‘Psychopaths are the best’:Confessions from inside the scam industry

‘Psychopaths are the best’:Confessions from inside the scam industry

From marketing and retention to catastrophe and recovery,the life cycle of the scam industry is breathtakingly cruel and strikingly consistent.

  • byAisha Dow

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Eastern suburbs man arrested after record-breaking pink cocaine bust

Eastern suburbs man arrested after record-breaking pink cocaine bust

A man,21,has been arrested in Coogee over a massive haul of the dangerous new party drug linked to One Direction star Liam Payne before his death.

  • byJessica McSweeney
‘Shrouded in mystery’:AFP officer caught with 200 grams of meth avoids jail

‘Shrouded in mystery’:AFP officer caught with 200 grams of meth avoids jail

William Wheatley was a serving AFP officer when in December 2022,he was found with a quantity of methamphetamine 50 times higher than the threshold for trafficking.

  • byErin Pearson
Inside the fall of George Marrogi:Enemies loot millions as jailed gang boss cracks
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Inside the fall of George Marrogi:Enemies loot millions as jailed gang boss cracks

Rivals have claimed a $10 million victory tax,while tormenting the once-powerful crime kingpin has become an underworld sport. Warning:Distressing content.

  • byChris Vedelago
The secret partnerships targeting financial crime

The secret partnerships targeting financial crime

Australians lose $3 billion to financial crime each year,and with major compensation laws looming,law enforcement agencies are ready to go to war.

  • bySarah Danckert andSumeyya Ilanbey
Man spared jail after assault on flight at Sydney Airport

Man spared jail after assault on flight at Sydney Airport

The Thai man punched the passenger next to him after a bag fell onto him from the overhead luggage compartment.

  • byRiley Walter
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Police investigating 14 people over displays of terrorist symbols

Police investigating 14 people over displays of terrorist symbols

The Australian Federal Police is also probing whether Australians’ commentary about the Middle East war and deceased terrorists crosses any legal lines.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Illegal tobacco trade quietly exploding across Brisbane
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Illegal tobacco trade quietly exploding across Brisbane

Brisbane Times visited ten retailers across multiple suburbs. All of them sold illegal cigarettes.

  • byWilliam Davis
The mortgage broker,his son and 50kg of cocaine:Text messages bring down alleged drug importation
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The mortgage broker,his son and 50kg of cocaine:Text messages bring down alleged drug importation

Northern beaches mortgage broker Keenan Mickley was on top of the world. It was not to last.

  • bySally Rawsthorne
Time for corruption watchdog to prove its worth to the public

Time for corruption watchdog to prove its worth to the public

The new National Anti-Corruption Commission should not duplicate the work of others,instead it’s coming time for it to turn over some of its own stones and do so publicly.

  • byNick McKenzie
Police probe PNG minister in $3 million detention bribe investigation

Police probe PNG minister in $3 million detention bribe investigation

Documents reveal the country’s former police minister is under investigation over suspicions of bribery.

  • byNick McKenzie andMichael Bachelard