Organised crime
Beauty queen shot dead after octopus ceviche order led killers to restaurant
Police are investigating the brazen daylight shooting of 23-year-old Landy Parraga amid media speculation the hit was ordered over an affair with a drug lord.
- by James Badcock
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Nobu, $270k cash and a number plate to taunt police: The high life of tobacco war accused
The flashy life and alleged crimes of an associate of exiled gangland boss Kaz Hamad have been laid bare during an application to revoke his bail.
- by Chris Vedelago
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Crime
Teen terror suspects had Islamic State beheading and bomb-making videos, court told
One of the videos allegedly showed a person in military fatigues providing instructions for making explosive devices.
- by Clare Sibthorpe and Jessica McSweeney
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China relations
Criminals infiltrate the elite taskforce formed to stop drugs landing in Australia
An elite Fijian police unit working with Australia and New Zealand to fight surging drug trafficking in the Pacific may have been compromised by a powerful criminal syndicate.
- by Nick McKenzie
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Crime
Man charged over botched drug import after cocaine bricks wash up on NSW beaches
Federal police say the drugs were offloaded from a cargo ship into waters off Brisbane. However, “adverse weather conditions” scuppered the cocaine drop.
- by Jessica McSweeney, Cloe Read and Millie Muroi
Opinion
Opinion
How Sicily’s mafia is tightening its grip on the economy
Sicily’s tourist hot spots are living an economic boom thanks to shows like The White Lotus. But behind the beauty, its underbelly is spreading its wings.
- by Rachel Sanderson
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Crime
When the head of a crime family found trackers on his car, he knew the game was up
A deal has been struck in Melbourne’s long-running tobacco war after rival gangs engaged in a relentless firebombing and extortion campaign across the city.
- by Chris Vedelago and Marta Pascual Juanola
Illegal tobacco industry pushing new product experts say is aimed at children
Nicotine pouches marketed with fruit and confectionery flavours such as mint, watermelon and gummy bears are being illegally imported into Australia.
- by Chris Vedelago
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Extreme weather
‘Opportunistic’ fraud and scams target disasters in a warming world
Financial criminals are exploiting Australia’s worsening climate disasters and extreme weather events, including fires, floods and cyclones.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Education
These students cheated on a test and got away with it. Then the blackmail started
Australian students are being blackmailed by illegal cheating syndicates largely run by organised crime. Experts warn it is a risk to national security as blackmailers return, threatening to out students for past cheating.
- by Sherryn Groch
Police ‘eradicate’ one of Sydney’s most high-profile crime gangs
Detectives say the arrests of more than a dozen people – including notorious rapper Ali “Ay Huncho” Younes – have allegedly “cleaned up” the Alameddine clan on Australian shores.
- by Clare Sibthorpe