Organised Crime

After an arranged marriage to tobacco baron Sam Albion, Kawther Salih says the relationship spiralled into an abusive situation that saw her subjugated into working in the underground tobacco industry.

New offences and stronger punishments for the use of so-called kill cars and the recruitment of children by organised criminals have been introduced in the Parliament of NSW.

Police from Victoria and NSW spend a week on the Victoria–NSW border targeting outlaw motorcycle gangs and organised crime.

A Wollongong man drove to Lightning Ridge with his police officer friend to rob an elderly convicted paedophile of $100,000.

At least seven narco subs have been discovered in Pacific waters in recent years, signalling a troubling new reality. 

Senior reporter Stephanie March joins the ABC's Pacific journalists to go hunting for “narco subs” and see the effects of Australia's hard-line deportation policy on the drugs problem.

Why do Indonesian crews keep fishing illegally in Australian waters when the activity is so perilous?

Eneasi Taumoefolau's 2024 arrest on drugs charges ignited fears the notoriously violent outlaw Comancheros gang had infiltrated "the Friendly Islands". 

NSW Police has expressed concern about escalating violence between Sydney's organised crime networks, following several alleged arson attacks and public shootings overnight.

Australia's big banks have made hundreds of reports of suspicious activity related to illegal tobacco since the anti-money laundering regulator called for a crackdown late last year.

Key insiders from Fiji's largest-ever meth bust say the drug import had alarming links to organised crime in Australia.

The Australian Federal Police is warning that foreign intelligence agencies are increasingly working with locally-based organised criminals to carry out "serious crimes", including terrorism, within Australia.

Criminal gangs cashing in on Australia's illicit tobacco boom will face tougher penalties and expanded police surveillance powers in a fresh crackdown on the black market.

WA Police have been overruled in their attempt to take firearms off the estranged relative of a bikie in a potential blow to the force's interpretation of new gun laws.

El Salvador has subjected some nationals deported from the US to enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention without revealing their whereabouts or bringing them before a judge.

At least seven narco subs have been discovered in Pacific waters near Australia in the past 18 months, with experts warning that Australia's cocaine demand means more are on the way.

The small west Victorian town of Dimboola is the latest regional centre to be affected by the state's illicit cigarette trade and tobacco wars.

French authorities seized a 2.4-tonne drug shipment near French Polynesia during a joint operation with the United States.

Western Australia could soon have some of the nation's toughest illegal tobacco penalties, including fines of up to $21 million and hefty prison terms for possessing commercial quantities of illicit products.

A ship caught carrying five tonnes of cocaine is making its way towards Sydney after being stripped of its cargo.