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.
Sicily’s tourist hot spots are living an economic boom thanks to shows like The White Lotus. But behind the beauty,its underbelly is spreading its wings.
A deal has been struck in Melbourne’s long-running tobacco war after rival gangs engaged in a relentless firebombing and extortion campaign across the city.
Nicotine pouches marketed with fruit and confectionery flavours such as mint,watermelon and gummy bears are being illegally imported into Australia.
Financial criminals are exploiting Australia’s worsening climate disasters and extreme weather events,including fires,floods and cyclones.
Australian students are being blackmailed by illegal cheating syndicates largely run by organised crime. Experts warn it is a risk to national security as blackmailers return,threatening to out students for past cheating.
Detectives say the arrests of more than a dozen people – including notorious rapper Ali “Ay Huncho” Younes – have allegedly “cleaned up” the Alameddine clan on Australian shores.
Drug users can’t shirk responsibility. If a social media influencer posts pics of themselves using cocaine,they are participating in a supply chain dripping in blood.
A small motorbike – potentially even a Vespa or another type of scooter – was used as a getaway vehicle in the brazen murder of fruiterer John Latorre in Melbourne’s northern suburbs last week.
The list of executions associated with Victoria’s fruit and vegetable markets is long,but memories are short when the police ask questions.