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Teen arrested for alleged role in hiring Nordic hitmen

Teen arrested for alleged role in hiring Nordic hitmen

A tip-off from Danish police has led to a 15-year-old boy in Australia being charged with attempting to recruit killers for contract hits in Scandinavia.

'Call or have no shop': alleged tobacco extortion probe

'Call or have no shop': alleged tobacco extortion probe

'Call or have no shop': alleged tobacco extortion probe

'Call or have no shop': alleged tobacco extortion probe

A shop owner so concerned he was being targeted by a crime syndicate he sold his business and moved house, as the alleged extortions were caught on camera.

Tougher bail regime to harden young crims, critics warn

Tougher bail regime to harden young crims, critics warn

Tougher bail regime to harden young crims, critics warn

Tougher bail regime to harden young crims, critics warn

Tough bail laws will entrench criminal offending and lock away more children, say critics as retailers plead for action following a spike in violent crime.

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Canberra clash after caravan revealed as terror con job

Canberra clash after caravan revealed as terror con job

The opposition leader denies Labor claims of dodging police briefings on a caravan loaded with explosives, saying the minister is just trying to look tough.

Cops expose Jewish caravan plot as 'criminal con job'

Cops expose Jewish caravan plot as 'criminal con job'

A caravan bomb linked to prominent Jewish sites was one of several anti-Semitic incidents set up by organised crime figures for their own benefit, police said.

Australians charged in AI-made child abuse image probe

Australians charged in AI-made child abuse image probe

Dozens of people, including two Australians, have been arrested as part of an international operation into artificial intelligence-generated child abuse images.

Woman's 10 mortgages 'laundered illegal tobacco funds'

Woman's 10 mortgages 'laundered illegal tobacco funds'

A woman has been accused of laundering funds from the sale of illicit tobacco by using the money for fraudulently obtained mortgages worth almost $7 million.

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Police close in on arsonists after innocent life lost

Police close in on arsonists after innocent life lost

Police close in on arsonists after innocent life lost

Police close in on arsonists after innocent life lost

The death of an innocent beloved burlesque performer after a home she was in was set alight in a case of mistaken identity has been linked to tobacco gang wars.

'Invisible' link to alleged police station murder plot

'Invisible' link to alleged police station murder plot

'Invisible' link to alleged police station murder plot

'Invisible' link to alleged police station murder plot

An accused senior member of a crime syndicate has been denied bail over an alleged plot to murder a rival gang member outside a major police station.

Gunmen in Mali kill 25 civilians in convoy attack

Gunmen in Mali kill 25 civilians in convoy attack

Gunmen in Mali kill 25 civilians in convoy attack

Gunmen in Mali kill 25 civilians in convoy attack

Mali's military says gunmen have attacked a convoy of vehicles escorted by the army, killing 25 civilians mostly gold miners.

Revenge fears as ambush takes down underworld identity

Revenge fears as ambush takes down underworld identity

Revenge fears as ambush takes down underworld identity

Revenge fears as ambush takes down underworld identity

There were no warnings a notorious underworld figure's life was at risk before he was fatally gunned down in front of his girlfriend in a daylight ambush.

Alleged bikie boss 'distressed' by coke kingpin claims

Alleged bikie boss 'distressed' by coke kingpin claims

Alleged bikie boss 'distressed' by coke kingpin claims

Alleged bikie boss 'distressed' by coke kingpin claims

An eight-month media campaign allegedly misled readers into thinking a reported bikie boss was the fugitive head of Australia's billion-dollar drug industry.

Insurance threat issued to landlords amid tobacco war

Insurance threat issued to landlords amid tobacco war

Insurance threat issued to landlords amid tobacco war

Insurance threat issued to landlords amid tobacco war

Two stores have been torched in the latest attack in an illicit tobacco war, as police warn landlords to know who they are renting shops to.

Tobacco wars ignite as rivals attempt daytime execution

Tobacco wars ignite as rivals attempt daytime execution

Tobacco wars ignite as rivals attempt daytime execution

Tobacco wars ignite as rivals attempt daytime execution

Illicit tobacco syndicates trying to control the market are believed to be behind the targeted daylight execution attempt on a man in his car.

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Five charged over alleged gang-related shooting

Organised crime detectives have charged five men over a shooting that occurred just blocks from the prime minister's residence.

Accused scammer found with $1m cash, Louis Vuitton bags

An overseas student allegedly involved in scamming Australians by ordering high-end mobile phones in their names will remain behind bars.

Alleged bikie boss arrested after international manhunt

An accused Hells Angels kingpin has been deported to Australia after spending weeks in a Manila airport terminal.

Police in 'joint criminal enterprise' to get Mokbel

A judge has accused police of operating a "joint criminal enterprise" to take down drug kingpin Tony Mokbel by using his lawyer Nicola Gobbo as an informer.

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'Coming for you': man shot had links to organised crime

Police continue to hunt for the perpetrators who fatally shot a man with known links to organised crime in a targeted attack on a Sydney street.

Shooter may have murdered 'wrong bloke' outside gym

A man shot ten times in front of his son at a gym may have been wrongly identified, a jury has heard as a man accused of helping plan the murder faces court.

Police bust art crime network forging Banksy, Picasso

Modern and contemporary fake artworks including Banksy and Andy Warhol have been uncovered following an Italian police operation.

Greece arrests pair suspected of MDMA smuggling to Aust

Police have seized about 56 kg of the psychedelic drug MDMA and nearly 30kg of crystal meth, in one of Greece's biggest busts of the drugs.

'I've got coin': $13m allegedly bagged for coke ring

Messages from the alleged money launderer for a major crime gang show how police believe millions of dollars in funds from cocaine "dead drops" was handled.

Blow for alleged gunman in John Ibrahim murder plot

One of two men charged with conspiring to kill John Ibrahim would have "taken the shot" if the former nightclub boss had been in his sights, prosecutors argued.

Accused lieutenant of illicit tobacco syndicate bailed

Another alleged member of a syndicate selling illicit tobacco and vapes across Victoria has been granted release back into the community.

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