When crime writer Andrew Rule had to meet with a dangerous crook he turned to ex-cop Roger Rogerson as the middleman. But instead the crim had a warning about Rogerson and his crew. LISTEN NOW
Organised violence is becoming an increasingly professionalised industry and oblivious Australians are being dragged into crime. See how.
Michael Bosscher was a high-flying Brisbane lawyer with big name clients. But in the winter of 2016, a major scandal erupted that sent the George St rumour mill into overdrive and ended in his jailing. This is the inside story.
Michael Bosscher was a high-flying Brisbane lawyer with big name clients. But in the winter of 2016, a major scandal erupted that sent the George St rumour mill into overdrive and ended in his jailing. This is the inside story.
Drugs are involved in three-quarters of criminal arrests in Australia – and the number of users being locked up has jumped nearly 100 per cent as prices also rise.
This is the game-changing new technology that can find the smell of illicit drugs and has worked in a massive global anti-smuggling operation. See how it works.
Australian Border Force inspector Vanessa Ruff has revealed how she’s exposing trusted insiders to bikies and crime gangs, and shutting down their networks. See the video.
Two key locations where money laundering across Australia takes place have been revealed for the first time. This is how criminals operate.
An Australian whose parents were killed in the MH17 disaster has a message for terrorists after an inquiry found Vladimir Putin likely approved the missile.
A grainy CCTV photo, which has never been publicly revealed until now, set into motion one of Queensland’s cruellest crimes – known as the ‘toolbox murders’. Read the in-depth story.
International drug lords are dreaming up ever sneakier ways to smuggle illicit substances like cocaine around the world. See the shocking discoveries.
Aussie furniture removalists are smuggling thousands of kilos of drugs across state borders. See how crime lords are recruiting them.
There are major changes to the way retailers are tracking stolen items as more than $1 billion worth of goods will be stolen before Christmas.
From cyber hacks to slave trading, child abuse to drug peddling bikie gangsters, these are the top 12 crimes the Australian Federal Police have busted wide open.
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