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Sunday World
11-07-2025
- Sunday World
Episode 1089: 'The Family' drug mob head to Ibiza
The gang have headed to Spain on a stag do Six members of The Family were arrested following the hack of an encrypted network Members of Ireland's top drug gang jetted off to Ibiza for a stag holiday amid an ongoing investigation into their business. Months after gardaí arrested the top-tier leaders of the group and announced that they had hacked their telecommunications system known as Ghost, the group known as 'The Family' are partying on regardless. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the west Dublin gang and what might happen next. MORE EPISODES
7NEWS
10-07-2025
- 7NEWS
What will happen to the now infamous 'Mushroom Murder' house?
The 'mushroom murders' trial has officially ended and Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murder. Patterson was accused of murdering three relatives by serving them a lunch of beef Wellington pastries laced with poisonous mushrooms. The meal was served at Patterson's home in the rural town of Leongatha, and with the trial concluded, what will become of the now infamous house? Australia has a long history of notorious homes and properties, each of which has had a somewhat troubled time on the market. Whether it's selling under market value, passing in, remaining empty, it appears that a property's history does leave a mark. Here are some of the sales records of Australia's most infamous homes. The home of notorious cult 'The Family' Recently, the former headquarters of notorious cult 'The Family' hit the market with a price guide of $1.5 to $1.65 million. This is the first time the property, previously known as the 'Santiniketan Lodge', has been on the market since it was purchased by the cult in the 1960s. The Ferny Creek property gained infamy after it was used as the home and headquarters for the religious sect led by former yoga teacher Anne Hamilton-Byrne. In 1987, a police raid exposed illegal adoption and child abuse. Hamilton-Byrne had more than 20 children under her control and was accused of starvation, physical abuse, brainwashing and dosing them with LSD. The property is still currently on the market with the listing here, The Easey Street murder house This humble two-bedroom worker's cottage in Collingwood belies a grizzly past. 147 Easey Street, Collingwood was the site of one of Victoria's most brutal double murders. In 1977, housemates Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Barlett were violently murdered in the home in a case that became known as the 'Easey Street murders'. For decades the case remained unsolved, however new DNA evidence has led to a man being extradited from Italy to stand trial. After gaining notoriety for all the wrong reasons, the house stood empty for six years after the crime. It was eventually sold 34 years later in 2011 for $571,000. The property most recently changed hands in 2017, when it sold for $1.095 million. A figure lower than the $1.2 million range that comparable properties in the area were selling for. The Lin family murder house Over in North Epping, New South Wales, is the home of the brutal Lin family murders. In July 2009, news agency proprietor Min Lin, his wife, Yun Lin, their sons, Henry and Terry, and Yun Lin's sister, Irene Lin were murdered in their home. Min's and Yun's brother-in-law Lian Bin "Robert" Xie was later charged with the murders and is serving multiple life sentences in prison. The house remained empty until it was sold three years after the crimes in 2012 for $766,000. Records suggest that comparable properties in the area were selling in the range of $900,000 to $950,000. A press release at the time said the contract would provide "full disclosure of events that took place in the property". The house has since been sold again in 2021 for $1.87 million. The Sydney apartment where Lisa Harnum was murdered In further proof that a home's tragic past can affect its future sales, in 2015 the Sydney apartment where Lisa Harnum was murdered passed in at auction. The property was expected to fetch in excess of $2 million. Due to disclosure laws, the property contract at the time stated: "The vendor discloses a criminal homicide occurred from the balcony of the property in July 2011 when a previous tenant occupied the property." In 2011, Simon Gittany murdered his fiancée Lisa Harnum by throwing her from the balcony after she tried to leave him. Gittany is now serving a 26 year prison sentence. While 1503/157 Liverpool Streethas not sold since it was built in 2010, it has been a rental and is currently available for rent at $1,900 per week. The 'Snowtown murders' house and bank Perhaps one of the most macabre cases in Australian history are the Snowtown 'bodies in the barrels' murders. Between 1992 and 1999, John Justin Bunting, Robert Joe Wagner and James Spyridon Vlassakis murdered 12 people. Many of the bodies were discovered in barrels in an abandoned bank vault. The town became infamous, particularly after the 2011 feature film, but the site itself became synonymous with the brutal murders. The former bank, and attached four-bedroom house, has been sold four times since the grizzly discovery. It was most recently listed for sale in 2012 and sold for $190,000. At the time the listing proclaimed the sale was a chance to "Purchase a piece of Australian History!" The listing also noted "Buyers should note that illegal activities were conducted in the old bank building and you should enquire to the nature of these activities prior to bidding."
