokbel’s brutal stabbing this week was “straight from the prison bashing manual”, one ex-prisoner says. But his attack isn’t the first in a long history of brutal jailhouse blindsides in Victoria.
Kingpin’s fragile grip on prison power
As one of the nation’s biggest drug barons, Tony Mokbel once wielded the sort of power only the super rich can have. But behind bars, there’s only so much protection his shrinking wealth and influence can offer. NEW CRIME PODCAST
Humpy hermit’s horror mass murder plot
Reclusive anti-abortionist Peter James Knight gathered an Armageddon-style arsenal at his bush humpy then rode his bicycle from deep inside a NSW forest all the way to Melbourne, ready to kill as many as possible to deliver his chilling message.
Skase begged for cash from prison toilet phone
Christopher Skase begged his family and friends for money to fund his legal case from the toilet of his prison cell on a smuggled mobile phone, as his son-in-law has revealed the desperate measures the disgraced businessman took to try to get back on his feet.
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