Federal police drop foreign bribery investigation into Australian miner
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Federal police drop foreign bribery investigation into Australian miner

Sundance Resources was accused of bribing government officials in the Republic of Congo to progress an iron ore venture that was set to be one of the biggest projects in Africa.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey andEmmanuel Freudenthal

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This Sydney tradie told his wife they would visit family abroad. Instead,he allegedly abandoned her in Pakistan

This Sydney tradie told his wife they would visit family abroad. Instead,he allegedly abandoned her in Pakistan

An Auburn tiler has been charged with human trafficking after allegedly tricking his wife into travelling overseas and abandoning her without her passport.

  • byAmber Schultz
‘Mafia don’ caught,Irish cartel raided as fallout from Sydney Ghost network goes global

‘Mafia don’ caught,Irish cartel raided as fallout from Sydney Ghost network goes global

Dozens of arrests around the world have followed the capture of the alleged mastermind of the Ghost encrypted platform – and among the scalps are high-ranking international crime figures.

  • byPerry Duffin
Family of Ghost ‘mastermind’ in shock as ‘major players’ arrested
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Family of Ghost ‘mastermind’ in shock as ‘major players’ arrested

The alleged mastermind of an encrypted network known as Ghost has fronted court after police infiltrated the high-tech system allegedly run from his Sydney home.

  • byNick Newling,Perry Duffin,Clare Sibthorpe andJessica McSweeney
The predators that locked doors can’t stop
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The predators that locked doors can’t stop

Criminal syndicates will provide anything for a price – and that includes child abuse material. For police,it’s a race against time to rescue the victim.

  • byJohn Silvester
George Alex hands himself into custody as juror misconduct revelations emerge
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George Alex hands himself into custody as juror misconduct revelations emerge

The notorious construction boss lost his bid to stay out of jail after a judge ordered a warrant for his arrest as extraordinary revelations of juror misconduct emerged.

  • byKate McClymont
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Teen on terror charges over plan to attack Brisbane school

Teen on terror charges over plan to attack Brisbane school

Counter-terrorism police have charged a teenager over a plot to attack a school on Brisbane’s northside.

  • byPeter Fegan
Albanese’s anger over hot-mic moment ‘unedifying’:Coalition

Albanese’s anger over hot-mic moment ‘unedifying’:Coalition

The prime minister jokingly suggested the US could share the cost of Australia’s $400 million Pacific police partnership deal,widely seen as countering China.

  • byMatthew Knott
Police raid NDIS providers as fraud crackdown begins
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Police raid NDIS providers as fraud crackdown begins

Days after federal parliament passed laws to control the cost of the NDIS,AFP officers joined officials in a raid on a disability provider.

  • byDavid Crowe
The Project meeting that had Brittany Higgins in tears and put Linda Reynolds in the spotlight

The Project meeting that had Brittany Higgins in tears and put Linda Reynolds in the spotlight

Recordings reveal how Brittany Higgins confided in TV journalist Lisa Wilkinson about her former boss,Linda Reynolds.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn andThe Visual Stories Team
Former AFP commissioner Mick Keelty gives up Order of Australia

Former AFP commissioner Mick Keelty gives up Order of Australia

Mick Keelty has given up his Order of Australia,almost four years after this masthead revealed he told secret details from serving police to disgraced war hero Ben Roberts-Smith.

  • byOlivia Ireland