Violent,organised and in Australia:Dangerous Albanian criminals make a mockery of migration system
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Violent,organised and in Australia:Dangerous Albanian criminals make a mockery of migration system

Police and intelligence agencies are concerned that the organised crime gangs are exploiting weak immigration controls to run large operations in Australia.

  • byNick McKenzie,Michael Bachelard andAmelia Ballinger

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Man linked to torched supermarket charged over road rage hammer fight
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Man linked to torched supermarket charged over road rage hammer fight

Hasan Gunes allegedly confronted a former Comanchero bikie over an ongoing feud,claiming he had raped his sister according to a witness statement to police.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola,Alex Crowe andLachlan Abbott
Police probe organised crime link in Dandenong gym fire

Police probe organised crime link in Dandenong gym fire

A gym in Melbourne’s south-east has been gutted by fire overnight,as arson investigators look into whether the blaze is connected to 11 other recent fires.

  • byAshleigh McMillan
Perth bikie Troy Mercanti admits breaching post-jail order nine times

Perth bikie Troy Mercanti admits breaching post-jail order nine times

The two-year-long order was imposed on the 56-year-old in 2019 when he was released from jail after serving seven years for bashing his former partner.

  • byHeather McNeill andAshtyn Hiron
‘Grief consumes me’:Children of fruiterer murdered in case of mistaken identity face killers

‘Grief consumes me’:Children of fruiterer murdered in case of mistaken identity face killers

Croydon fruiterer Paul Virgona was weeks away from winding down work to spend more time with his family. Instead,his loved ones were plunged into a nightmare when he was executed by bikies.

  • byErin Pearson
Drug cartels increasingly ‘dropping’ narcotics into the WA sea,but it’s not all going to plan

Drug cartels increasingly ‘dropping’ narcotics into the WA sea,but it’s not all going to plan

It has become a familiar story:men rescued in the ocean miles from anywhere with millions,sometimes billions of dollars of drugs found on a nearby ship or boat. It’s seen the amount of drugs being sent to WA balloon,but is the method working?

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
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Alleged bikie fails in bid to prevent police search of mobile phone

Alleged bikie fails in bid to prevent police search of mobile phone

Police will be able to freely access an accused bikie’s phone,seized after an alleged Gold Coast assault,after his court bid to limit their search failed.

  • byCameron Atfield
Underworld figure Jimmey Barkho's wedding
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Underworld figure Jimmey Barkho's wedding

Barkho,one of the most high-profile members of convicted killer George Marrogi's Notorious Crime Family gang,married long-term partner Mia Coory in a lavish ceremony last year.

$14 million worth of drugs seized,ex-bikie and his delivery man arrested

$14 million worth of drugs seized,ex-bikie and his delivery man arrested

Former Comanchero bikie Mohammed Charif Oueida,47,was arrested at his Ballajura home on Thursday.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andJesinta Burton
Notorious underworld figure and suspected hitman back on the streets after 11-year jail stint
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Notorious underworld figure and suspected hitman back on the streets after 11-year jail stint

Police and the underworld are on alert after Gavin “Capable” Preston,one of Melbourne’s most violent gangland figures,was released from prison.

  • byChris Vedelago andCameron Houston
Nick Martin’s widow found not guilty of assaulting,threatening accountant

Nick Martin’s widow found not guilty of assaulting,threatening accountant

Amanda Martin,the partner of slain Rebels bikie boss Nick Martin,was cleared on Monday of her involvement in an incident back in 2013.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt