Organised crime
The suburb at the epicentre of Sydney’s violent crime crisis
Youth workers are putting themselves between vulnerable teens and the crime families willing to pay them for brazen acts of violence.
- Jessica McSweeney and Riley Walter
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Father, daughter flee gunman at Sydney school pick-up
The man and his daughter, 15, were sitting in a car outside school when the masked gunman approached them.
- Perry Duffin and Jack Gramenz
High-powered gangland weapons leave cops on edge after funeral shooting
Senior police said there would be 100 dead if the Bondi Beach shooters had used some of the guns available to the underworld. A man and a boy have been charged over the shooting.
- Perry Duffin
Nightclubs at risk of ‘disappearing forever’ in aftermath of crime wave
There hasn’t been a targeted attack against a Melbourne hospitality venue since mid-May, but workers within the city’s nightclub scene say it’s still struggling to stay afloat.
- Gemma Grant and Isabel McMillan
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Drug kingpin’s suspected links to Vietnam assassination of Sydney cartel leader
Authorities believe Lorenzo Lemalu’s murder in Ho Chi Minh City is connected to a $120 million methamphetamine seizure.
- Riley Walter
Coconut Cartel decapitated as police swoop on alleged Sydney boss
Hundreds of detectives targeted the group, which has been locked in a months-long conflict with the notorious Alameddine family.
- Riley Walter
The Penthouse Syndicate
Multimillion-dollar properties, sports cars and a life of luxury: Inside what is alleged to be one of the largest fraud and money-laundering syndicates in Australian history.
Sydney couple fleeced bank of more than $40m, police allege
The married couple helped the Penthouse Syndicate build a luxury property empire across Sydney, detectives allege.
- Riley Walter
Two men arrested over Ho Chi Minh City assassination of Sydney gang leader
Vietnamese police are questioning the pair over the shooting of senior Coconut Cartel member Lorenzo Laemalu.
- Riley Walter
Sydney gang member shot dead in Vietnam amid underworld feud
Lorenzo Laemalu, a former ally of the Alameddine crime family, was killed in Ho Chi Minh City overnight.
- Riley Walter