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Perry Duffin is a crime reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald.

The night an alleged $26m gambling fraudster partied with Sportsbet’s CEO
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The night an alleged $26m gambling fraudster partied with Sportsbet’s CEO

A video has emerged purporting to show Sportsbet chief Barni Evans dancing with a high roller now accused of defrauding millions of dollars.

  • by Perry Duffin

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The breakthrough that led to childcare worker being charged with abusing 91 girls
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The breakthrough that led to childcare worker being charged with abusing 91 girls

For more than nine years detectives trawled through videos from the dark web until one vital clue was spotted in the background of one of the frames. 

  • by Cloe Read and Perry Duffin
Bondi man allegedly ensnared by ‘tentacles’ of Chinese spies, court told
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Bondi man allegedly ensnared by ‘tentacles’ of Chinese spies, court told

Alex Csergo told police he was “terrified” and “paranoid” about what would happen if he did not co-operate.

  • by Perry Duffin
Sydney’s love affair with cocaine and the carnage it has created

Sydney’s love affair with cocaine and the carnage it has created

More than almost anywhere else in the world, Sydney loves cocaine. But its craving comes at a cost, and bystanders are paying.

  • by Jordan Baker, Perry Duffin and Sarah Keoghan
Sydney’s gangs escalate war as drugs seized, top cop warns
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Sydney’s gangs escalate war as drugs seized, top cop warns

Deputy Commissioner Dave Hudson says massive drug seizures have seen criminal syndicates exact justice on those responsible within their own organisations.

  • by Perry Duffin
Bondi cocaine kingpin’s death triggers 100-strong police taskforce
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Bondi cocaine kingpin’s death triggers 100-strong police taskforce

A month-long round of shootings and killings followed Alen Moradian execution, as warring gangs vie to control Sydney’s drug market.

  • by Perry Duffin, Sarah Keoghan and Angus Dalton
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Man fights off kidnapper, crashes ute into Sydney pizza shop, in suspected gang attack
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Man fights off kidnapper, crashes ute into Sydney pizza shop, in suspected gang attack

The ute crashed into a Domino’s Pizza shop in Punchbowl as the man foiled a daylight abduction which police believe could be linked to the Comanchero bikie gang.

  • by Perry Duffin
‘Unfathomable’ shooting of lawyer heightens gang war escalation fears

‘Unfathomable’ shooting of lawyer heightens gang war escalation fears

Doctors are working to save criminal lawyer Mahmoud Abbas after a gunman shot him twice outside his family home in south-west Sydney.

  • by Perry Duffin, Sarah Keoghan and Angus Dalton
Lawyer shot outside Sydney home in ‘brazen and targeted attack’

Lawyer shot outside Sydney home in ‘brazen and targeted attack’

Criminal defence lawyer Mahmoud Abbas stumbled back to the house in south-west Sydney with wounds to his torso and leg after being shot as he climbed into his car.

  • by Sarah Keoghan, Perry Duffin and Angus Dalton
Man charged for alleged ‘ferocious’ murder of best friend’s wife in unit
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Man charged for alleged ‘ferocious’ murder of best friend’s wife in unit

Erin Mullavey, 42, was allegedly stabbed to death in Merrylands n Easter Sunday. Now a close friend has been charged with her murder.

  • by Perry Duffin and Sarah Keoghan
Tech entrepreneur missing, leading art dealer dead in suspected harbour accident
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Tech entrepreneur missing, leading art dealer dead in suspected harbour accident

Police are searching for Andrew Findlay who was aboard a fishing boat involved in the suspected accident that claimed the life of art dealer Tim Klingender.

  • by Andrew Hornery, Perry Duffin and Sarah Keoghan