Retired NSW detective turned Western Sydney University lecturer Michael Kennedy has seen generations of families involved in Sydney organised crime. Photo: AAP, A commemorative stone for Wayne Schneider at a Hells Angels compound in Pattaya. 'Look, he was shattered, he sees it as an act of cowardice, but as always Bassam remains strong and resilient,' they said. The execution of Wally Ahmad was captured on a shopping centres CCTV. Twenty years ago, Rebels bikies did business with Rebels bikies, or Anglo-Saxon criminals. Whether that be drug supply, firearms supply or ownership of a particular criminal group. The shooting by two gunman followed a brawl the previous week between members linked to Hamzy's notorious Brothers 4 Life gang and an associate of the Alameddine crime family. 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Another transferred $59 million offshore in a four-month period. Murders are symptomatic of heightened organised crime activity, the NSW Crime Commission says in its latest annual report. 'Not only has this boss pissed off a very serious crime family by the kidnapping, he has pissed off members of his own gang now,' a well placed source told the publication. 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The person he was to meet to hand the $500,000 cash to was to be holding a $5 note with a serial number that matched one in his phone. After years of being out of reach, former king Cross identity Vaso Ulic was arrested in Montenegro. "It will prevent them from associating with other criminals, it will prevent them from utilising weapons of crime, it will prevent them from having encrypted communications," Detective Superintendent Critchlow said. ', 'We're not stopping. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Emergency services are scrambling to meet a Qantas plane that issued a mayday distress call on its way from New Zealand to Sydney Airport. He was the cog in many wheels, moving seamlessly between groups, regardless of traditional boundaries, making deals with whoever had the money. He is due before Parramatta Local Court on December 18 for sentencing. Ecstasy tablets are a big import line for organised crime in Sydney along with their active ingredient, MDMA. - Currently serving a 13-year jail term for supplying the gun used in shooting of police accountant Curtis Cheng. His attackers roared off down the street. Then click on any blue marker to find out more. Haymarket: 116.76 per 100 people. Now there might be one group overseas sourcing drugs, another focused on concealment and another acting as the broker. Undercover officers spent three months assuming the lives of two mid-level drug buyers. A man has died and another covered in blood was taken to hospital by police after an ominous incident in Sydney's west on Wednesday night. What we have found is a lot of senior members of outlaw motorcycle gangs who have traditionally been what I would consider the more violent or dangerous ones are now the ones offshore, Mr Lanyon said. Organised crime in Australia refers to the activities of various groups of crime families, organised crime syndicates or underworld activities including drug trafficking, contract killing, racketeering and other crimes in Australia . Details from his court case revealed he held about $75 million worth of chips at the casino over the prior decade and possibly gambled up to $1 billion. Schneider was seen as a broker, or a go-between, for crime figures in Australia wanting to import drugs from Europe. The massive haul was placed in clear plastic bags and paraded for television cameras and newspaper photographers. Photo: Daniel Munoz. Could face more than five years behind bars. The motives varied from feuds over drug turf, criminal leadership ambitions and acts of tit-for-tat violence. The comments below have been moderated in advance. Talal is being held in the country's most secure prison, the Supermax jail at Goulburn, where he allegedly assaulted notorious inmate Bassam Hamzy in an exercise yard in October 2018. In 1999, his son Bassam shot dead a teenager during a night out in Sydney and was himself jailed for 21 years. The recent outbreak in violence has been linked to a feud between two crime families, the Elmirs and the Ahmads, who control drug turf in Sydneys south-west. The transnational nature of crime, I dont really see that slowing down, he said. Bilal Alameddine, a close cousin, is currently awaiting sentencing over his role in gun and drug running. Relative arrested over 91-year-old's stabbing death, Nazi war criminal hired as torture consultant for South American regime, Man drowns attempting to rescue daughter off popular tourist beach, Passenger felt 'major jolt' on Qantas flight before mayday call. 'But what you've got to do is get these communities to trust you. 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A week after the assassination, police found a 21-year-old - the son of a Sydney drug dealer - after he was also kidnapped in a separate $5million plot. 2015 Sydney Crime Museum. 