Warning on CFMEU intimidation sent to Allan,Albanese in 2022
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Warning on CFMEU intimidation sent to Allan,Albanese in 2022

A construction company battling CFMEU standover tactics wrote to top Labor politicians detailing their trouble and offering proof.

  • byNick McKenzie,David Marin-Guzman andBen Schneiders

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‘Everything on the table’:Burke weighs deregistration of CFMEU construction division amid revelations

‘Everything on the table’:Burke weighs deregistration of CFMEU construction division amid revelations

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has threatened deregistration if the union doesn’t clean house.

  • byJames Massola andAnnika Smethurst
Colombia is facing a new problem:too much cocaine

Colombia is facing a new problem:too much cocaine

Unsold blocks of coca paste are piling up across Colombia and it’s the families that pick the raw coca leaves that are suffering most.

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‘Leo the dog’:Setka caught on tape delivering threatening message to rival’s home
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‘Leo the dog’:Setka caught on tape delivering threatening message to rival’s home

Video of the former union chief’s night-time visit emerges,plus other officials filmed in abusive tirade on $761 million government project.

  • byNick McKenzie,Ben Schneiders,David Marin-Guzman andReid Butler
Building bad:How bikies,underworld have become a construction industry ‘cancer’
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Building bad:How bikies,underworld have become a construction industry ‘cancer’

A months-long investigation featuring secret surveillance reveals how bikies,criminals and underworld figures have infiltrated the building industry,including on large publicly funded projects.

  • byNick McKenzie,David Marin-Guzman andBen Schneiders
Prosecution witness in Melbourne’s tobacco war allegedly firebombed into silence
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Prosecution witness in Melbourne’s tobacco war allegedly firebombed into silence

A campaign of intimidation suspected of being waged by the crew of exiled gangland boss Kazem “Kaz” Hamad is targeting witnesses and victims helping police.

  • byChris Vedelago,Marta Pascual Juanola andErin Pearson
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Real estate agents,lawyers in spotlight for money laundering crackdown

Real estate agents,lawyers in spotlight for money laundering crackdown

This masthead has reported on an alleged Chinese-Australian money laundering organisation that moved an estimated $10 billion while amassing a portfolio comprising Sydney mansions.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Alleged ‘puppeteer’ brother of tobacco war kingpin released on bail

Alleged ‘puppeteer’ brother of tobacco war kingpin released on bail

The brother of an alleged organised crime kingpin has been granted bail despite fears he’s a flight risk and player in a violent illicit tobacco syndicate.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andMarta Pascual Juanola
Vape crackdown in chaos with regulators unprepared,fearing organised crime

Vape crackdown in chaos with regulators unprepared,fearing organised crime

Four days into a nationwide ban on the sale of vapes,federal and state authorities are playing the blame game about who should be enforcing the rules.

  • byChris Vedelago
Victorian tobacco war kingpin’s brother a crime ‘puppeteer’,police allege

Victorian tobacco war kingpin’s brother a crime ‘puppeteer’,police allege

Police say Maytham Hamad – the brother of ruthless Melbourne organised-crime kingpin Kazem ‘Kaz’ Hamad – is ‘a high-level co-ordinator of violence’.

  • byLachlan Abbott andRebecca Peppiatt
Airtasker for the underworld:Criminals order murders,drive-bys,firebombings on secret app
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Airtasker for the underworld:Criminals order murders,drive-bys,firebombings on secret app

Organised criminal gangs are using a new app resembling the system in popular film franchise John Wick,anonymously commissioning and paying for violent crimes on an encrypted platform.

  • byChris Vedelago