Gangland puppet masters face life in prison amid organised crime crackdown
The New South Wales government has introduced strict new laws to combat gang violence in Sydney, including prosecuting children as adults for organized crime offenses. These measures follow a series of high-profile shootings and aim to target both local street gangs and offshore criminal leaders.
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The legislation represents a significant shift in juvenile justice policy in response to escalating public safety concerns regarding organized crime.
— 12:00pm , first published 10:26am
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Share A A A Children recruited by organised crime networks to carry out gang-related shootings and firebombings will be prosecuted as adults under a suite of measures announced by the Minns government to address an outbreak of violence on Sydney’s streets.
The measures, introduced in response to the mistaken identity murders of university student Marco Tapia , 23, and business owner Joshua Macdonald , 40, last week, will also target offshore kingpins and local middle men who orchestrate attacks linked to the city’s escalating gangland conflicts.
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