Facebook move that will allow sex predators to groom children
Australia’s Federal Police have lashed out at Facebook over plans they claim will “severely curtail” their ability to track down child molesters.
Behind The Scenes
Top cop: Locking your doors won’t protect your kids from predators
AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw has revealed how police are catching sex predators by cracking down on their assets. But he said parents also need to do their part.
The cases this former crash investigator will never forget
Police officers often remain matter-of-fact about the tragic and often grisly things they see and do on the job. One officer recounts the worst cases he witnessed during his long career in the road accident squad.
Busted: How drug syndicate transported their secret stash
Ingle Farm man Allan Michael Speck was a bikie drug mule – until he unwittingly led police to a $350,000 stash of drug money being transported in an ingenious and hi-tech way.
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Fatal question behind Silk-Miller murders
JASON Roberts knows exactly who murdered police officers Gary Silk and Rodney Miller. He always has. But with his plea of innocence headed back to the Supreme Court, the case ultimately comes down to one question.
All in the mind: The hypnotist helping crack major crimes
FROM outback victim Joanne Lees to a bashed MP, cold case murders and sexual assaults, hypnotist Margaret O’Brien has been the secret weapon unlocking forgotten clues for police for nearly 40 years.
How power vacuum weakened Rebels empire
THE Rebels may well have grown into the biggest outlaw bikie gang in the country. But with leaders either dead or deported, the club is struggling to recover from a power vacuum — and internal power struggles have weakened their criminal empire.
In pictures: Policing in the ‘50s
IT was the decade that saw the Queen’s first tour of Australia, a dramatic defection by Soviet spies and the spectacle of the Melbourne Olympics. The police dealt with all these events, plus some shocking crimes.
Jail sex ‘grubby with no privacy’
ODD place, odd dynamics — why do jail guards end up having sex with prisoners? A former corrections officer sheds light on the phenomenon — and what exactly “downing a duck” means.
‘I’ve been shot’: Cop recounts life-and-death struggle
KIRWAN police boss Jason Brosnan recounts his life-and-death struggle with a jewel thief.
From Gasp fashion queen to international fugitive
AS A director at popular fashion label Gasp, Qiu Shan Lian rubbed shoulders with celebrities and lived in a swanky mansion on Melbourne’s bayside. Now she appears blank-faced and glamour-free on the Interpol website as an unlikely international fugitive.
Man behind the Chopper mask
LIKE most crooks, Chopper Read was a lying and manipulative egotist. He was also intelligent, funny and hadn’t been raised to be a criminal. This is the Chopper I knew, writes Andrew Rule.
What it’s really like to go to prison
WIL Patterson cried himself to sleep on his first night in prison after going from suburban Melbourne dad to living with murderers. But despite witnessing a brutal shiv stabbing, he says he wouldn’t be afraid to go back to jail.
Inside our outlaw bikie gangs
VICTORIA’S outlaw bikie scene has seen old leaders toppled and a new set of bosses ushered in. And while they may be retreating back beneath the radar, the new breed of bikies remains armed and dangerous.
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