It’s a cliche that prisons are ruled by the laws of the jungle,but also true
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Analysis

It’s a cliche that prisons are ruled by the laws of the jungle,but also true

Some crooks see jail as their natural domain,but most have no sense of history so are doomed to repeat the mistakes of other generations.

  • byJohn Silvester

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The cop,the career and the cold case that exonerated a mother
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The cop,the career and the cold case that exonerated a mother

The original investigators believed they knew the killer of six-year-old Bonnie Clarke,but lacked sufficient evidence. They were horribly wrong.

  • byJohn Silvester
Police setting up global net to catch child abusers
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Police setting up global net to catch child abusers

Law enforcement agencies around the world came to Melbourne this week to discuss ways to prevent abuse and pursue those responsible.

  • byJohn Silvester
Bodyguards for billionaires:Inside the secret world
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Billionaires

Bodyguards for billionaires:Inside the secret world

The super rich are spending big on super security,including elite protection teams with counter-surveillance skills to thwart kidnappings,and panic rooms marketed as nuclear and germ-warfare resistant.

  • byJohn Silvester
Attention Australian criminals,you need to learn from this bloke
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Attention Australian criminals,you need to learn from this bloke

“John,there is a bloke here who would kill for the phone. And I mean that literally.” Ringing international drug smuggler Howard Marks in a Florida prison,John Silvester had his world scoop,and a lesson for the underworld.

  • byJohn Silvester
The street doctor no one wants to farewell
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Drugs

The street doctor no one wants to farewell

Andrew Taylor is well versed in trauma. The GP has survived being shot five times,and has treated the most vulnerable patients with complex addiction problems for many years.

  • byJohn Silvester
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‘We’re owed the truth’:Russell Hill’s daughter plans to sue killer Greg Lynn
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‘We’re owed the truth’:Russell Hill’s daughter plans to sue killer Greg Lynn

The daughter of the dead high country camper says the case will be about much more than just money.

  • byJohn Silvester
Celebrity crooks existed long before Carl Williams. The method’s different,but the aim is the same
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Celebrity crooks existed long before Carl Williams. The method’s different,but the aim is the same

Gangsters,massive protests,drug busts and police corruption have been around as long as The Age. Here’s a look back at Melbourne’s underbelly decades before the Underbelly war.

  • byJohn Silvester
Tales of the sting:The traps cops set to nab their targets
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Analysis

Tales of the sting:The traps cops set to nab their targets

From bugging the collar of a crim’s little pooch to dressing up as shrubbery,there have been some ingenious and outlandish sting operations.

  • byJohn Silvester
Greg Lynn is about to face the music,and he won’t like the tune
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Greg Lynn is about to face the music,and he won’t like the tune

Not one character witness took the stand for the High Country killer,who will be sentenced on Friday.

  • byJohn Silvester
The bullet that started the underworld war

The bullet that started the underworld war

The rule for the meeting was no guns,but crooks make a living by breaking the rules.

  • byJohn Silvester