Brazen plot against underworld figure foiled before Surry Hills murder

Brazen plot against underworld figure foiled before Surry Hills murder

Nedal Acherkouk was shot dead on a busy inner Sydney street in front of Friday night diners. Six months ago,he fought off another attack in public.

  • byPerry Duffin

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‘We’re coming for you’:Search for underworld figures after Surry Hills shooting
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‘We’re coming for you’:Search for underworld figures after Surry Hills shooting

A major search operation is under way after one man was shot dead and a suspected getaway car was found torched in Kensington.

  • byAmber Schultz,Riley Walter andPenry Buckley
Inside the ‘organised crime’ arson attacks on FriendlyJordies’ Bondi home

Inside the ‘organised crime’ arson attacks on FriendlyJordies’ Bondi home

A stolen Mercedes,cloned plates,a bikie stabbing and two arson attacks – a police file released to the Herald outlines the alleged underworld attack.

  • byPerry Duffin
International manhunt over alleged Sydney gangland murder plot

International manhunt over alleged Sydney gangland murder plot

Rafat Alameddine and John Bayssari are wanted for allegedly conspiring to murder their gangland rival,Ibrahem Hamze,pictured centre,in a foiled North Sydney assassination attempt.

  • byJessica McSweeney
‘He lived by the sword,he died by the sword’:How the ‘Angel of Death’ got his name
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‘He lived by the sword,he died by the sword’:How the ‘Angel of Death’ got his name

Tarek Ayoub’s body was found riddled with bullets in a quiet Sydney street. Police are hunting multiple gunmen over an execution with all the signs of a professional hit.

  • byPerry Duffin andJessica McSweeney
‘Airtasker for crooks’:Contract killings becoming big business
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‘Airtasker for crooks’:Contract killings becoming big business

Business in Sydney’s underworld is booming,as criminal networks outsource their killings.

  • bySally Rawsthorne
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A drive-by shooting and two flaming cars:The Sydney street under siege

A drive-by shooting and two flaming cars:The Sydney street under siege

A shooting and two suspected arson attacks have a suburban Sydney street on edge as police investigate suspected outlaw motorcycle gang links.

  • byPerry Duffin
‘Cleaning cars’:How an alleged murder syndicate was blown open
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‘Cleaning cars’:How an alleged murder syndicate was blown open

Toufik Hamze,64,and his son Salim,18,were gunned down outside their Sydney home. This is how police tracked down the organised crime figures they say ordered the teen’s death.

  • bySally Rawsthorne
Police ‘eradicate’ one of Sydney’s most high-profile crime gangs

Police ‘eradicate’ one of Sydney’s most high-profile crime gangs

Detectives say the arrests of more than a dozen people – including notorious rapper Ali “Ay Huncho” Younes – have allegedly “cleaned up” the Alameddine clan on Australian shores.

  • byClare Sibthorpe
Man dies after turning up at Sydney hospital with gunshot wounds

Man dies after turning up at Sydney hospital with gunshot wounds

The 32-year-old man was dropped off at Liverpool Hospital with two gunshot wounds and died shortly afterwards.

  • byBen Cubby
Pregnant woman charged with shooting murder of Sydney crime figure
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Pregnant woman charged with shooting murder of Sydney crime figure

A 27-year-old man is also expected to be charged over the gunning down of Ferenc “David” Stemler in Canterbury last year.

  • byJessica McSweeney