Gangland Australia

Australia's gangland wars, from Melbourne's Carlton Crew and Chopper Read to Sydney's hitmen.

  1. Alphonse Gangitano: Life and Death, by Mick Gatto · Alphonse Gangitano was a Melbourne criminal, known as the Black Prince of Lygon Street and the public face of the underground organisation called the Carlton Crew. He was an associate of alleged organised crime figures i
  2. When Bikers Challenged the Bouncers · John Ibrahim is one of the best-known names in Sydney's nightlife history: nightclub owner and street fighter, known as the King of the Cross. This film sets out where he came from, then reads, with his permission, an ex
  3. Gangland Sydney, Part 1: The 'Psycho' Hitmen Who Picked the Wrong City · Graham Henry and Arthur "Neddy" Smith were two of Sydney's most infamous and feared gangsters through the 1970s, 80s and 90s, as feared behind bars as on the streets. They were friends and partners, until two contract ki
  4. Gangland Sydney, Part 2: The Hitmen Who Vanished Without a Trace · Part one set out who these men were. Part two is about what happened when two Melbourne hitmen, Chris "Rent-a-Kill" Flannery and Laurie Prendergast, tried to live by their own rules in Sydney. Within a few years both had
  5. Gavin 'Wrecking Ball' Preston: Prison Enforcer · On 9 September 2023, Gavin Preston was sitting with an associate outside Sweet Lulu's cafe in Keilor, a quiet suburb in Melbourne's north-west. At about 10.20am a black SUV pulled up nearby. A masked gunman got out, move
  6. The Toe Cutters v the Armed Robbers · The Toe Cutters were a Sydney gang with a simple, terrible idea. They did not rob banks or armoured vans. They waited for someone else to do it, then hunted the robbers down and took the money, by any means necessary. Ac
  7. The Psycho Hitman Who Hunted Sydney's Deadliest Gang · Jake Maloney, one of the Toe Cutters, was at a safe house in Sydney. He had fallen out with his closest associate. Someone had quietly got into the property, walked up behind him, put a silenced machine pistol to the bac
  8. The Kane Brothers v Vinnie Mikkelsen · In a Richmond pub in the 1970s, Brian Kane, a former Golden Gloves boxer and one of Melbourne's most feared standover men, was losing a fight to Vinnie Mikkelsen, who had refused a drink from him. When it was over, Mikke