Some experts believe a difference between the underworld of yesteryear and modern gangsters is that they've become much less subtle. Instead of making enemies disappear, crooks are now happy to gun down rivals in front of their family and random bystanders.
As the fatalities pile up, police say several other murders have been scuppered by intelligence and a few were attempted but unsuccessful.
Criminal groups also had more respect for each other, Mr Calladine said, but if someone encroached on turf there would be consequences."It's not like now where they shoot up people's houses. Goodness knows how more people aren't dead.Mr Calladine thinks the rise of the drug trade was a "catalyst" for how organised crime evolved, before then it was more about armed robberies and safe breaking.
"The recent gang related violence plaguing Sydney stems directly from the battle for control of these drug markets and their profits," Police Commissioner Karen Webb said in May.After the failed assassination of Comanchero supremo Tarek Zahed earlier in May, Commissioner Webb said his shooting could have been planned by rivals or internally.
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