The Hamzy Crime Family, aka Brothers 4 Life (B4L), is based in Sydney, Australia. 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. There was an error submitting the form. Today the War on Drugs continues to affect many lives in ways ranging from the trivial to the profound. He was an influential player on the high-rolling money laundering scene. 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. The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) acting executive director, intelligence, Richard Grant says that, while globalisation has resulted in popular services such as Netflix and Amazon, criminals have also taken advantage of it. 'It's just gouging': Are property investors the solution to Australia's rental crisis? But he had connections and used those to source copious amounts of ice, heroin and cocaine for criminals from all walks of life. The ability to raise vast amounts of cash enables organised crime groups to source weapons and hire people prepared to undertake murder for profit. Downing Street slams US President's criticism of new laws to restrict impact of strikes. As the two families' terrifying 18-month blood feud continued, Ibrahem Hamze, Tareek Hamzy and Haissam Hamzy were all arrested and charged this week over recent violent crimes. One of the biggest challenges that I am seeing at the moment is that the drugs are coming from far greater avenues than what there were, State Crime Commands new Assistant Commissioner, Mal Lanyon, says. The father, 44, stumbled for about 200 metres before he collapsed and died in a pool of blood near the front door of his Simmat Avenue home. For Strike Force Taipan, I'm about to have a meeting with Kamra Zolfonoon to conduct a purchase in the Kingsgrove area.. "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. More money means more violence but Sydneys organised criminals never let murder get in the way of business. Talal Alameddine brought shame on the family name with his involvement in the cold-blooded murder of New South Wales police accountant Curtis Cheng. The root of the problem is the unrelenting tide of drug importations, the overseas criminals driving the tonne-heavy consignments and the technology aiding their exports. He was either going to launder it for them or he owed them money for drugs Or he would gamble it and he would probably win some but he would also lose as well.. While Talal will be off the streets for at least the next decade, his five relatives have continued to develop into a prominent crime entourage in western Sydney. Barangaroo: 83.18 per 100 people. Their weapon of choice is the Blackberry, and it's helping Sydney's drug distributors make so much profit they're not bothered by losing the odd shipment - or drug runner. 'My beard is for ISIS,' he told a police constable when asked about his facial hair. Back then it was a large saltwater indoor swimming pool. Estimates put the amount being laundered in Australia at $4.5 billion almost a decade ago and that amount has grown since. 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We've got people dying on the streets and it's got to stop,' Detective Superintendent Robert Critchlow told radio station 2GB. Some criminal organisations launder their money through casinos. Zolfonoon, a married father-of-one who studied electrical engineering at university, facilitated the exchange of $1.8 million in cash bound with elastic bands. Drugs are manufactured and brought in from the more rural parts on the outskirts of Sydney, often overseen by Western Sydney gangs. Police declare war on rival Sydney crime families. The Alameddine crime family has been targeted by NSW Police in a series of raids, with authorities saying they have cut the "head off the snake."Subscribe to. 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. - Has pleaded guilty to a series of drug charges, including possessing equipment used to make drugs. "We will not stop in our pursuit of these reckless and careless individuals who continue to put the community at risk and if you are involved, wherever you are, whatever you are doing, it is best to assume we are watching your every move," Mr Critchlow said. Why does the tap water in these country towns taste so bad. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 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. As a result, the criminal mastermind will never go hands-on. The $5 notes on his phone were tokens the way to secure trust in large-scale, high-level drug deals. 00:11 GMT 07 Nov 2019. Drugs seized en route to NSW: a recent sample. Justice Peter Johnson said at the time: 'I am not persuaded the offender has good prospects for rehabilitation.'. 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. This comes while still offering a bevy of services and amenities conducive to family life, too. Cold, hard facts about how freezing winter weather can harm your health, Bad news, men 'winter penis' might be real after all, doctors say. Jailed crime boss Bassam Hamzy (pictured left) founded the feared Brothers 4 Life gang while Samer Marcus (pictured right) is a member of DLASTHR and was recently shot as tensions rise, Police and forensic officers at the scene (pictured) where Mejid Hamzy was gunned down in October. 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. The heavily encrypted device, which can be wiped remotely, has become a common feature in organised crime murders. ', The comments below have not been moderated, By Daily Mail Australia can reveal the activities of this group of cousins and brothers have become a major focus of the detectives who police Sydney's western suburbs. Many of those remain unsolved. Alameddine has until now never been clearly pictured but Daily Mail Australia has obtained a photograph of the smiling, bearded thug. Join the conversation with your fellow The New Daily readers and see their replies. 