Law enforcement insiders are worried an anti-corruption probe into a highly sensitive Border Force unit has produced no public outcome.
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.
Despite a patchy track record,including allegations of bribery,the Beijing-backed company is delivering a major project for the tiny Pacific nation,which is a major focus in the competition for influence in the region.
On October 5,2022,one of the Seven Network’s most powerful executives sent an extraordinary email to a young media reporter.
Victoria Police’s internal investigators are probing allegations surveillance crews falsified logs to claim they were monitoring suspects when not doing so.
One of the nation’s most powerful public servants blindsided her ministers by releasing the criminal records of former detainees after the landmark High Court decision.
The suspect’s identification by intelligence agencies raises big questions for one of Australia’s neighbours and about China’s attempts to wield influence in the Pacific.
Fiji’s prime minister has called on China to retreat from the South Pacific as an investigation by The Age,The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes uncovers a police sting showing Beijing’s desire to operate overseas.
Latorre,a man police describe as belonging to the “older generation” of Italian organised crime,was gunned down in the driveway of his suburban home in the early hours of Tuesday.
Sitting in a coffee shop in downtown Melbourne,the now-dead Latorre told me I’d confused a police conspiracy with a group of Calabrian Australians who looked out for each other.
Amit Gupta’s home was raided,had his phones tapped and then he was gone. Now authorities can’t get him back.