This 60 Minutes story from 2021 is the culmination of a decade of work by Nick McKenzie, where he follows the hunt for Australia's most wanted criminal, suspected Turkish-Australian drug trafficker Hakan Ayik. Ayik was arrested in Turkey in November 2023, alongside 36 others involved in an “international armed organised crime” group

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Synopsis | The Facebook Gangster (2021)
For investigative reporter Nick McKenzie, this story is the result of a decade of work. It's the hunt for Australia's most wanted criminal, a rat-cunning, ruthless gangster who has made an eye-watering fortune importing massive quantities of drugs into Australia. Law enforcement authorities call the criminal network he helps to operate "The Aussie Cartel", but now, after years on the run outwitting the cops, his arrogance could be about to lead to his downfall. By linking top-secret intelligence with multiple online clues – including some of this man's remarkably careless Facebook and Instagram activity – McKenzie has discovered the location of the crook's secret hideout.

VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
02:17 the thirteen year search for Hakan Ayik
03:22 AFP Investigator Roland Singor
04:28 Hakan Ayi bikie crime collaboration
05:03 Ayik flees Australia
06:25 Corruption in Australia’s ports and airports
07:53 Encrypted phones
09:25 Former Australian Criminal intelligence Commission CEO, Michael Phelan
11:00 The Aussie Cartel
13:36 Bikie gangs infiltrate quantas
15:36 Hakan Ayik internet trail
18:30 Hakan Ayik renounces his Australian citizenship


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