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. During the operation, police allegedly seized 19 firearms, 672 rounds of ammunition and nearly $100,000 cash. The time is now 10.10am on August 29, 2013 and this is [undercover officer 1] using the assumed name of Tony, the officer says, clearly enough for the hidden recording device to capture. Operation Hawk 2022 is a high-visibility policing strategy designed to disrupt organised criminal networks, including outlaw motorcycle gangs. A WORLD of brutality and "big men" has been uncovered by an ambitious six-year investigation into Sydney's Middle Eastern crime networks. Fairfax Media has been made aware of a number of known businesses, particularly in the building and hospitality industries, that have also been established as a way for criminals to launder money. The ability to raise vast amounts of cash enables organised crime groups to source weapons and employ persons prepared to undertake murder for profit.. 9News. Fadi Ibrahim (right) at Sydney's Central Local Court in November for a hearing over his alleged role in an international drug-smuggling conspiracy. 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 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. The source claimed a number of footsoldiers in the bikie gang were refusing to take on jobs until the mess is cleared up. 2. All rights reserved. The money was to be laundered and sent overseas. Michael Ibrahim as well as Mustapha "Fairy . 'One person said only senior guys in the club, mainly based overseas, knew about the shipment so there's a lot of internal friction. A Qantas flight to Sydney from Auckland has landed after reporting mid-air engine trouble and issuing a mayday call. Years earlier, he had patched over from the Lone Wolfs to the Hells Angels, rising to the Sydney city chapters presidency in 2006. Footage shows a violent brawl at Australia's Ballina Airport that is allegedly between two notorious Sydney crime families. 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. As related by Alex Castles in his fascinating book Keep Reading A source with close ties to Hamzy previously told Daily Mail Australia he was rocked by the news of his brother's killing. Professor Kennedy, who spent years investigating organised crime, is critical of the recent heavy-handed response taken by NSW Police to large criminal enterprises. But when he died, there is little doubt someone else stepped up to fill the void. There was a collective sigh of relief as a Qantas passenger jet touched down safely at Sydney Airport.The pilot had issued a mayday call after losing power i Petty: ribbons for abuse victims removed from Sydney church hosting George Pell funeral. Follow live updates here. What police would classify as a big seizure has changed dramatically over the past decade. Twenty years ago, Rebels bikies did business with Rebels bikies, or Anglo-Saxon criminals. 4. sydney crime families. 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. A relatively unknown criminal carrying thousands of dollars in a backpack through the streets of Sydney highlights the big money being made and moved by organised crime. Law enforcement agencies have attributed globalisation and the success of police actions in Australia as the driving forces behind the trend in influential criminals moving overseas. Police were reluctant to publicly discuss the family for the same reason. 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. But behind the nice clothes, expensive dinners and fast cars, Hoang was laundering tens of millions of dollars for Sydneys crime figures. 'You don't give them a green light by any means, but you have an open dialogue so that you can go to them and say "this is a problem" and they will act. 'But what you've got to do is get these communities to trust you. Khaled and Lola Hamzy moved their family to Australia in the 1970s as civil war erupted in Lebanon. - Facing charges over a wild brawl at Parramatta Westfield. - Awaiting sentencing on gun and drug running charges. Professional facilitators, such as accountants and lawyers, have emerged as an intrinsic feature in the international organised crime landscape. Sydney's underworld battlelines: Secret police maps reveal Terrifying moment Brothers For Life gangster 'Little Crazy' drug territory in Sydney's Fairfield area. Earlier we met Redfern-based Frank Hakim, the first major Lebanese criminal in Sydney, and younger men such as Louis Bayeh and Danny Karam. Sydney's western suburbs have long played home to dangerous criminal groups Among them were brothers Mejid and Bassam Hamzy, who is currently in prison Mejid was shot dead in the driveway of his. 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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. 3. 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? By 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. All rights reserved. This perception was shattered in early August when members of infamous Sydney crime families were arrested in Dubai in a transnational drug sting. The Hamzy family and some of their associates are banned from going to parts of Western Sydney, including Mount Druitt, Doonside, Rooty Hill, Parramatta, Westmead and Merrylands. The family of a public defender who died while celebrating his wedding anniversary in Mexico believes he was the victim of a "brutal crime," their lawyer said Tuesday. Meanwhile, ex-Comancheros boss Mark Buddle moved overseas last year, spreading his time between Europe and Thailand after he emerged as a suspect in multiple murder investigations in NSW. The father, 44, stumbled for about 200 metres before he collapsed and died in a pool of blood near the front door of his Simmat Avenue home. News. 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. Mourners at the funeral of Safwan Charbaji who was shot at a smash repair shop. A second son, Trent Trotter, a former South Sydney Rabbitoh footballer, also pleaded guilty to a heroin supply charge. The presence of Mexican cartels operating in Australia was first noticed in 2008 and their influence has steadily grown since. The Alameddine family and some of their associates are prevented from going to Condell Park and other nearby suburbs, including Bankstown and Silverwater, as well as Bronte . Investigators have also noticed that crime syndicates have been adopting new ways to import drugs rather than just concealing substances in shipping containers. We're using every legislative power we have to prevent further crime and make these people stop.'