'One person said only senior guys in the club, mainly based overseas, knew about the shipment so there's a lot of internal friction. They were followed by other groups of criminals of Lebanese descent, many of whom, in contrast to their predecessors, preferred to remain in the part of Sydney where Keep Reading Tri Minh Tran It's not going to bring Aaron back but at least there will be some type of justice for him," said the victim's mother. Police have identified DLASTHR, which is an abrieviation of 'the Last hour', as a dangerous gang that controlsdrug territory in Sydney's Fairfield area. The motives for organised crime murders havent changed, NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Mal Lanyon says. Detectives had 14 lines of inquiry, ranging from a failed standover bid on the night of his death to a group of disgruntled and indebted customers rallying together to kill Hoang. Rachad, Rafat, Hamdi and Jihad all dined with Norman, Seqeyaro and Paulo, before spotting Ryan and taking a selfie as he passed by their table. Sur le projet de loi pouvoir dachat, la NUPES peut-elle peser? A source with close ties to Hamzy previously told Daily Mail Australia he was rocked by the news of his brother's killing. All rights reserved. 'You will often see that organised crime groups keep things in the family, because it brings a level of trust and unity, but also they don't want to share what they have. . Police had repeatedly told members of these families the violence couldn't be good for their businesses. Some operations have been known to reach out to their clients when they receive a new shipment. Two men have been on the run for more than a week after setting fire to their getaway car only streets away from the crime scene. decade-long gang war is believed to have been smashed by police in just 48 hours, with 115 people charged during a two-day operation targeting alleged members, associates and supporters of organised criminal networks. The $5 notes on his phone were tokens the way to secure trust in large-scale, high-level drug deals. The bank was definitely involved in laundering (for a 22 per cent fee), tax fraud, and stealing from investors, and has been Keep Reading, All around the world, first and second generation immigrants often form a higher proportion of criminals than of the general population. Just hours after this gun transaction, Jabar would use the weapon to gun down Mr Cheng outside police headquarters at Parramatta - before he was shot dead by police. Law enforcement has told Fairfax Media there is an ever-increasing number of Australian crime figures now moving overseas and operating this way. In fact, it is estimated that a staggering 70 per cent of Australias high-end criminal targets and their associates are now based overseas. He became a Sydney celebrity because of his close relationship during the 1980s with corrupt police detective Roger Rogerson. They were followed by other groups of criminals of Lebanese descent, many of whom, in contrast to their predecessors, preferred to remain in the part of Sydney where Keep Reading, In the 1990s Sydneys heroin centre moved from Kings Cross to the suburb of Cabramatta with its large Vietnamese population. Rachad caused controversy in 2016 when he and several of his cousins were seen at The Star Sydney with NRL stars Beau Ryan,Corey Norman, James Segeyaro and Junior Paulo. Since the brutal, fatal brawl between the Hells Angels and Comancheros at Sydney Airport in 2012, police have cracked down on bikie violence. The drugs, from the Netherlands, were allegedly meant to make their way into Australia via corrupt border official. Police ban rival Sydney crime families from entering certain suburbs after shooting murder of Mejid Hamzy, Catch up with The Loop, your quick wrap of this morning's news, Keep up with the latest ASX and business news, For the latestflood and weather warnings, search onABC Emergency, Keep across all the live scores and results from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park. By continuing to use our site you are agreeing to our. Last year he narrowly avoided jail for his role in a luxury car fraud syndicate and was instead handed a 15-month suspended sentence. Sydney, capital of New South Wales and one of Australia's largest cities, is best known for its harbourfront Sydney Opera House, with a d Hoangs case is a narrow glimpse into the thriving money laundering market that is propping up organised crime in Australia. Tensions were already growing in the southwest after the 44-year-old brother of jailed crime boss Basam Hamzy was shot dead outside his Condell Park residence on October 19. Talal was just 22 when he delivered a .38 Smith & Wesson revolver to an associate - who then passed it onto radicalised 15-year-old gunman Farhad Jabar in October 2015. Contents 1 European-Australian networks 1.1 The Carlton Crew 1.2 The Honoured Society 1.3 Serbian mafia The undercover officers started buying small amounts a kilogram here, two kilograms there to test the waters. While these high-profile, offshore figures act as conduits for crime networks importing drugs into Australia, police suspect some of them have also ordered dozens of NSWs