Sunday World
06-07-2025
- Sunday World
Key members of ‘The Family' drugs gang splash the cash after jetting off to Ibiza
Suspected gang members were spotted living it up on the party island last month after flying out from Ireland to celebrate an upcoming wedding Six people were arrested after the network was hacked Six people were arrested after the network was hacked Key members of 'The Family' drugs gang splashed the cash after jetting off to Ibiza for a stag weekend — just months after gardai looked to have smashed the mob by hacking into their encrypted phone network. The suspected gang members were spotted living it up on the party island last month after flying out from Ireland to celebrate an upcoming wedding. A source said the party included a number of key associates of the leader of 'The Family' mob, as well as a 'tech expert' who operated the Ghost encrypted phone network for the west Dublin gang. However, the source claimed one of the gang leaders pulled out at the last minute because he believed he was under surveillance. Six people were arrested after the network was hacked The Ghost network claimed to provide criminals with devices that could not be infiltrated by police due to a special triple-encryption system. A source told the Sunday World that 'no expense' was spared with members of the gang splashing the cash on the weekend trip. Known as 'The Family', the gang have filled the void left by the demise of the Kinahan Cartel and are regarded as major importers of cocaine and heroin into the country. However, it appeared that gardai had effectively brought down the leadership of gang when they carried out a series of raids in March. Three brothers, including the overall gang boss, were among six people arrested as part of country's first major encrypted phone hack case. Six people were arrested after the network was hacked Today's News in 90 Seconds - July 6th The arrested men also included a 'tech expert' who is suspected of selling and maintaining the encrypted communication devices. They were held after gardai accessed the gang's day-to-day business when the encrypted network Ghost network was hacked last September as part of an international policing operation. After the Ghost network was compromised, gardai seized €15.2m of cocaine, €350,000 in cash, €320,000 worth of cannabis and a further €100,000 of heroin from the gang following 33 searches and the seizure of 42 devices. A further 153 electronic devices were also seized from suspected gang members at that time. But days after their arrests, the gang's leaders were released without charge — with a file being prepared for the DPP — despite the wealth of evidence exposed on the encrypted phones. To date, Ireland has remained an outlier when it comes to prosecutions involving evidence against criminal groups and individuals discovered on encrypted networks. An Garda Siochana have failed to bring any cases relating to the Encrochat takedown despite the fact that numerous successful prosecutions have been taken in Northern Ireland and hundreds of networks have been dismantled and jailed in the UK. It is understood that the evidence against the leadership of 'The Family' found on the phones is overwhelming but, months later, the DPP has yet to give direction on charges. Last year, gardai teamed up with their international partners after French authorities broke into two Ghost network servers and made contact with Europol. The investigation subsequently revealed that Australia and Ireland were the two countries with the greatest use of the Ghost system. As well as 'The Family', a Wicklow-based crime gang were also on the devices, and a separate Irish crime group was supplying and operating the phones. Despite the fact that the Ghost encrypted phone network was used almost exclusively for organised crime, it was run by a 'computer geek'. Jay Je Yoon Jung, (32), from Sydney in Australia, has been charged with allegedly creating and administering the Ghost network from a room in his parents' quiet suburban home. Even while running the Ghost network, he continued to work for his parents' commercial cleaning business in the Sydney suburb of Narwee. According to neighbours, he was the polite and quiet 'perfect son' who was well-known for his love of karaoke.
The Irish Sun
29-06-2025
- The Irish Sun
Four Irish arrested in Spain after cops smash drugs gang smuggling cocaine & hash hidden in machinery to Ireland & UK
FOUR Irish nationals have been arrested on the Costa Blanca after Spanish cops smashed a drugs gang. The Nearly 85kgs of coke was seized in the operation, as well as two guns. The cocaine was stashed inside a drilling machine due to be shipped to Police sources say another 340kgs of cannabis resin linked to the It had been sent via a company in the south-eastern READ MORE IRISH NEWS Spanish cops are said to have launched the probe on June 2 after a transport firm based in Murcia reported the arrest of one of its drivers in France a few days earlier. He was lifted following the discovery of the cannabis resin hidden on his lorry, bound for A Murcia court authorised detectives to put trackers on the company's vehicles. And cops were monitoring as one of the four suspects dropped off the industrial drilling machine due to be shipped to Dublin. MOST READ ON THE IRISH SUN Police then discovered the cocaine inside, which they removed before allowing the shipment be sent to Ireland on June 13 so Spanish cops then swooped, lifting the four Irish nationals across the Costa Blanca. The suspects, who have not been named, were freed on bail after appearing in Cops have yet to make any official comment amid the ongoing criminal probe. But further arrests have not been ruled out. In March a Spanish-Irish investigation into the Dublin gang known as The Family resulted in the seizure of around €30million of drugs and the arrests of 20 people. They hid the narcotics in vehicles that were fitted out with secret compartments. 1 The criminal operation was smuggling cocaine and hash hidden in industrial machinery to Ireland and the UK Credit: Getty
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First Post
29-06-2025
- Entertainment
- First Post
The Family Man 3: 'Paatal Lok' fame Jaideep Ahlawat and Nimrat Kaur join Manoj Bajpayee, share first glimpse of new season
'The wait is over. New season. New mission. #TheFamilyManOnPrime, coming soon in 2025,' Prime Video posted on its official social media handles along with the teaser. read more Actors Jaideep Ahlawat and Nimrat Kaur are the new nemesis of Manoj Bajpayee's spy Srikant Tiwary in the upcoming third season of 'The Family', streaming service Prime Video has announced. The OTT platform on Friday shared the first glimpse of the new season of the series, which will see Bajpayee reprise his character of Tiwari, a middle-class guy and a world-class spy. 'The wait is over. New season. New mission. #TheFamilyManOnPrime, coming soon in 2025,' Prime Video posted on its official social media handles along with the teaser. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Coming this year, season 3 raises the stakes as Srikant faces off against formidable new adversaries in Jaideep Ahlawat and Nimrat Kaur, finding himself navigating uncharted territories while confronting threats and enemies from both within and beyond the nation's borders. Returning in pivotal roles this season are Priyamani (Suchitra Tiwari), Sharib Hashmi (JK Talpade), ¬Ashlesha Thakur (Dhriti Tiwari), and Vedant Sinha (Atharv Tiwari), among others. Creators, directors, and writers, Raj & DK shared their vision for Season 3, 'With each season, we challenge ourselves to elevate the story, scale, and performances, making them even more entertaining than the last. We're grateful for our fans' patience. Season 3 will push Srikant and his team to their limits, plunging them into a world of intense danger and personal challenges that will profoundly shake their bonds, all while Srikant simultaneously grapples with a new family dynamic. They'll face off against formidable new nemeses, and we're thrilled to announce that Jaideep and Nimrat will be joining our cast as these exciting antagonists. The Prime Video team has been a fantastic collaborator in bringing this new season to life."
