How ‘Crypto King’ fraud fleeced 30,000 Aussies
A jury has handed down the verdict in a fraud case against ex-crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried which included Australian victims.
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Spies in suits: New security threat lurking on LinkedIn
A bombshell landmark report has warned of a greater foreign threat to Australia’s national security than terror attacks.
‘We’re outnumbered, need backup’ – police in stand off with 50 bikies
A handful of police versus 50-plus bikies – it was the moment which changed the Gold Coast. The truth about what really happened and the text which started it are revealed. Watch now
Aussies hit by more than $98m in scams
The Australian Federal Police has laid bare the massive cost of scams in 2021 and a hit list of the ways cyber criminals target their victims.
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Bikies in Australia: Brawls, beefs and deaths
It’s been a bloody year for bikies and their associates across the nation — with feuds leading to killings and bloodshed. This is how the gangs have changed forever.
Cop killers reveal sinister threat to Australia
The shocking descent of the Queensland cop killers is an ominous warning sign for Australia, experts say.
Unsealed JFK files suggest CIA ‘bungled evidence’
Secret files on the 1963 assassination of former US president John F. Kennedy have been made public. See what they reveal.
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.
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.
Aussie on death row after drugs found in buttocks apologises
A 52-year-old Australian man caught at Bali international airport with heroin has broken his silence to profess his sorrow.
Slain in hail of bullets: Inside the downfall of bikie boss Shane Bowden
Shane Bowden was a powerful bikie until he was executed in a hail of 21 bullets – allegedly at the hands of his gang mates. Now an exclusive new doco lifts the lid on the crime. WATCH
WATCH EPISODE 2 NOW: The execution of Shane Bowden
Mayhem in the Mongols: A special two-part video documentary series that lifts the lid on the turmoil racking one of Australia’s most powerful bikie gangs, the Mongols. WATCH NOW
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