. The Rocks: 115.26 per 100 people. Josh Hanrahan And Stephen Gibbs For Daily Mail Australia, Royal Family will find it 'impossible' to compromise with Sussexes. 'It's worth over a $100million,' the source said. A woman who had an affair with Ben Roberts-Smith has told a Sydney Court the war veteran punched her in the face in a Canberra Hotel Room. It is going to force some of the major criminals offshore because it is too dangerous for them to conduct business here.. It was the type of relationship that had often existed before Keep Reading, Richard Walsh (pictured above left) has been chosen as a good example of the criminality widespread in outlaw motorcycle gangs. 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Crime Sydney Man charged after allegedly shooting drivers with nail gun on busy NSW motorway By Luke Costin / Crime Almost 10kg of drugs, weapons and $1.5 million in cash seized in Sydney raids By Finbar O'Mallon / NSW News Teen charged with stealing $21,000 worth of equipment from Sydney school Rhiannon Lewin / NSW News With many of the families' leaders either dead or behind bars, the sting focused on some 300 known associates. Facing more than five years in prison, Bilal will return to the Parramatta District Court on December 11 for sentencing. 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 . Bilal Alameddine, a close cousin, is currently awaiting sentencing over his role in gun and drug running. Photo: Lindsay Murdoch, Antonio Bagnato was sentenced to death in Thailand earlier this year for murdering Wayne Schneider. News State NSW News Police declare war on . Murders are symptomatic of heightened organised crime activity, the NSW Crime Commission says in its latest annual report. The brother in a major Middle Eastern crime gang was snatched from southwest Sydney on Friday night and released 24 hours later after tense discussions between the groups. An elderly man is dead and police have been taken to hospital after a major operation in Sydney&x27;s south-west. His streak came undone there in 2012 when he was charged after trying to gamble $1.5 million in cash, which police claimed was the proceeds of crime. These 10 suburbs with the highest crime rates were; 1. Subscribe for free to get the latest breaking news and analysis sent to your inbox. The officer was parked nearby and Bilal got into the backseat of the car, pulling out a 9mm Desert Eagle pistol and two empty magazines he had stashed down his pants. There is evidence of one Sydney remitter sending $265 million overseas in eight years. Please try again. The whole thing started near Coogee Beach on Anzac Day 1935, in the premises now known as the Palace Hotel. Kamra Zolfonoon under police surveillance in Kingsgrove in 2013. He is understood to have been tortured and had his finger or ear cut off. Zolfonoon, a married father-of-one who studied electrical engineering at university, facilitated the exchange of $1.8 million in cash bound with elastic bands. 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. '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. This method is popular with Sydneys south-western based gangs who also usually use one mobile phone number, spread by word of mouth, as a central contact when customers are looking to buy. Rachad captioned the photo. 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). Tensions are at breaking point across the southwest of the city, the source claimed, with the bikie gang still empty-handed over the cocaine. We have already seen with Robert Trimbole an example of how Keep Reading, The mafia is a general term used to describe organised crime gangs of predominantly Italian ancestry around the world. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Five of the Alameddines - Talal, Rafat, Jihad, Rachad and Hamdi - appeared in Sydney courts on various matters on the same day last month. In recent years 26-year-old Talal's brother Rafat, 28, and cousins Bilal, 21, Jihad, 31, Rachad (sometimes 'Richad'), 28, and Hamdi Alameddine 27, have all faced serious criminal matters in court. "We can control what telephones they use, we can control who they bank with, we can stop their movements overseas.". He worked at his brother's Persian rug shop and had a young daughter. Runners often use hire cars to avoid detection and carry not more than 20 drug deals at a time in case they are stopped by police. "We have people dying in the street, we are sick of it.". The inter-connectedness of crime groups in pursuit of a dollar has also led to a crumbling of traditional, ethnic and geographic boundaries. Published: 04:57 GMT, 16 November 2020 | Updated: 05:32 GMT, 16 November 2020. 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. . Investigators found photographs of at least 30 $5 notes on his phone and believe the man had been involved in that many cash drops in recent weeks, totalling $16 million. 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. 'We will be targeting associates and known offenders,' Assistant Commissioner Peter Thurtell, South West Metropolitan Region Commander, said in October. He came from a farming family in Vietnam but gravitated towards gambling at an early age. 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. Policing in the 1960s and 1970s: a memoir. It's been a mont. 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"In total, police executed 66 Firearm Prohibition Order searches and crime scene warrants, charging 115 people with a combined 292 offences," NSW Police said. Safwan Charbaji, an associate of the Elmir family, was shot in that Saturday afternoon shootout at A Team Body Works. They are also looking at a brawl in which his cousin, Mohammed Hamzy, was stabbed with a metal shiv by another inmate at John Morony Correctional Centre near Windsor. Mejid Hamzy's execution has left police fearing retaliation attacks and led to a flood of police presence in the area. Operation Hawk targeted members of the Hamze and Alameddine crime families in a series of raids, starting from 6am on Thursday and concluding at 2am yesterday. But Fairfax Media has been told that the vacuum created by Schneiders death has already been filled, again with overseas-based Australian criminals, this time with strong links to the Comancheros motorcycle gang. 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