Retailers are reporting a dramatic spike in the number of desperate mums shoplifting in stores amid rising cost-of-living pressures. Data shows there has been a 20 per cent rise in store theft, which costs retailers a whopping $9 billion a year. But while businesses have always been affected by organisedContinue Reading
Landlords potentially caught up in Victoria’s illicit tobacco trade have been warned of the insurance risks that come from crime, with council letters sent out to shop owners across metropolitical and regional areas advising them of potential “adverse impacts” to their coverage. Victorian Police, in conjunction with councils, have warnedContinue Reading
In less than one week, the Australian Border Force has stopped almost 400,000 disposable vapes worth more than $12.47m from entering Australia. ABF officers uncovered the products in three separate sea cargo consignments, all originating from Asia, at Sydney’s container examination facility. Officers found 37,800 disposable vape products on MondayContinue Reading
Victoria Police have arrested a man they allege is a “significant ringleader” acting on behalf of a criminal group, accusing him of being responsible for multiple arson attacks on Melbourne businesses last year. Police allege that the man was “responsible for commissioning a number of arson attacks on businesses inContinue Reading
Police are investigating after two shops were damaged by a suspicious fire believed to be linked to Victoria’s tobacco wars after a Christmas attack. Emergency services were called to Croydon’s Main St in the city’s east at around 6am on Christmas morning Officers believe the tobacco shop was ram raidedContinue Reading
Police are sounding the alarm as little-known “virtual kidnapping” scams, run by transnational crime syndicates, continue to target international students in Australia. In October alone, the New South Wales Police State Crime Command’s Robbery and Serious Crime Squad has already been alerted to three separate incidents, highlighting what they sayContinue Reading
Peter Dutton has been savaged by the government for turning a blind eye to a profoundly broken immigration system in his former role as home affairs minister. The criticism was contained in Labor’s response to a scathing review delivered by Christine Nixon, who was commissioned by the government to undertakeContinue Reading
An alleged illegal casino operating out of a factory in Melbourne’s west has been exposed, with 21 people arrested and police seizing cash, drugs, and gaming equipment. Victoria Police’s anti-gang Viper Taskforce were involved in the raid of an industrial area at Truganina on Friday which allegedly exposed the illegalContinue Reading
One of the men who was rescued while clinging to an Esky has been arrested in the Northern Territory over his alleged involvement in the sinking of a boat containing 365kg of cocaine. Australian Federal Police on Thursday said Aristides Avlonitis had been arrested at a home in rural DarwinContinue Reading
Police are searching for three men rescued off the coast of Western Australia after a huge stash of cocaine washed ashore a week later. The Australian Federal Police allege Karl Whitburn, 45, Aristides Avlontis, 36, and Mate Stipinovich, 49, were rescued from the ocean near Albany on February 1, tellingContinue Reading