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Australian police: Organized crime network faked synagogue bomb attack plot

Deputy national security commissioner says suspects prepared explosives, then informed authorities with the aim of 'changing their criminal status'

CNN · 4d

Fake plan to attack Australia synagogue fabricated by organized crime network, police say

A fake plan to attack on a Sydney synagogue using a caravan of explosives was fabricated by an organized crime network in order to divert police resources, Australian police said on Monday.

Jewish Telegraphic Agency · 3d

Antisemitic terror plot in Australia was fake and staged by a crime boss, police say

Australian Jews were facing violent incidents for months but authorities say there hasn't been a significant attack since early February.

The Times of Israel · 5d

Australian police: Organized crime network faked synagogue attack plot to divert law enforcement

A fake plan to attack on a Sydney synagogue using a caravan of explosives was fabricated by an organized crime network in order to divert police resources, Australian police say. Authorities in January found explosives in a caravan,

The Washington Post · 4d

A cache of explosives in Sydney provoked antisemitic terrorism fears. Police now say it was faked

Police in Australia say an explosives-filled trailer that politicians earlier described as an antisemitic terrorism plot and a foiled mass casualty event was staged by criminals in a complicated hoax

Agence France-Presse on MSN4d

Australian police say crime ring preyed on Jewish 'vulnerability'

Australian police said Tuesday they have charged 14 members of an organised crime ring accused of menacing the country with ...

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Australian Border Force employee charged for allegedly conspiring to smuggle drugs

A 50-year-old female Australian Border Force employee and an alleged crime figure have been charged with bribery and drug ...

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Role of crime in anti-Semitic attacks is a complicating factor, not a cleansing one

It was all a criminal hoax. That was the headline from this week’s police admission that the explosives-packed caravan found in January at Dural in Sydney’s northwest was never going to cause a mass ...

South Australian crime victims’ distress compounded hit by Australia’s worst court delays

South Australian crime victims are suffering greater distress from the country’s longest justice delays, advocates warn, amid ...

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TV reporter is robbed live on air while reporting on crime rates

A TV crew have been robbed live on air while reporting about rising crime rates. This week Channel Seven reporter Hayden ...

Organised crime a ‘terrifying new front’ in anti-Semitism crisis, says envoy

The nation’s anti-Semitism envoy says the Jewish community was “terrified” to learn organised crime groups had leveraged the ...

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Stuart MacGill: Ex-Australian cricket great guilty of involvement in cocaine deal

Ex-Australian cricket great guilty of involvement in cocaine deal - Stuart MacGill is expected to return to court on May 9 to ...

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