AFP
Australian brothers’ accused kidnapper confessed to killing them, girlfriend says
Jesus Gerardo faces kidnapping charges in Mexico over the disappearance of Callum and Jake Robinson and their American friend Carter Rhoad.
- by Alex Crowe
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Unmasked: Notorious Russian cyber criminal who plundered hospitals with ransomware
Attacks by the Lockbit ransomware operation targeted over 100 hospitals and healthcare companies worldwide. Now the world knows Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev is the mastermind.
- by Rob Harris
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Courts
Court document reveals confusion over released Perth detainee’s curfew requirements
A court transcript indicates an immigration detainee released following a High Court decision was granted bail in March by a Perth magistrate who appeared to have no idea he was subject to strict monitoring conditions.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Child abuse
‘Most evil crimes imaginable’: Childcare worker, partner jailed for decades
The NSW childcare worker and his partner abused dozens of children over several years and filmed the acts.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
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Drugs
‘Stronger than fentanyl’: The surge in seizures of a deadly new synthetic opioid
Australian authorities are intercepting more shipments of super-potent nitazenes, and medical professionals fear it could lead to a wave of overdoses.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
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Crime
Teen terror suspects had Islamic State beheading and bomb-making videos, court told
One of the videos allegedly showed a person in military fatigues providing instructions for making explosive devices.
- by Clare Sibthorpe and Jessica McSweeney
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Crime
‘Unacceptable risk to the people’: Teens arrested in counter-terror raids
Seven teenagers alleged to adhere to a “religiously motivated violent extremist ideology” have been arrested as part of the investigation into the stabbing attack at a Wakeley church by a 16-year-old boy.
- by Clare Sibthorpe, Christopher Harris, Jessica McSweeney, Paul Sakkal and Perry Duffin
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Crime
Man charged over botched drug import after cocaine bricks wash up on NSW beaches
Federal police say the drugs were offloaded from a cargo ship into waters off Brisbane. However, “adverse weather conditions” scuppered the cocaine drop.
- by Jessica McSweeney, Cloe Read and Millie Muroi
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Crime
Six missed calls, mystery bank records and CCTV: Inside bombshell Lehrmann judgment
Justice Michael Lee “trudged unyieldingly” through CCTV footage, phone logs, bank records, receipts – and hours of testimony. This is how he arrived at his ruling that Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins.
- by Michaela Whitbourn and The Visual Stories Team
‘Unhelpful to speculate’: PM, police chiefs, say Bondi motive unknown
In an address to the nation alongside AFP chief Reece Kershaw and ASIO director-general Mike Burgess, Albanese praised the police officer and medics who came to the rescue.
- by David Crowe
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Scams
‘Once you pay I will delete the photo’: How scammers are snaring hundreds of children each month
Sextortion scammers are using frighteningly simple tricks to target Australian children. The tech giants have “blood on their hands”, the family of one victim claims.
- by Perry Duffin