The father is the epitome of the migrant success story;the son is one of the nation’s most wanted suspected criminals.
Instead of hiding in the shadows,gangsters are flaunting their wealth. Changes to the law may make them trip over their extravagance,right into trouble.
Gregor Johann Haas,father of Brisbane Broncos forward Payne Haas,was arrested in Cebu City on Wednesday,and has been accused of running enough drugs in Indonesia to qualify for the death penalty.
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers says consular assistance will be offered to Broncos forward Payne Haas’ father Gregor,who faces the death penalty after being arrested on drug charges in the Philippines.
A mega-leak of property records reveals how suspected drug traffickers and other criminals call the United Arab Emirates a safe haven as the Gulf state looks the other way.
Award-winning ABC reporter Mahmood Fazal passed on menacing messages from an organised crime gang to journalists,one of whom became so fearful he reported it to police. Fazal denies any wrongdoing.
Police are investigating the brazen daylight shooting of 23-year-old Landy Parraga amid media speculation the hit was ordered over an affair with a drug lord.
The flashy life and alleged crimes of an associate of exiled gangland boss Kaz Hamad have been laid bare during an application to revoke his bail.
One of the videos allegedly showed a person in military fatigues providing instructions for making explosive devices.
An elite Fijian police unit working with Australia and New Zealand to fight surging drug trafficking in the Pacific may have been compromised by a powerful criminal syndicate.
Federal police say the drugs were offloaded from a cargo ship into waters off Brisbane. However,“adverse weather conditions” scuppered the cocaine drop.