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Please see the discussion on the talk page. | Crime in Sydney has been part of the city since the earliest days as a prison colony. Some have argued Sydney's population has maintained a scepticism towards authority[citation needed]. The Rum corps, a moniker for several successive British regiments that served as prison guards, were probably Sydney's first taste of organised crime. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ...
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The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of 4,119,190, and 151,920 in the City of Sydney, as of the 2006 census. ...
The New South Wales Corps (also known as the Rum Corps and the Botany Bay Rangers) were the first foot soldiers to serve in Australia, in the then colony of New South Wales. ...
Organized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. ...
Sydney's development into a major sea port, with the combination of various penal institutions, corrupt authorities, gold rushes and increasing wealth encouraged the growth of a criminal element.
Early 20th century
Thanks to endemic police and political corruption, organised crime activities grew and flourished in Sydney during the 20th century[citation needed]. One of the most notorious and lucrative criminal operations in the early part of the 1900s was the legendary Thommo's Two-up School, a vastly profitable illegal gaming operation, based on the Australian coin-tossing game "Two-up" that operated continuously in various locations in Sydney until well after WWII. Despite the fact that Thommo's was known and frequented by hundreds of thousands of Sydneysiders and that it operated for decades, in the late 1960s the then NSW Commissioner of Police, Norman Allan (believed by many to have been corrupt), was still publicly denying the fact that Thommo's existed[citation needed]. Two-up is a gambling game, and one of Australias many contributions to the world of gambling. ...
NSW is a three-letter acronym that refers to: New South Wales, a state of the Commonwealth of Australia U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
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Post-WWII Illegal gaming houses, brothels and "sly-grog shops" (illegal alcohol outlets) operated freely in the inner city throughout the 1900s, thanks to on-going protection by corrupt police. One of the most notorious gambling clubs of the postwar period, the Forbes Club, located in Forbes St, Darlinghurst, conducted its business with impunity for years, despite the fact that it was openly signposted and was located only metres from the Darlinghurst Police Station[citation needed]. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
A brothel, also known as a bordello or whorehouse, is an establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution, providing the prostitutes a place to meet and to have sex with the clients. ...
A sly grog shop (or shanty) is an Australian term for an unlicensed hotel or liquor-store, often with the added suggestion of selling poor-quality liquor; a place where alcoholic beverages are sold by an unlicensed vendor. ...
Darlinghurst is an inner eastern suburb of Sydney, Australia. ...
1960s In the late 1960s, following the 1965 election of the Liberal state government headed by Robert Askin, there was a drastic realignment of criminal activities as the old ALP-protected networks dissolved. One of the most controversial claims about the Sydney crime scene at this time, reported by crime writer David Hickie in his book The Prince and the Premier, is the allegation that Askin was corrupt and that he regularly received huge cash payments from illegal gaming operators like Perc Galea in return for political and police protection[citation needed]. Many still dispute this allegation, but after his death it was revealed that Askin's multi-million dollar estate was worth vastly more than he could have legally earned, and this has been seen by many as confirmation of his corruption. The Honourable Sir Robert William Askin, GCMG, (Born Sydney, April 4, 1907; Died September 9, 1981. ...
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During 1967, as rival gang leaders fought to gain control of Sydney's crime industry, there was a series of highly-publicised murders including infamous brothel owners Joe Borg, who was killed by one of Australia's first car bombs, and Richard Gabriel Reilly, who was shot to death in broad daylight in his car as he was leaving his mistress' home in Double Bay[citation needed]. Car bomb in Iraq, made from a number of concealed artillery shells in the back of a pickup truck. ...
Double Bay is a harbourside suburb of Sydney, Australia, lying about 3 kilometres east of the central business district (CBD) in the Woollahra Local Government Area. ...
The Reilly case became a cause celebre for investigative journalists, and David Hickie claims that Reilly's kept numerous highly detailed diaries, which were found after his murder[citation needed]. The diaries reputedly contained the names and details of all Reilly's criminal contacts, as well as those of many police, politicians and prominent Sydney society figures with whom he had dealings. According to Hickie, these diaries would have blown the lid off the Sydney organised crime scene and its connections to public corruption, but he alleges that at Commissioner Allan's direction, the diaries were carefully scrutinised and their contents relayed to him and Premier Askin and then deliberately suppressed to keep their explosive contents secret.
One of the main beneficiaries of the Gang Wars of 1967 was Sydney's so-called "Mr Big" of organised crime, Lenny McPherson[citation needed]. He is generally thought to have masterminded the killing of several rivals, including Reilly, and from the late 1960s onwards he became the most feared and powerful crime figure in the city. Most significantly, it is widely believed that McPherson initiated contacts between Australian crime figures, Asian crime syndicates and the American Mafia. One of the key events in this process was beginning the McPherson-sponsored visit of Mafia hitman Joseph Dan Testa in 1969. born leonardlenny arthur mcpherson on the 19 may 1921,known as sydneys mr big died in cessnock gaol 1996 age 75. ...
