Joseph Hakan Ayik, also known as Hakan Reis (born 31 January 1979) is a Turkish - Australian drug trafficker. He has an estimated net worth of 1.2 billion dollars, and was described in June 2021 as "Australia's most wanted man".
A fugitive dubbed "Australia's most wanted man" has been arrested during an elaborate attempt to cross a state border, police say. Mostafa Baluch, 33, sparked a 17-day nationwide manhunt after allegedly cutting off an ankle bracelet which had tracked his whereabouts in Sydney.
Mark Horne, 32, spent three months on the run as one of NSW's most wanted before he was caught hiding in a yacht in Darwin in January. He's avoided punishment for disappearing.
Mark Horne has been extradited to NSW after police say he was found crouched inside the hull of a yacht bound for Asia. A Queensland man has been arrested over an alleged plot to smuggle a bikie associate to South East Asia in the bottom of a yacht.
Sydney gangland fugitive Masood Zakaria arrested in Türkiye after fleeing country in 2021. A Sydney underworld figure who was allegedly on the run for more than a year has been arrested in Türkiye the ABC understands.
Joseph Hakan Ayik, also known as Hakan Reis (born 31 January 1979) is a Turkish - Australian drug trafficker. He has an estimated net worth of 1.2 billion dollars, and was described in June 2021 as "Australia's most wanted man".
Hamzy is one of Australia's most notorious prisoners. The Brothers 4 Life founder has been in prison for almost two decades after he was jailed for the murder of a teenager, Kris Toumazis, outside a Sydney nightclub in 1998. He started the Brothers 4 Life gang while in jail, after he converted to radical Islam.
Mostafa Baluch was allegedly a driving force behind an attempt to import an estimated 900 kilograms of cocaine into Australia, worth an estimated $270m.
Mary Wade (17 December 1775 – 17 December 1859) was a British teenager and convict who was transported to Australia when she was 13 years old. She was the youngest convict aboard Lady Juliana, part of the Second Fleet. Her family grew to include five generations and over 300 descendants in her own lifetime.
Ronald Ryan was the last man hanged in Australia, 50 years ago on 3 February 1967. Ryan and his accomplice Peter Walker escaped from Pentridge Prison on 19 December 1965. The escape set in motion a chain of events which would lead to Ryan's execution and, eventually, to the abolition of the death penalty in Australia.
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As the founder of Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden was responsible for masterminding several terrorist attacks. Although most infamous for the events of September 11th 2001, bin Laden originally appeared on the FBI's list two years earlier.
As of 2023, the single remaining fugitive of the 37 most-wanted drug lords is Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada who has never been arrested and incarcerated. The list of drug lords is grouped by their drug cartels. As of 2009 Mexico has offered up to 30 million pesos for the capture of each of the fugitives.
Convicted criminal Bassam Hamzy has reportedly been dethroned as the head of his clan with his younger cousin Ibrahem Hamze stepping in as the new leader. Hamzy, 42, who founded the criminal gang Brothers 4 Life, has been in prison since 1999 for murdering a teenager.
Meltem Yarar, wife of Mohammed Hamzy at the NSW Supreme Court.
Locked up in 2001 for a notorious nightclub murder and since convicted of other crimes, Hamzy is serving a 40-year prison sentence.
Ned Kelly, byname of Edward Kelly, (born June 1855, Beveridge, Victoria, Australia—died November 11, 1880, Melbourne), most famous of the bushrangers, Australian rural outlaws of the 19th century.
Flannery is rumoured to have murdered as many as 14 people, and police believe his first contract was the barrister Roger Anthony Wilson who was forced off the road, abducted, and taken to a bush in Pakenham where he was shot by Flannery. Police are yet to recover his body.
Boss – Also known as the capomandamento, capocrimine, rappresentante, don, or godfather, is the highest level in a crime family. Underboss – Also known as the "capo bastone" in some criminal organizations, this individual is the second-in-command.
Outlaw motorcycle boss Allan Meehan is extradited to Sydney from Queensland over several alleged breaches of a Serious Crime Prevention Order. A senior Comanchero bikie has swapped out his Versace gown for a suit and tie as he makes a surprise admission to allegations he breached a serious crime prevention order.
An organised crime figure who was the subject of an international manhunt after failing to appear in court in 2020 over drug importation offences claims he was tortured and given electric shocks while being held in a Turkish prison.
Those members include the alleged head of the group, Rafat Alameddine, with social media posts published in May appearing to show him in Lebanon. Mr Alameddine has not been charged with any offences related to the underworld war. "I haven't spoken to him about why he's moved," Superintendent Koutsoufis said.