A federal agent has revealed plans to fight allegations he stole a cryptocurrency fortune seized from an steroid trafficking ring in Melbourne. Australian Federal Police officer William Wheatley appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday, pleading not guilty to using information obtained in his role as a public officerContinue Reading
Police have revealed members of Sydney-based drill rap group ONEFOUR were allegedly surveilled and followed on social media in an “extremely organised” murder plot on behalf of an international crime syndicate in Lebanon. State Crime Command detectives announced on Thursday a plot to murder four people in the group hadContinue Reading
Police have seized a staggering $60m worth of cannabis from Queensland’s southeast believed to be linked to a “sophisticated” syndicate. More than 10 people were charged following the twin raids at rural properties in Coonambula and Mount Maria on July 28. Detectives allegedly uncovered a whopping 4932 cannabis plants rangingContinue Reading
Police have made the largest ketamine seizure in Australian history, leading to the arrests of three men from an alleged Victorian crime syndicate. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) seized 174kg of ketamine, most of which was hidden inside tubs of liquid cement sent from Spain to Australia. The haul hasContinue Reading
Three teens have been charged over a series of alleged armed robberies in Sydney brothels. Detectives from the NSW State Crime Command’s robbery and serious crime squad established Strike Force Generation to investigate four armed robberies at brothels as well as two attempted armed robberies. The robberies and attempted robberiesContinue Reading
An elderly woman was one of two people arrested over a multimillion-dollar drug bust. On Wednesday, South Australian detectives from the Serious and Organised Crime Branch searched a home in Flinders Park. They arrested two people, an 82-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man, as part of an investigation into theContinue Reading
Federal Police claim to have stopped $8 billion in illegal drugs from reaching Australian streets this year, with its top commander issuing an ominous warning to organised criminals over the holiday break. More than 3000 offences, ranging from serious organised crime to human trafficking, were investigated by Australian Federal PoliceContinue Reading
The alleged boss of an international drug trafficking syndicate has landed in Australia after being extradited from the Netherlands. Tse Chi Lop, 59, was charged by the Australian Federal Police over conspiracy to traffic commercial quantities of drugs for the crime syndicate known as The Company. He is accused ofContinue Reading
The jailing of a western Sydney-based member of a NDIS fraud scheme has been hailed as a warning shot across the bow of anyone looking to leech from the vital program. Merrylands man Ahmed Moussa, 24, was on Friday sentenced to three years behind bars after he was swept upContinue Reading
Four Chinese nationals living in Sydney have been charged in relation to a crime syndicate allegedly involved in a cyber scam responsible for $US100m ($A150m) in losses globally. The four men – aged 27, 24, 19 and 19 – have been charged with proceeds of crime related offences. AFP investigatorsContinue Reading