A notorious former New South Wales detective, Graham “Chook” Fowler, who was at the centre of the 1996 Wood Royal Commission into police corruption has died of cancer at his Central Coast home.

The perpetrator of the 1987 Hoddle Street massacre, Julian Knight, has embarked on a legal battle for access to a PlayStation and a personal computer in his Victorian prison cell, telling the Supreme Court that he would initiate proceedings against the Victorian government if his application for the personal items continued to be denied.

A British man caught attempting to smuggle 19 kilograms of cocaine into Australia on a P&O cruise ship has claimed that he was coerced into drug trafficking in order to pay off a £35 000 debt to a UK loan shark.

A court in the Northern Territory has heard that Paul John Stamp was locked in the boot of a car and burned alive in September 2012 after his flatmate discovered that he had stolen one of his beers out of their communal fridge.

Melbourne man Adrian Bayley has pleaded guilty to murdering Jill Meagher.

A British man, Gary George, has been found guilty of murdering his best friend Andrew Nall in a sadistic attack reminiscent of scenes from Australian horror film The Loved Ones.

CRIME | The Whiskey Au Go Go massacre on 8 March 1973 exposed the rampant violence and culture of organised crime that existed just below Brisbane’s sunny veneer. PAUL BLEAKLEY looks back on this crucial moment in Australian criminal history, and its little known connection to the UK.

Adrian Ernest Bayley, the man accused of raping and murdering Irish woman Jill Meagher in Melbourne last year has pleaded not guilty to murder, and has been ordered to stand trial in the Victorian Supreme Court after a committal hearing at Melbourne Magistrate’s Court earlier today.

AOC president John Coates has conceded Australian sports international reputation has been tarnished by the ACC report into doping and the recent Stilnox swimming scandal.

Ex-boxer, Graham Brett, 50, was jailed for seven years at the Old Bailey on Monday after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of Australian Neil Hannah, 49 outside a Pimlico pub.

SIX Rugby League clubs have come forward and confirmed they were named in the Australian Crime Commission report into match fixing and doping in Australian sports after being notified by the NRL last night. The AFL are yet to pass on further details to specific clubs involved in the scandal.

30 years have passed since the notorious head of Australia’s ‘Mr Asia’ drug smuggling syndicate was found dead in his Isle of Wight prison cell. However, the legacy of Terry Clark and his merry band of brothers, lives large in the collective memories of both Australia and the UK.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW | On the 30 year anniversary of Terry Clark’s death at the helm of the Mr Asia syndicate, PAUL BLEAKLEY talks to his once right-hand man about the heroin trade, today’s ‘paper gangsters’ and what happens to criminals as they get old.

A government investigation has found widespread use of banned drugs in Australian professional sport and links with organised crime.

Are we a nation of criminals? A recent report on Australian Crime Commission statistics by the Daily Mail suggests the strong Aussie dollar and high wages have resulted in a influx of drug smugglers and foreign sex workers.

A former Catholic brother and pedophile, Bernard Kevin McGrath, facing 252 child sex charges in Australia, has been arrested after returning to New Zealand from Sri Lanka.

Australia’s second major drug bust in a week, which netted $240 million worth of cocaine and methamphetamine in Sydney, shows the international reach of police work is greater than ever, federal police say.

Police have vowed to smash Australia’s largest outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG), the Rebels, which they say has infiltrated legitimate businesses.

After getting stabbed on a London bus Australian Timba Smits took time out to recover and re-group, before setting up a community-based organisation to tackle youth disengagement and inspire upcoming artists, culminating in the Kaleidoscope International Creative Festival this November.