Tag: Crime syndicates

Criminal syndicate with inside knowledge and access to secure areas at Australia’s busiest airport arrested over failed plan to import drugs.

Organised crime cops in the Northern Territory swoop on 43-year-old after they intercepted a suspicious parcel coming from China.

Accused is alleged to be part of a criminal syndicate that used labour hire and payroll companies to defraud the Commonwealth.

Four alleged members of NSW drug syndicate that imported massive quantities of meth into Australia arrested during four-month investigation.

Sydney man was involved with air cargo and allegedly used his position to advise several criminal groups about police activities.

Authorities say the 77kg of heroin hidden in imported equipment could have been distributed to 770,000 people and caused widespread harm.

AFP reveals that it worked with the American FBI to encrypt supposedly secret information being passed by criminal gangs.

The Australian Tax Office and Qld Police this week detected and destroyed 25 tonnes of illicit tobacco valued at around $40-million.

Two Sydney men extradited to Queensland as Australian and Dutch police continue their investigations that began in 2019.

Early morning search warrants in NSW today lead to arrest of five men over $47-million drug consignment from Mexico.

Targeting of illicit tobacco rings continues, with taskforce hitting two organised crime syndicates operating in WA and Victoria.

Taskforce disrupts illicit tobacco-growing and destroys crops with a potential excise value of more than $84-million.

Qld woman gets four years in jail for helping her son abscond shortly before he was due to stand trial on major drugs charges.

Two people imprisoned for attempting to export 17 packages containing 45 native Australian species to Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Police warn that innocent people are being duped into being ‘money mules’ by fake job ads that are too good to be true.

Authorities uncover an ‘opportunistic attempt’ by organised crime to use a postal system insider to traffick narcotics.

Latest seizure of drugs worth an estimated $135-million and arrest of four people highlights the scale of the problem.

Man was one of three Victorians who aimed to steal around $5-million from the Australia Tax Office using an elaborate fraud scheme.

Cops say they are targeting the criminal economy by confiscating criminal assets and removing the profit from crime.

Mom, 57, and son, 28, will spend a minimum of 6-7 years behind bars for their illegal work with a meth-trafficking syndicate.

Police believe the cannabis seizure on the NSW Mid North Coast may be the largest in Australia since the 1970s. Fourteen arrests made.

Detectives stop truck and find two big tubs stuffed with millions of dollars in cash. Large quantity of drugs also seized at a Perth home.

Man sentenced to nearly 15 years in a Melbourne court this week. He is now the fifth syndicate member to get a combined 68 years’ jail time.

Police say only a well-resourced organised crime syndicate would have been able to attempt a smuggling operation on this scale.

Illegal drugs laboratory was still in the process of being set up and would have been one of the largest in Victoria’s history.

Intricate web of business operations netted alleged criminals $17-million in two years. Payroll money meant for ATO was diverted.