Organised crime
Senior NSW ministers begin work on new laws after secret police briefings
The NSW government began working on new laws dealing with proceeds of crime and unexplained wealth after secret briefings from top-ranking police.
- by Alexandra Smith, Tom Rabe and Clancy Yeates
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Organised crime thrives because NSW cannot follow the money
A secret briefing by the NSW Assistant Commissioner of Police has thrown the spotlight on the gaping holes in money laundering legislation.
- The Herald's View
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Organised crime rampant across Australia, secret briefings reveal
There are also claims NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet ignored calls for counter-crime reforms from the offices of two of his senior ministers.
- by Nick McKenzie
Gunned down Comanchero was warned last week of bounty on his head
Police insist they have not lost control of organised crime after a second underworld figure was shot dead in a fortnight and a third man was sprayed with 10 bullets and remains in hospital.
- by Sally Rawsthorne and Jenny Noyes
‘Not a bad place to dump a body’: Receding waters reveal gruesome secrets in US
The reservoir on the Colorado River is about a 30-minute drive from the mob-founded Las Vegas Strip. As water levels fall, human remains are being discovered.
- by Ken Ritter
Underworld figure Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad laid to rest after ‘meticulous assassination’
Mahmoud “Brownie” Ahmad was farewelled at Lakemba Mosque on Saturday, days after he was slain outside a friend’s Greenacre home.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Weekend murder plotted from prison cell but was foiled, police allege
Current Victorian prisoners allegedly plotted a murder that was planned for last weekend, but police say they got information beforehand that helped them thwart the conspiracy and link it to a Melbourne organised crime gang.
- by David Estcourt and Melissa Cunningham
Underworld figure charged with directing massive drug smuggling operation from inside prison
From inside Barwon Prison, the man is alleged to have orchestrated a massive drug smuggling operation. Australian Federal Police say they tapped his phone calls behind bars.
- by Melissa Cunningham
‘More succinct’: casino manager denies watering down report
The first version of a due diligence report into a junket operator linked him to organised crime. The second version described him as “a successful and astute businessman”.
- by Harriet Alexander
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Crime
From Sydney Grammar to Silverwater: The criminal life and lonely death of Bennet Schwartz
Despite an expensive private education and working at Rio Tinto, Schwartz found himself inside Silverwater jail charged with importing cocaine - twice.
- by Sally Rawsthorne and Jenny Noyes
Convicted cocaine smuggler Bennet Schwartz dies in jail
Schwartz was arrested for his alleged role in another major drug conspiracy last October and was being held in the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre.
- by Kate McClymont