The term Mafia (sometimes referred to as Cosa Nostra, Mafioso, or Black Hand, there are differences), refers to Italian criminal secret societies which developed in Sicily most notably developed in the mid-19th century. ...
The term Mafia (sometimes referred to as Cosa Nostra, Mafioso, or Black Hand, there are differences), refers to Italian criminal secret societies which developed in Sicily most notably developed in the mid-19th century. ...
A hitman (alternately, hit man), also referred to as a contract killer, is a hired assassin, usually in the employ of organized crime. ...
1970s From this beginning, McPherson and his allies are alleged to have laid the groundwork for Mafia infiltration of the Australian illegal drug trade and the vast expansion of heroin trafficking in Australia and South-East Asia that took place in the 1970s. McPherson's opening of connections with the Mafia is also thought to have been a pivotal action in the ongoing campaign to introduce poker machines (slot machines) into NSW, and this is reinforced by persistent claims that some of the leading poker machine manufacturers were controlled by the Mafia[citation needed]. Slot machines in the Trump Taj Mahal A slot machine (American English), fruit machine (British English), or poker machine (Australian English) is a certain type of casino game. ...
One of the most revealing cases concerning the connections between NSW police and organised crime came in the early 1970s with the so-called Arantz Case. Phillip Arantz was a NSW Police computer expert who was charged with overseeing the computerisation of police crime statistics. During the course of this program it became obvious to Arantz that the police were persistently under-reporting serious crime incidents and it soon became evident to him that he had uncovered a systematic program of suppression of information, the obvious aim of which was to protect corrupt police who were involved in or being paid off by Sydney organised crime networks[citation needed]. Phillip Arantz was a member of the New South Wales Police. ...
Arantz reported his suspicions to the then Commissioner, Norman Allan, but his claims were dismissed and he soon discovered that Allan had no intention of allowing Arantz's findings to become public. Frustrated by this official obstruction, Arantz became one of Australia's first "whistle blowers" when he leaked details of the disparities between the actual and reported crime statistics to the Sydney press. As a result, he was targeted by Allan in a deliberate campaign of harassment and vilification -- he was suspended, subjected to a forced psychiatric evaluation and eventually dishonourably discharged from the force. It would be almost twenty years before Arantz could finally clear his name, by which time Allan and Askin were both long dead. A whistleblower is someone in an organization who witnesses behavior by members that is either contrary to the mission of the organization, or threatening to the public interest, and who decides to speak out publicly about it. ...
Whilst enjoying a relatively low crime-rate by world standards, the city is a noteworthy crime spot in Australia, with a significantly higher crime rate than Melbourne (see Crime in Melbourne) or other major cities[citation needed]. Nearby Newcastle, New South Wales has similar crime-related issues, (see Crime in Newcastle). Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ...
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia has a lower crime rate than Sydney, and it is a reasonably safe city by world standards. ...
Newcastle CBD Newcastle is the seventh largest and the second oldest city in Australia [1] and the second largest in the state of New South Wales. ...
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Criminal behaviour remains a problem in many parts of Sydney today. The major changes in criminal behaviour have been in the patterns of crime -- most notably, the incidence of violent crimes decreased markedly during the 1900s as living standards rose, despite persistent media claims to the contrary. However there has been a major increase in drug-related crime, principally property crimes (burglary and theft) caused by the massive increase in drug trafficking since the 1970s. A rough estimate is that as much as 90% of property crime in Sydney is drug-related[citation needed]. DEA Operation Mallorca, 2005 Drugs are related to crime in multiple ways. ...
Prominent cases Despite the general fall in their incidence, Sydney has witnessed a long string of sensational violent crimes. One of the most enduring crime mysteries is the Bogle-Chandler case, still unsolved, in which the naked bodies of a CSIRO scientist and his lover were discovered on the banks of a river[citation needed]. In 1963 Sydney was the scene of Australia's first kidnapping, when schoolboy Graham Thorne was kidnapped and killed after his father won the Sydney Opera House Lottery[citation needed]. This was followed in 1964 by the still-unsolved murders of two Sydney schoolgirls at Wanda Beach in Sydney's south. In 1967 one of Australia's first hostage sieges took place in the outer southwestern suburb of Glenfield, when Wally Mellish held his de facto wife and child hostage at gunpoint for several days. Other notorious cases in more recent years include the Strathfield Massacre, the infamous North Shore Granny Murders, the disappearance of Bondi school girl Samantha Knight, the insanely savage rape, torture and murder of Anita Cobby and the Backpacker Murders carried out by psychopathic serial killer Ivan Milat. The Bogle-Chandler case refers to the mysterious deaths of Dr Gilbert Bogle and Mrs Margaret Chandler on the banks of the Lane Cove River in Sydney on January 1, 1963. ...
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is the national government body for scientific research in Australia. ...
Wanda Beach or Wanda is the northernmost patrolled beach in Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia. ...
