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In the second of a two-part special with rookie undercover cop "Zoe Jones", she recalls her terror trafficking 2kg of heroin through Hong Kong airport for the drug gang she had infiltrated, and the even scarier moment back in Australia when she believed the crooks had discovered she was a police officer. WARNING: Strong language
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Criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro takes us into the minds of some of Australia's worst crims, from the jailhouse genius able to convince everyone he had gone blind to the "bad, not mad" Ivan Milat. Over 41 years, his experiences have included working with both Hoddle Street killer Julian Knight as well as survivors of the massacre; assessing egotistical fraudster Alan Bond; and working with the "highly intelligent" but "extraordinarily violent" Alphonse Gangitano. He discusses whether killers are born evil, the criminals who are hardest to treat, the escalation of offenders such as Mr Cruel and what drives people to kill together. Plus, he reveals the most haunting memories of his career and names Australia's most evil.
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She was a rookie cop thrown into a daring and dangerous undercover sting. As she posed as a would-be drug mule, 'Zoe' convinced herself she would never have to become part of the overseas drug trafficking world she was trying to bring to justice - but then she did. In the first of a two-part, special Police Tape podcast, Zoe tells for the first time how she infiltrated the gang. She reveals her terror at flying to Hong Kong with two crims in tow, constant fear her cover was about to be blown, fending off demands for sex and a shocking turn of events when the gang got their hands on the drugs. WARNING: Strong language
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Mark "Scarface" Smith recalls a career of extremes, from colourful characters to senseless loss. There's the story of Chris Woods, who pretended to be a world-beating jockey and took punters for millions with his race-fixing scam, but came unstuck when he tried his con on a fellow crim. And there's one of the saddest cases he dealt with - the killing of trucker Bob Knight, a man simply doing his job who was hit by a stray bullet as "Saturday night gangsters" engaged in a reckless shootout.
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Former Detective Superintendent Nick Bingham reflects on the shocking murders he has seen in his career, breaking down as he remembers the school photo of victim Ebony Simpson and how much she resembled his own daughter, who was about the same age. Bingham talks openly about suffering PTSD towards the end of his career, in which he also investigated the separate murders of teenagers Sandra Peresan and Userph Rima and had a brush with the criminal underworld when Anthony Eustace was killed. But first he tells of the major undercover operation against a hidden drug lab that saw a remote area of the Blue Mountains set ablaze. WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT
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Gang-busting former cop Ken “Slasher” McKay on "dumb bastard" bikies, the tactics that could take down Melbourne's Apex "street thugs", the inside workings of the nation's most hardened ethnic crime gangs and why we need more targeted policing like the Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad.
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Ron Mason earned a reputation as one of our toughest cops during nearly 40 years' service, stepping up in the face of everything from waves of attacks by rioting bikers to a gunman in a stolen tank on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. But it was a family tragedy that drove his desire to join the police force, which he did at just 16, and despite his fearless attitude, some of the traumatic events he was involved in inevitably took their toll. Warning: Graphic content
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After a 31-year career investigating everything from trigger-happy armed robbers to major drug importers, former Detective Superintendent Nick Bingham has plenty of stories to tell. From a crime gang's contract to kill members of his task force to the moment a police listening device was mistaken for a bomb, he's taken events both dangerous and bizarre in his stride, but there one thing about the ongoing drugs debate that still makes him angry. WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE
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It was the shocking crime that forced even the crims to take stock. For weeks after the murder of police officer Glenn McEnallay crime in one area of Sydney simply stopped. Knowing McEnallay, former cop Ron Mason has strong views on how his killers should pay, but takes a surprising stance on some other well-known crims, including notorious Bra Boys founder Tony Hines and child killer Keli Lane.
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It was the jailhouse deal that proved Australian crime gangs had access to 11 deadly rocket launchers, but having negotiated with a killer to get his hands on one, then detective Ken McKay had to collect it. It's just one dramatic story in a career that also saw him shot at - after all, "it's a contact sport". But it's something other than the violence that truly repulses this former top cop.
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Former detective Mark 'Scarface' Smith reveals extraordinary insights from the investigation into the death of Michael Hutchence and the shocking outburst from his enraged lover Paula Yates about their wild sex life that she believed proved it wasn't suicide. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
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