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When up-and-coming drug dealer Carl Williams was shot in his ample tummy in 1999 in a small park in Gladstone Park no one could have predicted Melbourne was about to plunge into a decade-long underworld war.
Williams met half-brothers Mark and Jason Moran at the park to sort out a few business details, including the ownership of a pill press and a $400,000 disputed debt.
Carl Williams arrives at court with father George in April 2004.
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Without warning, Jason pulled a gun at the Barrington Crescent park and ended the debate with a bullet. When Mark suggested he finish the job by killing Williams, the ever-practical Jason said, “Then how are we going to get our money back?”
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Police taking serious dip at underworldâs big dirty guns
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Reservoir Dogs-style), gold chains (
Sopranos-style), cosmetically enhanced girlfriends (Russian mafia-style), imported sports cars (Tony Mokbel-style) and of course dirty big guns (
Scarface-style).
For some the shooter is an underworld fashion statement, like cufflinks for a financial adviser, suntan for a travel agent or braces for a tubby share trader. For others the gun is a deadly tool of the trade often used to resolve conflicts and as the ultimate debt collector.
Harvey Keitel and Steve Buscemi in Reservoir Dogs.
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For the first time Victoria Police are having a serious dip at not only seizing guns but finding the traffickers who sell high-powered guns to crooks with pea-shooter brains.
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