The Fasta Pasta connection: How police smashed SA-Qld drug syndicate
In 2017 almost 40 boxes were mailed from Adelaide to Fasta Pasta in Cairns. Why? And what was inside those boxes?
Behind The Scenes
Retiring DNA dynamo leaves SA with crime-cracking database
The man behind the development of DNA as major crime fighting tool for police is retiring, just as SA’s database reaches new levels of success.
Sydney man’s threat to kill woman and her baby
A man from Sydney’s west faces jail after using threats, coercion and deception to force a woman and child to leave Australia in a bid to revoke her visa.
Most dangerous female inmate would ‘bash her head in’
The officers who saw Australia’s most dangerous female inmate stab another prisoner to death have never recovered. Listen to their story. Warning: Graphic
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Skase begged for cash from prison toilet phone
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Top Victorian ex-detective reveals mind of a killer
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Bali bombing mastermind’s freedom bid stalled
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Killer DIY pandemic Australian cops aren’t ready for
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Colourful life of ‘outlaw’ bikie Ball Bearing
He quit the world’s most infamous bikie gang, making a new life in Melbourne with his lady love. Hells Angels founding member Ball Bearing lived a colourful life, writes Anthony Dowsley.
Murderer slips up on own blood
The vicious murder of an elderly Mount Isa couple nearly 10 years ago shocked police and made them determined to hunt down their killer.
How police cracked secret bikie drug code
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True nature of Stoccos’ dreadful bond revealed
From “petty” beginnings as low level property crime offenders, North Queensland father and son Gino and Mark Stocco became Australia’s most wanted men. Now, one of the detectives who spent hours questioning the pair has revealed the unique relationship between the two modern day bushrangers.
The criminals who were kicked out of Queensland
More than 190 foreign criminals, including murderers, rapists and child sex offenders, were kicked out of Australia from their Queensland homes last year.
Brutal reality of our prisons revealed
Prison officers say staff are copping the brunt of inmate anger over a Corrections Department practice that undermined safety and could lead to corruption and further criminalisation.
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