Two crime families who have waged a murderous underworld battle on Sydney's streets used encrypted phone apps to advertise killings and spark "bidding wars" from hit men, police say. Key points: Almost 300 charges were laid as part of Operation Hawk crackdown Raids and searches uncovered evidence to unravel a gangland war Young men are lured into the underworld with …
MAY 2007 - Prison officers find notes in Bassam Hamzy's Lithgow jail cell referring to the Brothers 4 Life bikie gang for the first time OCTOBER 2012 - Tensions between the Bankstown and Blacktown chapters of B4L blow up with the shooting of Yehye Amood, 27 and Bassim Hijazi. Amood is killed but Hijazi survives and flees to Lebanon MARCH …
