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'Someone has taken him': The mysterious disappearance of Lachie Jones

Did a small boy drown, as police believe - or was he murdered?

Kiwi bikie gang boss becomes Comancheros global ‘Supreme Commander’

Duax Ngakuru has been running a global drug empire from Turkey.

Summer reads: True crime - who killed Japanese tourist Kayo Matsuzawa?

Senior Herald reporters take an in-depth look at four true crime cases.

Sounds murders: Scott Watson’s dad speaks out on appeal evidence, Paul Henry’s column

Chris Watson hopes Court of Appeal hearing in May will finally clear son's name.

Summer reads: Inside New Zealand’s criminal underbelly

Jared Savage takes us behind-the-scenes of his stories delving into NZ’s underbelly.

‘Back in the game’ - Inside the police investigation that brought down Comanchero gang boss

Operation Cincinnati started with a bugged phone conversation about a 600kg drug plot.

How a Kiwi made the FBI's Top 10 Most Wanted list – and why he could be hiding in NZ

New Zealander named on same list as Osama bin Laden and Ted Bundy.

Cold case: Who killed Japanese tourist Kayo Matsuzawa?

The Herald looks back at the 1998 killing of Japanese tourist Kayo Matsuzawa

Mongols gang pad murder trial: The pimp, his ex-lover, her patched dad, and the prospect

Trial lifts lid on murky underworld. Kurt Bayer reports.

20-year cold case: Did the killer of a Kiwi mum get away with murder?

Tui vanished in 2002. Will her killer face justice? The Herald investigates.

'I knew he was broken': Ex of man who murdered Juliana Herrera reveals dark, violent past

The dark past of the man charged with murdering Colombian woman in Christchurch.

Starving animals suffer for months on Tangowahine farm

A Dargaville lifestyle farmer has been fined for failing to care for several animals.

Erin Patterson gets life imprisonment for murders, 25 years for attempted murder

Erin Patterson has been handed three life imprisonment sentences for each murder, with a non-parole period of 33 years.

Drug dealer says rehab changed his life as he escapes jail term

Court says addict drug-dealer, facing 77 charges, genuinely realised harm meth causes.

Man jailed for 30-years of 'monstrous and ongoing' sexual offending

Man's sexual abuse of relatives continued even after he was given a chance to stop.

The 'Innocent Agent' sent on a revenge mission that turned fatal

The strange, tragic case of an intellectually impaired man procured to burn down a house.