organised crime murders over the past decade. Police swoop on Sydney crime families in mass raids, 115 people charged By 9News Staff 9:49pm Jan 30, 2022 Sydney's decade-long gang war is believed to have been smashed by police in just 48 hours, with 115 people charged during a two-day operation targeting alleged members, associates and supporters of organised criminal networks. . The Hamzy Crime Family, aka Brothers 4 Life (B4L), is based in Sydney, Australia. Later that year, a second fight ensued. DAN WOOTTON: Jeremy Clarkson made a mistake, but Amazon and ITV looking to cancel one of Britain's favourite MailOnline readers back Jeremy Clarkson to keep his job on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? This excess cash can have deadly consequences. Sydney's underworld battlelines: Secret police maps reveal Terrifying moment Brothers For Life gangster 'Little Crazy' drug territory in Sydney's Fairfield area. Was it all for the cameras? Schneider was murdered in late 2015 after he was kidnapped from his luxurious Thai villa by his bodyguard, former Sydney kickboxer Antonio Bagnato. The NSW Crime Commission has said that the high number of detections, arrests and seizures have had little, if any, deterrence value for offshore groups and, in many cases, those operating overseas have been able to replace persons arrested in Australia with relative ease. The heavily encrypted device, which can be wiped remotely, has become a common feature in organised crime murders. NSW Police fears revenge attacks after the murder of Mejid Hamzy. Raids in Blacktown and Auburn also uncovered a haul of illicit substances, police said. Khaled and Lola Hamzy moved their family to Australia in the 1970s as civil war erupted in Lebanon. Money laundering gangs take up most operations in the city, moving cash in and out of casinos and banks. A stolen shipment of nearly half a tonne of cocaine could set off a powder keg in Sydney's simmering underworld after bikies kidnapped a rival crime family member. 9News, Qantas flight from Auckland to Sydney issues mayday call due to engine failure, engine failure of the body about the area where the heart sits. "We have people dying in the street, we are sick of it.". Samer Marcus was hit by multiple bullets outside his house on Campbelltown Rd, in the southwestern Sydney suburb of Denham Court. Mr Lanyon said that if someone had imported 20 kilograms of drugs 10 years ago that would have been significant; now police and Australian Border Force are seizing single shipments concealing tonnes of drugs. Stringent gun legislation has been passed, consorting laws have been used to target bikies and Strike Force Raptor, a policing team aimed solely at disrupting gang activity in a confronting way, has been set up. Osgood Street in Guildford became a crime scene on Wednesday morning. The Hamzy family and some of their associates are banned from going to some suburbs between Sydney Olympic Park stretching south to Picnic Point, as well as Clovelly and Bronte in the citys east, and Sans Souci, Dolls Point and Sandringham in the citys south. The money was to be laundered and sent overseas. Hamdi Alameddine, the cousin of Talal and Rafat, is also charged over the June brawl at Westfield. Before he was shot dead near Croydon Park McDonalds in September 2014, he had washed up to $1 billion through Melbournes Crown Casino alone. One thing we can confidently say is that he owed many people lots of money, Homicide Squad Detective Sergeant Peter Rudens says. The source claimed a number of footsoldiers in the bikie gang were refusing to take on jobs until the mess is cleared up. The response to a big new policy last week provides some clues, Acid spread around Sydney home after stabbing death, 'Take cover, hide': Ukrainian dad describes reaction after helicopter crashes into son's kindergarten, George Floyd's killer appeals murder conviction, Elon Musk auctions Twitter's furniture, and an awkward tennis win, Is there a safe limit of alcohol you can drink? Until the months leading up to Mr Cheng's murder Alameddine had sported close-cropped hair, before growing the beard and donning traditional Islamic dress. They are largely orchestrating the criminal activity that is occurring in NSW; there is little doubt they would also have influence in what is happening with organised crime murders in NSW.. Ahmad "Rock" Ahmad was there and Steven Elmir, the son of fugitive and convicted cocaine trafficker Fawaz Elmir, was involved in the discussions. Sydney Crime Museum is an online history of crime in Sydney, which has often affected the lives of ordinary people and popular culture as well as corrupting the processes of policing, justice and government. The family's name has quickly become prominent in the city's west, with some of the clan waging war against police and disrupting law-abiding society. The ability to raise vast amounts of cash enables organised crime groups to source weapons and employ persons prepared to undertake murder for profit.. An elderly man is dead and police have been taken to hospital after a major operation in Sydney&x27;s south-west. 