Crime
Armed teens detained at Moomba as police thwart ‘serious violence’
Machetes, a meat cleaver and a carving knife were among weapons seized from a gang of teenage boys in the CBD on the first night of the annual Moomba Festival.
- Isabel McMillan
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- Naked City
‘Norm’s a bit short’: The history lessons Victoria failed to learn
In 1981, it was $20,000 cash and a beach house. Today, it’s organised crime infiltrating the CFMEU – and a toothless watchdog. It’s time to fix it. John Silvester outlines how.
- John Silvester
‘They’re getting sent a message’: Tobacco war reignites as Kaz Hamad’s ‘Commission’ fights to retain control
There have been more than a dozen arson attacks and two shootings related to illicit tobacco markets since Hamad was arrested in Iraq in mid-January.
- Chris Vedelago and Marta Pascual Juanola
Sex crimes inquiry into Joshua Brown nets third accused child rapist
The same police investigating the alleged childcare paedophile have now charged a third person with nearly 200 sex crimes against children and animals.
- Erin Pearson
Police seize five guns, including AK-47, after tobacco shop fire
Officers believe this violence to be part of a wider trend of criminal syndicates looking to fill the vacuum left in the tobacco black market following the arrest of Kazem Hamad.
- Alexander Darling
- Breaking
- Missing person
Interstate man arrested over St Kilda hero’s missing brother
Detectives flew interstate on Wednesday morning and arrested a man as part of the investigation into the “suspicious disappearance” of Brendan Breen.
- Isabel McMillan
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- Victoria
Couple found dead in regional Victoria after neighbour ‘heard gunshots’
Police are investigating after the bodies were discovered in a home in the Latrobe Valley.
- Alexander Darling
Nell was dying in aged care when her precious rings vanished. She wasn’t the only one
There has been a 40 per cent surge in reported thefts in Victorian nursing homes since 2021, which has prompted calls for services to do better for vulnerable residents.
- Henrietta Cook
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- Victoria Police
Police and safety officers to patrol shopping centres until the end of the year
Premier Jacinta Allan will on Sunday extend security presence at Northland, Eastland, Highpoint and Fountain Gate after hundreds of arrests during a three-month trial to tackle rising crime.
- Caroline Schelle
- Analysis
- Naked City
The underworld’s coldest killers … and how they were caught
From secret tapes to the detectives who stood face-to-face with hitmen, a new documentary series hosted by John Silvester goes inside Melbourne’s gangland war.
- John Silvester