Australian woman Donna Nelson has been found guilty of trafficking drugs into Japan. Here is how the two-year saga unfolded and what happens next.
'It feels like we're going backwards': Experts call for a rethink of NSW's response to drugs
While fatal overdoses in NSW are increasing, so are harms related to service gaps in the healthcare and law enforcement sectors.
Photo shows An anonymous woman wearing a hat looks outwards, while pondering, towards a Sydney harbourRemaining Bali Nine members unlikely to be transferred before end of year, as discussions continue
Australia's home affairs minister and Indonesia's top law minister say there is a lot of goodwill to seal an unprecedented prisoner transfer for the five remaining members of the Bali Nine drug smuggling group — despite a lack of laws to facilitate it.
Photo shows An image of Scott Rush, Matthew Norman, Chen Si-Yi, Martin Stephens, and Michael CzugajHopes for radical change as drug summit kicks off
The Sydney sessions of the New South Wales drug summit begin tomorrow with one of Australia's peak medical bodies demanding radical reform.
Has Video Duration: 9 minutes 24 seconds.'Whole of society discussion': Peak specialist medical body issues demand for drug decriminalisation
Australia's largest specialist medical society has called for a number of illicit drugs to be decriminalised across the country.
Photo shows An officer holding a plastic bag containing smaller bags of white powder.Comanchero bikie charged over Australia's largest ever cocaine bust
A transnational organised crime syndicate with links to the Comancheros is alleged to have attempted to bring 2.34 tonnes of cocaine into Australia.
Photo shows Comanchero Bikie Charged: A fishing trawler in a marina.Has Video Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds.A Queensland coastal town becomes the scene of Australia's largest-ever cocaine bust
From an unassuming boat moored in the Hervey Bay boat harbour, police were unloading 2.34 tonnes of cocaine — Australia's largest cocaine seizure. But why Hervey Bay?
Photo shows Close-up of the cocaine bricks.Possible deal to transfer remaining Bali 9 inmates to Australia
The Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke will discuss a potential deal to transfer home the remaining Bali 9 drug smuggling inmates in Jakarta today.
Photo shows Possible prisoner transfer: Faces of five men from Bali 9 who remain in jails in Indonesia.Has Video Duration: 2 minutes 24 seconds.Largest cocaine seizure in Australian history
The 2.3-tonne cocaine haul was intercepted off the Queensland coast and is believed to be worth an estimated $760 million.
Photo shows Record cocaine seizure: Blocks wrapped in brown paper, bundled in plastic sheeting with AFP tape around it.Has Video Duration: 2 minutes .Bali Nine dare to dream of coming home as Indonesian president mulls transfer to Australia
For almost 20 years, the Bali Nine have lived day by day behind bars in Indonesia. Now, the one day they have dreamed of more than anything else may be close.
Photo shows A man looks at a pin-sized object in his hand in front of a metal machineColombia uncovers new Australian drug trafficking route after Pacific Ocean cocaine bust
A wood and fibreglass semi-submersible vessel was intercepted in the Pacific Ocean as part of a six-week operation that seized 225 tonnes of cocaine.
Photo shows Two people wearing red life jackets sitting on a long blue vessel partially submerged in the oceanIndonesian minister signals approval for potential release of Bali Nine on return to Australia
A senior Indonesian minister says Jakarta could respect any Australian decision about what happens to Bali Nine members who return home in a proposed prisoner transfer deal.
Photo shows Yusril Ihza Mahendra wearing a white shirt with sleeves leaning over a microphone and gesturing with his left handAlleged smuggler had meth-soaked cow onesie in suitcase bound for Sydney
The onesie was one of 12 items "caked in methamphetamine" that Raj Matharu allegedly packed in two suitcases and tried to sneak aboard a plane.
Photo shows Close up of a cow pajama outfit inside a suitcase that is soaked in methamphetamineFormer superyacht operator sentenced over Newcastle cocaine importation, people smuggling
James Blake Blee has been sentenced to at least seven years and six months in prison for his role in the importation of cocaine into the Port of Newcastle.
Photo shows A man in sunglasses stands before a large boat on a sunny day'Why didn't she just tell the truth?' Japanese prosecutors want 10 years in jail for Perth gran, drug trial hears
Prosecutors in Japan call for an Australian grandmother accused of importing 2 kilograms of methamphetamine to be jailed for 10 years as her trial draws to a close.
Photo shows An Indigenous woman and a toddler look at the camera for a photo.The young Australians who became known as the Bali Nine
In 2005, nine Australians were arrested in Indonesia over a heroin smuggling plot. Only one of them returned home to Australia.
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Photo shows An image of Scott Rush, Matthew Norman, Chen Si-Yi, Martin Stephens, and Michael CzugajIndonesian minister says Jakarta has agreed to return remaining Bali Nine members to Australia
An Indonesian minister says Jakarta has agreed to return the five remaining members of the so-called Bali Nine drug smuggling ring, who are currently serving life sentences in the South-East Asian country, to Australia.
Photo shows Bali Nine pair, Si Yi Chen and Matthew Norman, sit staring at the cameraFive remaining Bali Nine members could be set to return to Australia
Australian men Scott Rush, Matthew Norman, Si-Yi Chen, Martin Stephens, and Michael Czugaj are currently serving life sentences for their involvement in a heroin smuggling plot in 2005.
Photo shows An image of Scott Rush, Matthew Norman, Chen Si-Yi, Martin Stephens, and Michael CzugajPerth grandmother tells trial she was tricked into carrying suitcase of drugs into Japan
A Perth grandmother alleging a romance scammer tricked her into trafficking drugs to Japan tells her criminal trial she did not suspect she was being tricked because she was never asked for money.
Photo shows A court sketch of a woman with dark skin in a suit wearing handcuffs.Nineteen charged and $80m in cannabis seized from alleged international crime syndicate
Police say they have successfully disrupted a transnational crime network operating in New South Wales, after raids across Sydney and the Illawarra.
Photo shows A shed full of cannabis plantsAccused Perth drug smuggler travelled overseas to meet other romantic interests before alleged Japan 'love scam', trial told
A Perth grandmother who claims a love scammer tricked her into taking two kilograms of methamphetamine into Japan has told a court she had met romantic interests overseas before.
Photo shows A court sketch of a woman with dark skin in a suit wearing handcuffs.