There are at least three places called Glenfield Glenfield is the county town of Leicestershire in England. ...
On August 17, 1991, around 1pm, 33-year-old Wade Frankum went to the Strathfield Plaza, a shopping mall in Sydney, Australia. ...
John Wayne Glover; police mugshot The North Shore Granny Murders was the name given to a series of murders of elderly females in Sydneys North Shore district from 1989 to 1990. ...
Bondi is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...
Anita wins Miss Western Suburbs Charity Queen The Anita Cobby murder was the name given to the murder of 26 year old Australian nursing sister and beauty pageant winner, Anita Cobby, on February 2, 1986. ...
Ivan Robert Marko Milat (born December 27, 1944 in Guildford) is a Croatian-Australian serial killer who murdered several tourists and hitchhikers in the 1980s and 1990s. ...
King's Cross Perhaps the most notorious place in Sydney in terms of criminal history is Kings Cross. Located in inner eastern Sydney, "The Cross" has a long history of prostitution, illegal gaming, sex clubs, drug dealing, "shooting galleries" (places frequented by intravenous drug users), police corruption and murder. It was the backdrop for the mysterious and famous disappearance in 1975 of Juanita Nielsen, an heiress who opposed high-rise development there. A NSW Royal Commission into gambling in the 1970s estimated that the annual turnover from organised crime in NSW was far in excess of the total NSW state government budget. The Wood Royal Commission into police corruption in the 1990s found widespread corruption amongst the various police units at Kings Cross, resulting in several long-term changes to policing in New South Wales[citation needed]. Kings Cross intersection in the 1950s Kings Cross is an inner-city locality of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...
Retail selling Street selling is the bottom of the chain and can be accomplished through purchasing from prostitutes, through cloaked retail stores or refuse houses for users in the act located in red-light districts which often also deal in paraphernalia, dealers marketing merriment at night clubs and other events...
Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Juanita Nielsen (1937 – ?) was an Australian journalist who was allegedly kidnapped and murdered on 4 July 1975. ...
The Royal Commission into the New South Wales Police Service (Wood Royal Commission) was held in the State of New South Wales, Australia between 1994 and 1997. ...
For the band, see 1990s (band). ...
Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 50 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $305,437 (1st) - Product per capita $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006) - Population 6,817,100 (1st) - Density 8. ...
Other problem areas Other problem areas in Sydney include: the western suburbs of Cabramatta (which became notorious in the 1990s for illegal drugs being openly sold in its streets and at its railway station by juvenile drug dealers, and for the political assassination of John Newman in 1994);Mtdruitt postal area (MountyCounty), Punchbowl and Lakemba (focal points of much ethnic tension and ethnic-based crime); and the southern inner city suburb of Redfern (known for a politically-sensitive failed indigenous housing development called 'The Block', drug-related crimes and an infamous riot in February 2004)[1]. Cabramatta shops Cabramatta is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia, It is part of the Local Government Areas in Australia Local Government Area of the City of Fairfield, 32 km south-west of the Sydney CBD. It is predominantly populated by Vietnamese people, but many other Asian...
For the band, see 1990s (band). ...
John Paul Newman, born John Naumenko, (December 8, 1946 - September 5, 1994) was a member of the New South Wales state parliament and Member for the seat of Cabramatta. ...
Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ...
Punchbowl is a suburb, in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...
Lakemba is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...
Redfern is a surname, and may refer to Harry Redfern, British architect Jamie Redfern, Australian pop singer Jeff Redfern, fictional character from Doonesbury Nick Redfern, British ufologist Rick Redfern, fictional character from Doonesbury William Redfern, early Australian surgeon See also Redfern, New South Wales coitus interruptus - to get off at...
DEA Operation Mallorca, 2005 Drugs are related to crime in multiple ways. ...
In the winter of 2000 a series of four gang rapes occurred, in which gangs of up to 18 men abducted and violently raped women. These incidents led to harsh new sentences for gang rape in New South Wales. Bilal Skaf - led and orchestrated the three August 2000 attacks. ...
For the domesticated crop plant called rape, see rapeseed. ...
See also The 5T was a Vietnamese crime gang active in the Cabramatta area of Sydney, Australia in the final two decades of the 20th century. ...
The Bogle-Chandler case refers to the mysterious deaths of Dr Gilbert Bogle and Mrs Margaret Chandler on the banks of the Lane Cove River in Sydney on January 1, 1963. ...
// Foundation and growth Governor Lachlan Macquarie In 1770 Captain James Cook sailed along the east coast of Australia, the first European to do so. ...
The Rocks Push was a notorious gang, which dominated the Sydney Rocks area (The Rocks) of Sydney, Australia from 1870s to the end of the 1890s. ...
Police observing crowds prior to confrontations The 2005 Cronulla riots were a series of ethnically motivated mob confrontations which originated in and around Cronulla, a beachfront suburb of Sydney, Australia. ...
References - ^ Fifty police injured in Redfern riot
External links - NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics
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