Six Charged Over $300 Million Cocaine Haul
Police say they have busted a massive cocaine network operating on the NSW South Coast, making one of the largest seizures of cocaine in the state’s history. Six men were arrested and further arrests are expected to be made today,...
From Prisoner to Principal Lawyer: An Interview with Debbie Kilroy
Queensland attorney-general Yvette D’Ath announced the members of the reinstated Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council on November 10 last year. The council works to advise the state government and Court of Appeal on sentencing matters. Amongst the ten members of the council...
Police Claim Major Success in War on Drugs
“This job started with just a thread of information to the NSWPF’s Drug Squad two and a half years ago”, NSW Police Commissioner Mark Jenkins told a reporter. “That thread has helped us keep more than a tonne of illegal...
Neddy Smith: A Career in Crime
Standing at 6ft 6in, Arthur “Neddy” Smith – the infamous standover man - had a menacing aura. He was a leading underworld figure during the mid-1980s Sydney drug wars. And he drove fear into all he encountered. Today, the 72-year-old...
‘DJ Badmouth’ Sentenced to Life Imprisonment in Thailand
Young Sydney DJ Jake Mastroianni has had his double-life sentence upheld in a Bangkok Court this week. He is one of more than 250 Australians currently behind bars in foreign countries. Each year, about 1,000 Australians are arrested overseas, and...
Filipino President Continues Killing Spree in War Against Drugs
We recently reported on the newly elected Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte who publicly declared: “If you are involved in drugs, I will kill you. You son of a whore, I will really kill you.” On Friday, the President threatened to...
‘Krokodil’ Coming to Australia
The terrifying flesh-eating drug ‘krokodil’ looks set to enter the Sydney market. NSW Police have issued warnings over its dangers, following the ravaging effects of the drug on users in Russia and the US (see images here). What is Krokodil?...
Sydney Grandmother Faces Execution
Mrs Nguyen Thi Huong looked anguished as the court in Ho Chi Minh City read its verdict recently. The 73-year-old Vietnamese-Australian woman has been sentenced to death for heroin trafficking. It sounds implausible … incongruous, but Vietnamese community leaders in...
Murder of Criminal Lawyer: Is the Mob Responsible?
The murder of a prominent criminal lawyer in Melbourne’ed down outside his Brunswick gelato shop last week, police reporting that a senior mafia figure was responsible for the ‘targetes inner north has raised concerns over the power of the Calabrian...
World’s Most Notorious Drug Lords
They run the lucrative black market; shipping thousands of kilograms of drugs across the world and making billions in the process. But a drug kingpin’s life if filled with fear and paranoia – with sophisticated operations and infighting to control,...
