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Listen as undercover detective Colin Mclaren infiltrates the Australian mafia for 37 months. Eventually bringing them down and stopping mafia from drug conspiracies, murders and mayhem. Colin takes you inside the life of an undercover cop who’s sole purpose is to find the bomber of the National Crime Authority building in Adelaide, which killed police officer Geoffrey Bowen and changed Australia's innocence forever. Mclaren takes us through the journey that eventually bought justice for his murdered colleague and friend and ultimately resulted in the greatest Australian mafia Sting of all time.

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The Sting

Ten years ago, on December 15, 2014, a gunman stormed a Sydney café, taking 18 hostages in a harrowing ordeal that shook the nation.
 
Over the next 17 hours, the siege ended with the terrorist being shot dead, the tragic loss of two innocent lives, and a scar left on Australia's heart.
 
Louisa Hope and her mother entered the Lindt Café that morning, unknowingly walking into a nightmare that would leave them wheeled out on stretchers, forever changed.
 
In this re-released series, explore the chilling events of that day and hear how Louisa has rebuilt her life a decade on.
 
This is Louisa’s story—a compelling firsthand account of courage, survival, and resilience from a day that changed Australia forever: The Sydney Siege.
 
 

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Introducing The Sydney Siege

Listen as undercover detective Colin Mclaren infiltrates the Australian mafia for 37 months. Eventually bringing them down and stopping mafia from drug conspiracies, murders and mayhem.
 
Colin takes you inside the life of an undercover cop who’s sole purpose is to find the bomber of the National Crime Authority building in Adelaide, which killed police officer Geoffrey Bowen and changed Australia's innocence forever.
 
Mclaren takes us through the journey that eventually bought justice for his murdered colleague and friend and ultimately resulted in the greatest Australian mafia Sting of all time.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Introducing -The Sting

Meet Colin Mclaren and hear his journey as an undercover cop, from a dead junkie in a fast food bathroom to watching a famous singer give sexual favors for drugs, all part of his quest to bust the Australian Mafia. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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The Pop Princess That Popped A Turk

Colin quickly transitions from being a beat cop in Melbourne to trying to apprehend some of Australia's worst criminals, like Dennis Allen, one of the worst criminals of the 1990s. He worked on the case of the man who killed two police officers in Melbourne and the case of the pedophile, rapist, and murderer. Everything culminates in him visiting Griffith to infiltrate the Mafia.
 
 
 
 

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The Secret Squirrels

Colin builds his cover story with the Mafia in Griffith, he is an art delaer that can wash money and can buy and sell drugs 
 
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Colin the Dodgy Art Dealer

Colin is in deeper and deeper with the mob; he’s close to nailing them, but then a bomb explodes at the NCA building in Adelaide, and he has to move fast and take down the Griffith mob. 
 
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Taking Down The Griffith Mob

While working on bringing the Griffith Mafia down, a parcel bomb explodes in the National Crime Authority building in Adelaide. It kills detective Sgt Geoffy Bowen and Colin is asked to lead 'The Sting' to catch a cop killer
 
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The Bombing

Colin and his operatives start to infiltrate a mafia cell in Adelaide, the sting this time is to set up a clandestine drug lab, catch them in the act, and then swoop. It was also about getting a confession from the man who they thought had committed the NCA bombing. 
 
 
 
 

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Breaking Bad...Guys

In this episode, Colin and his team have all the evidence, and all they need to do is hand it over to the Department of Public Prosecutions in Adelaide, to take the matter to the Supreme Court. But it’s not that easy. 
 
 
 
 

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The Dodgy DPP

Colin leaves the police; he puts all of his evidence on hold and waits patiently for a conviction.
 
He starts a restaurant and goes on about his life.. But it’s not over.
 
A death threat, multiple country hops and a very long wait … waiting for a conviction.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Waiting For A Conviction

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