Last Monday’s bombing at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok killed 22 people and injured more than 100. As first responders struggled to treat casualties and secure the site in the heart of the city’s tourism …
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The Beat Mafia influencing Australian business and politics: part 2 The ABC/Fairfax investigation into organised crime in Australia has hit the international news, with Italian prosecutor Nicola Gratteri warning that increased focus on terrorism allows …
Where the al-Assad regime no longer exercises control in Syria, communities are grappling with the challenges of self-governance in an unstable political and military environment. Despite the unimpeded power of armed groups, ongoing regime bombardment …
The Beat Groomed for drug trafficking An ABC report describes how an Australian man with disabilities was groomed by internet scammers to unwittingly traffic $300,000 worth of methamphetamine to China, where he was arrested and …
The Beat New tools to fight organised crime Commenting on the UK’s Serious and Organised Crime Act 2015, Anna Sergi argues that the new law may create more problems. She considers criminalising association with organised …