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12th December 2025

True Crime Australia

‘Money mules’: Crime gangs’ new Aussie student scam exposed

Students in Australia are at risk of serious jail time, with experts warning they are being targeted by criminal syndicates in a new scam wave.

Cartels’ growing ‘drugs super highway’ island route to Australia

Australia’s “insatiable appetite” for drugs has unleashed cartels across the Pacific, with Fiji now becoming an even bigger route after John Nikolic was busted smuggling cocaine on...

Gag order lifts: AFL great’s rapist son can finally be named

Tom Silvagni, son of Carlton legend Stephen Silvagni, has been named as the ‘high-profile’ man convicted of rape after the lifting of a suppression order.

Celebrity croc wrangler Matt Wright loses ‘no case’ appeal

A reality television star has been hit with a legal blow in his battle to dismiss his charges over a fatal chopper crash conspiracy. Read the latest here.

Courts reopen as Kouts offers new pay deal for 40,000 workers

South Australia’s justice system will reopen Friday after striking prison officers and court sheriffs forced the Treasurer into urgent pay negotiations.

‘Mistakes were made’: Stunning admission over spelling error that let pedo roam free

A spelling error by Queensland police prevented them from linking a 2009 complaint against Ashley Paul Griffith to his arrest on 300 child sex offences.

Murderer tried to pin Toyah killing on innocent witnesses

Convicted killer Rajwinder Singh caused “real harm” to grieving loved ones by falsely accusing others of Toyah’s murder despite there being no evidence of their involvement.

Property agent convicted over $540k Sydney holiday scam

A property agent who set up a holiday home rental scam along Sydney’s northern beaches has been convicted of fleecing landlords and tourists out of $540,000. See what sentence he r...

Man found guilty of raping elderly aged care resident

A man has been found guilty of raping an elderly woman after he forced his way into her unit at a Coffs Coast aged care facility. Here’s the latest.