US names Aussies in AN0M sting
A fugitive Sydney drug lord and an Adelaide olive grove worker are among seven Australians the FBI has named as critical in the spy app which smashed global crime rings.
Named: The South Australians caught up in Operation Ironside
So far 95 South Australians have been charged in the Operation Ironside police sting. Here’s a list of who we know, where they’re from and what they’re charged with.
95 charged in 18 months as Comancheros smashed
Police have dismantled a “trans-national” meth and cocaine ring in SA and caused “mass disruption” to the Comancheros in the past 18 months under Operation Ironside.
Ex-con was paid $120,000 to bring down the underworld
A tech-savvy convicted drug trafficker has been revealed as the person who invented the Trojan horse app AN0M.
Aussie drug lord’s chilling warning after AFP raids
Fugitive drug lord Hakan Ayik, who led the criminal underworld straight to law enforcement, has been given an ultimatum.
Murder plot, drugs and guns: 48 South Australians arrested
The names of dozens of South Australians caught up in the Operation Ironside sting have been revealed in court.
‘Massive take-down’: FBI reveals more arrests in Aussie-led sting
The FBI has revealed more arrests have been made as part of Operation Ironside – the Australian-US crackdown on organised crime.
How bikies’ Norwood ‘machine gun murder plot’ was stopped
Operation Ironside allegedly averted a potential slaughter on The Parade – get the inside story of how police say they thwarted gangsters’ plans to execute a rival.
Inside the police operations bunker as the raids went down
At 5.30am on Monday, a senior South Australian detective radioed the phrase “execute resolution” – and more than 400 cops sprang into action.
Aussie-led sting nets 800 global arrests
Police from 16 countries have arrested more than 800 suspects and seized more than $48 million in the AFP’s “sting of the century”.
Victoria’s Comancheros ‘stopped in their tracks’
Comanchero bikie members from suburbs across Melbourne have been arrested in raids linked to global police sting Operation Ironside. Victoria Police are expected to use information uncovered to solve at least four murders.
Machine gun attack in suburban street foiled in AFP sting
A murder plot involving a machine gun at a cafe is among the crimes disrupted in a genius police sting that’s smashed Australia’s underworld.
The Queenslanders caught up in ‘sting of the century’
A Ninja Warrior contestant and a former Bandidos bikie caught up in the infamous Broadbeach brawl are among Queenslanders stung in Australia’s largest ever crime bust.
‘Telstra shop’ of crime underworld: Australia’s Mafia Man
This is Australia’s Mafia Man who cops secretly used to fool local criminals and global fugitives to give up their identities and networks.
How cops’ covert ‘AN0M’ crime-busting apps works
The AFP and FBI secretly used an encrypted platform known as AN0M, to catch crims at their own game. This is how it operated.
How beers led to Aussie cops and FBI’s global crime take-down
PART 1: This is how the AFP and FBI toppled Mafia, bikies and ethnic gangs from Asia to Albania by executing raids across Australia.
96 seconds that blew up Australia’s crime underworld
PART 2: This is the moment Australian Federal Police created the AN0M app — a Trojan horse that could expose criminals and their networks.
Trusted insiders: Who’s next on Aussie cops’ hit list
Police will now target a raft of trusted insiders – corrupt people working in legitimate businesses and help drug lords get their evil cargo into Australia.
Criminal ‘influencers’ who took cops’ bait
PART 3: Aussie cops convinced “influencers” who could get others to use the AN0M app where their secret networks were finally exposed.
How Aussie cops stopped up to 21 murder plots
Up to 21 murder plots including hits on two organised crime families were stopped because of intel from the AN0M app. WARNING: Graphic
How Aussie drug kingpin took down his criminal pals
Australian drug kingpin Hakan Ayik has been unmasked as the “influencer” who led police straight into the world’s criminal underbelly.
Real time crime busts are just the start to stop the coffins
The AFP’s world-first operation will cut the head off the snake of some crimes but there are other serpents striking Australia, the AFP’s Nigel Ryan writes.
Bikies to reality stars: Who got caught in AN0M police net
Dozens of Comanchero bikies, two reality TV stars, Mafia figures and a man with $1.5m in alleged dirty cash were caught in cops’ AN0M sting of the century.