'If you use the word "mafia" it gives the wrong idea, but it's essentially the same thing in that you have a close knit system,' Professor Kennedy said. 2. A strong pick of Parramatta-region satellite suburbs for those with kids in tow, Westmead represents more of an affordable option to many of the other family-oriented suburbs listed here further to the east. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Police officers receive chemical burns after attending south-west Sydney stabbing death, Two officers entered the family home and found a 91-year-old man with fatal stab wounds. Police declare war on rival Sydney crime families. His skill for gambling and his high-roller status at Australias casinos made him a go-to man for drug traffickers and likely led to his demise. Six male members of the Alameddine crew are already in jail or before the courts, facing charges related to guns, drugs, violence and organised crime. The strike force was a turning point for police in NSW; it reaffirmed the developing view that organised criminals had changed the way they operated. Its critics say it's unfair that one group is singled out for . We can control what telephones they use, we can control who they bank with, we can stop their movements overseas.. Key points: Police have banned several friends and relatives of the Alameddine and Hamzy families from moving around Sydney News State NSW News Police declare war on . 'There was a group of about 30 of them and when I walked out I did the exact the same thing to another woman after he sister asked me to wish her a happy birthday.'. As to whether people from overseas are involved in that, I would say little doubt, Lanyon says. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), abc.net.au/news/nsw-police-crack-down-on-sydney-crime-families/12817618, Get breaking news alerts directly to your phone with our app, Aviation industry awaits answers why Qantas issued 'unusual' mayday alert, Are the climate wars really over? He masterminded the entire operation from thousands of kilometres away in Eastern Europe, directing associates in Australia in how to turn the drugs into pills, on-sell the product and send the proceeds via money remitters back to Europe. abc730, Qantas flight from Auckland to Sydney issues mayday alert, It's believed more than 100 people are on flight QF144 from Auckland to Sydney.
Photo: Lindsay Murdoch, Antonio Bagnato was sentenced to death in Thailand earlier this year for murdering Wayne Schneider. Local headlines and stories are HeadTopics.com immediately. He wanted people to believe he was philanthropic. Australian Border Force has noted an increase in syndicates hiring commercial vessels from Asian ports that act as mother ships delivering to smaller vessels from Australia. Mejid Hamzy (pictured above) was murdered in October in what police believe was a targeted shooting as tensions rise in Sydney's underworld, The bikie boss who ordered the kidnapping is now dealing with fallout after it appears the rival gang was not behind the missing 400kg of cocaine (stock image). Six years earlier, bikie comrade and drug lord Hakan Ayik had moved to his native Istanbul. Revealed: Man being hunted by police after disappearing with a missing aristocrat and her baby daughter is a Scotland Yard backs move to strip rapist police officer David Carrick of his 22,000-a-year pension. Like many of their associates, the men, all from humble suburban beginnings in Sydneys south-west, had increased their time in Dubai in the months before their arrests, indulging in the citys restaurants and luxury yachts while allegedly plotting the international drug conspiracy. Law enforcement agencies see money laundering as the common element in all serious and organised crime. For about a decade the suburb also became the citys murder centre as very young, first-generation immigrant gangsters went to war. Zolfonoon was not a kingpin, he didn't drive a flashy car and nor did he have millions of dollars. Crime is an essential part of the city's history. 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Two men have been on the run for more than a week after setting fire to their getaway car only streets away from the crime scene. NSW Police have banned two rival Sydney crime families, and some of their associates, from moving between certain suburbs after the shooting murder of Mejid Hamzy last week. Pools of blood and ripped clothing lie on the ground outside the house of a friend where Mejid Hamzy stumbled to after being shot (pictured). Please try again. Published: 04:57 GMT, 16 November 2020 | Updated: 05:32 GMT, 16 November 2020. 9News, Fifty metres beneath Bondi, a stench that stings your eyes may help Sydney survive, Terry Irving spent 1,671 days in jail for a crime he didnt commit and 25 more years seeking justice. Close to three tonnes of illicit drugs, mostly ecstasy tablets, speed and ice had been detected by local police and law enforcement, hidden among furniture in a single shipping container that had made its way from Hamburg in Germany to Sydneys western suburbs. 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