Crime clear-up rate much worse than we think
It’s the true story behind crime statistics that police don’t want you to know. It’s even resulted in defendants being awarded thousands in compensation.
Behind The Scenes
How stuntman’s crew stole a fortune from Holden
A $334,000 seizure order has been slapped on the luxury home of famous stuntman Robbie Bolger, ringleader of the syndicate that stole $2 million in parts from Holden’s Elizabeth factory. For the first time we tell the full extraordinary story behind the heist.
Fake lawyer the most bizarre case detective has ever seen
Sarah Grasso tricked family, friends, even legitimate lawyers, into believing she was a barrister by sneaking into uni lectures and faculty social events, and awarding herself fake degrees, leaving a manipulative trail of bounced cheques and debt in her wake.
Security fail lets crims lurk to steal taxpayers’ data
Australia’s government departments of Defence, Health and Home Affairs are risking their websites being hijacked by criminals, who want taxpayers’ private data. This is how it works.`
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How drug kingpin’s empire came tumbling down
SIPPING his latte at a North Adelaide cafe, George Nikolic was putting the final touches on his masterpiece. He was about to seal a multi-state drug deal that would make him and his associates rich. But the intimidating crime lord sitting across the table was not who he seemed.
Syd and Chopper, a tale of two idiots
CHOPPER Read and Syd Collins were linked by a thick headed criminality that would be funny it wasn’t so threatening, writes Andrew Rule.
What saved dozens from Australia Post massacre
Queen St killer Frank Vitkovic wanted a gun that could fire bullets as fast as he could pull the trigger to carry out his chilling mission. And if he’d gotten what he paid for, many more lives would have been lost.
ASADA’s shake-up to tackle dirty sports
ASADA is out to prove it’s more than just a urine sample collection agency with a new priority target in the fight to clean up sport.
‘What you see on TV is not reality’
SENTENCED to seven years jail for a white-collar crime, Sydney mum Victoria Schembri was bashed, threatened and harassed for sex — and that’s just the first day she was an inmate.
Letter-writing ladies in love with Ivan
AS a balding, ageing, convicted serial killer sentenced to live out his life in a sunless cell, Ivan Milat has absolutely nothing going for him — but that doesn’t stop women writing to him.
How sick obsession led to dancer’s murder
RACHEL Barber had everything going for her — she was a beautiful talented dancer with a handsome boyfriend. That’s why she was murdered.
Black widow killers spun webs of evil
An Ice Princess who seduced a teen to kill. A wrestler with an iron grip on her lover. And a “dancing assassin”. Their shocking betrayals of loved ones came at the ultimate price.
Speargun killer confesses: A real madness washed over me
WHEN John Myles Sharpe realised he had been exposed as the cold-hearted killer in of one of Australia’s most gruesome and callous double killings, he wept like a baby.
Dumb and Dumber robber tells all
FOR ex-con Anthony Prince, surviving his four-year term in the US prison system was all about respect – something that was always going to be pushing uphill for a guy famous as one of the stupidest crims in history.
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