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Irishman arrested over two alleged attacks

By brad | Google News - Crime Au | Comments are Closed | 30 September, 2020 | 0

The hunt for an Irish national accused of two horrific attacks in Sydney has come to an end after he was arrested in Parramatta and charged on Wednesday. Detectives located 29-year-old Patrick Farrell at an office on George St, Parramatta, about 1pm Wednesday before he was charged over an alleged one-punch assault and an unrelated

Biggest ever anti money laundering payout, but no executives criminally prosecuted – Criminal Law

By brad | Google News - Crime Au | Comments are Closed | 30 September, 2020 | 0

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Banking giant Westpac admitted this week that it systematically contravened anti money laundering and counter terrorism financing laws, and has been ordered to pay a fine of $1.3 billion – which is the biggest in Australia’s history. But many

Australian-Samoan man fights extradition over alleged plot to assassinate Samoan Prime Minister

By brad | Google News - Crime Au | Comments are Closed | 30 September, 2020 | 0

Amnesty International has raised concerns a man who’s facing extradition from Australia to Samoa may not get a fair trial if he is sent overseas. Key points: Mr Pauga has been a vocal critic of Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele He is one of four men Samoan authorities allege were involved in the assassination plot Amnesty

On the Toll shop floor, crime was big business

By brad | Google News - Crime Au | Comments are Closed | 30 September, 2020 | 0

For Japan Post, which was briefed by Toll in advance about the profit downgrade, the acquisition turned out to be a disaster. Toll was riven by internal conflict and weak governance controls, was in financial decline and suffered from corruption. Eight former Toll executives have agreed to describe, for the first time, the inner workings

Kildare man arrested over alleged assaults in Australia

By brad | Google News - Crime Au | Comments are Closed | 30 September, 2020 | 0

A Co Kildare man who served a jail sentence for the manslaughter of Leitrim student Andrew Dolan has been arrested by police in Australia in connection with two alleged assaults. Patrick Farrell was arrested in western Sydney on Wednesday and charged in connection with the alleged assaults. Three weeks ago police had issued a public

Australia’s biggest corporate fine isn’t the end of it for Westpac

By brad | Google News - Crime Au | Comments are Closed | 30 September, 2020 | 0

Paying a record A$1.3 billion fine for breaches of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act is one thing, making sure it couldn’t happen again is another. The fine agreed to by Westpac and the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) last week amounts to one-fifth of its 2019 full year net profit. Although

Mum’s fear after man grabs daughter, 2

By brad | Google News - Crime Au | Comments are Closed | 30 September, 2020 | 0

A Melbourne mum says she fears for her kids’ safety after being forced to fight off a creep who tried to snatch her two-year-old daughter. The mum was riding with her daughter and son on their way to childcare in Harkness in Melbourne’s outer west when the terrifying incident happened about 9.20am on Tuesday. The

Serious wounding, Greenslopes

By brad | QLD Police Posts | Comments are Closed | 30 September, 2020 | 0

Police are investigating after a 22-year-old man was seriously injured in Greenslopes tonight. Initial inquiries suggest just before 9pm a group attended an Earle Street address, where the man was attacked. He was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital with critical injuries and is now in a stable condition. Anyone with further information is urged

Tony Mokbel in bid for freedom over Nicola Gobbo’s involvement in his drug trafficking case

By brad | Google News - Crime Au | Comments are Closed | 30 September, 2020 | 0

Notorious Melbourne organised crime kingpin Tony Mokbel has made his first appearance in Victoria’s highest court, where he is making a bid for freedom after the Lawyer X scandal. Key points: Mokbel is appealing his 30-year drug trafficking conviction over the involvement of barrister-turned-police informer Nicola Gobbo His lawyers told the court Mokbel, who was

Former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale sentenced to seven years for sexual assault and corruption | Queensland

By brad | Google News - Crime Au | Comments are Closed | 30 September, 2020 | 0

The former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale has been sentenced to a further seven-and-a-half years imprisonment – with a non-parole period of 27 months – for 33 offences stemming from his time in office. These include fraud, official corruption, perjury, unlawful drug possession and two counts of sexual assault. Pisasale, 69, is already in prison for

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