New tax rort turns $60 steak into $10 bowl of chips
ATO officials and Federal Police officers have swooped on 35 businesses in search of software that falsifies sales data to avoid tax. See how it works.
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Bikies, sex and slave traders: AFP’s dirty dozen acts of crime
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.
SA’s unstoppable fraudster: Fake names, sneaky schemes, endless lies
Meet John Goros, aka John Phillips, John Gorcilov, John Sharpe … this prolific Adelaide conman’s astonishing range of devious crimes adds up to $9.8m over two decades.
Crime gangs using nude photos to extort Aussie kids
Australian children as young as 10 are being tricked into sharing nude photos of themselves by global syndicates – with some youth being pushed to suicide. Warning: Graphic.
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Named: Accused bikies exposed by AN0M in Ironside hit list
This is how Operation Ironside has put a serious hole in Australia’s bikie gangs and their associates, who make up a third of those charged. SEE THE LIST
Bad news for AN0M exiles and Comanchero kingpins
Police are closing in on key players in the notorious Comanchero bikie gang, as experts reveal how taking out the Mr Bigs will change their relationship with Australia’s criminal underworld.
‘I’m a weirdo’: Aussie professor’s killer gets life in jail
The killer of Australian professor Lily Pereg, who shot his aunt and strangled his mother, has been jailed for life after he claimed he now lived life as a “cat”.
Shock data reveals how cocaine damages your sex life
Australian Federal Police have revealed a little-known health hazard associated with cocaine use that affects men and women as they try to stop illicit drug use.
Deadly drug turf war could turn Australia into Mexico-lite
The brave – some might say crazy-brave – move by the AFP aims to reduce the demand for drugs, particularly cocaine and ice. But it won’t be easy.
MAPPED: Australia’s cocaine suppliers
Smugglers are stepping up the use of the so-called cocaine superhighway to get shipments into Australia. This is how they do it.
Caught by a blonde ‘honey-trap’: Aussie jihadi freed
Former Sydney schoolboy John Zahariev is free after he went to jail in Bulgaria. This is how he was caught by guns, a “honey-trap’’ and police provocateurs.
Aussie fraudster in US jail after multi-million dollar scam
A Sydney high flying businessman has been jailed in New York for defrauding hundreds of thousands of people through text messaging fraud.
‘Gave chase on foot’: Where Victorian crims are stealing utes
Victorians Sarah Mitchell, Haley and Orin James have had their ute stolen. But they are not alone. See where crims are stealing top top-selling utes now.
‘We just want it back’: Where SA crims are stealing utes
For Vinnie Colasante and his family, the theft of his father’s ute was a shock. But he’s not alone. See where crims are stealing top-selling utes now.
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