Episode 44: Classy couple in LV and Adidas couple accused of cooking meth’
These crooks definitely didn’t do their best to hide their wealth!
A Port Melbourne couple have been charged with numerous drug trafficking offences in what appears to be an elaborate drug syndicate.
$13 million worth of cash and drugs was found in their townhouse after major police raids following a year-long investigation.
The neighbours had said that a fair amount of strange activity had been going on since the couple moved in last December – and there were a range of expensive items and accessories that had been floating around.
As we’ve seen with a number of crooks lately, not being subtle can be nail in the coffin.
The woman charged was a yoga instructor in the nearby suburb of Berwick and enjoyed collecting Louis Vuitton handbags, so it must be a bit of a shock sitting in custody and facing potential jail time.
No handbags allowed in there and she certainly won’t be able to ‘stretch’ the law this time.
Be sure to check out this episode of BUSTED to find out more about this classy couple in LV and Adidas.
Read the original story here: Herald Sun
Episode 45: ‘Bridgewater man busted flying on a fake passport’
Did this bloke really think he could get away with flying on a fake passport?
A Tasmanian man has recently been caught out by a police raid which discovered fake documents, including a fake passport used to travel internationally.
A joint operation by the AFP, Tasmanian Police, DFAT and ABF carried out a search which seized the fraudulent documents. They were shocked to also find over 4,000 steroids tablets, amphetamines plus over 1,000 counterfeit luxury brand watches and jewellery.
We just don’t know what this bloke was up to and who he may be working with overseas with these sorts of fake documents and counterfeit products.
If you hear of someone selling fake luxury watches or other black market goods, remember to get in touch with your local police or Crime Stoppers.
Be sure to check out this episode of BUSTED to find out more about this Bridgewater man busted flying on a fake passport.
Read the original story here: Hobart Mercury
Episode 46: Springvale revealed as hotspot for black market cigarettes
This is an explosive investigation by a local media outlet.
The Dandenong Leader, from South East Melbourne, have run a month-long investigation into illegal tobacco in their part of the world.
In their investigation the paper revealed Melbourne’s southeast as a hotspot for illegal tobacco, finding more than 10 Asian grocers, supermarkets and tobacconists in Springvale selling illegal tobacco.
The Leader says they found dozens of shops selling illegal tobacco, and there are probably dozens more shops they didn’t even pick up.
It’s good to finally see a news organisation really dig into the criminal side of this, as well as the impact it has on retailers.
We’ve long spoken about how illicit tobacco funds organized crime, but an anonymous tobacconist here told the Leader not selling illegal tobacco was harming their business because people were just going elsewhere.
Even Dr Sarah Wright, Director of Quit Victoria, said the enforcement environment in Victoria was lacking as well as the fact illegal tobacco can have all kinds of nasties, beyond what you usually find in legal tobacco, including mould and rat droppings.
Despite this people don’t even know what they’re getting into, or who they’re funding.
A woman here says she doesn’t feel guilty about buying illegal tobacco – we wonder if she would change her mind if she knew where they money eventually went to.
There is more to this story than just cheap smokes and it’s good to see them talk about it.
Be sure to check out this episode of BUSTED to find out more about Springvale revealed as hotspot for black market cigarettes.
Read the original story here: Dandenong Leader
Episode 47: NSW Crime Commission marks $500m in proceeds of crime busts
A momentous occasion for the NSW Crime Commission!
They have just surpassed half a billion dollars in seized goods under proceeds of crime laws since 1990.
The Crime Commission makes all kinds of seizures from the usual cash, cars, and gold but on the more unusual end of the spectrum they even seized a V8 Supercar.
Criminals love to live the high life – posing as high rollers.
Subtlety is often not a virtue for these crooks, and it can quite often be the beginning of their end.
One of the guys here - a 25-year-old ‘computer nerd’ who was selling drugs online, and then used the proceeds to buy a mansion on the NSW South Coast – was done after he bought a Maserati sports car.
And it’s not just the assets you buy with the proceeds of your crime they can seize. One Dubbo Smash Repairer lost the family home and he lost his business. As he said, he worked for 22 years to earn what his family had – and his actions lost it all for them very quickly.
His family didn’t get to keep much beside what his father-in-law left when he died.
Be sure to check out this episode of BUSTED to find out more about the NSW Crime Commissions $500m in proceeds of crime busts
Read the original story here: Daily Telegraph
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