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How Australia’s toughest mobsters have fled overseas for a glamorous holiday to avoid a police crackdown
- Notorious gangsters are basking abroad despite being targeted by police
- Rafat Alameddine, Allan Meehan are wanted by NSW Police but are unreachable
- NSW Police continue to work to end the state’s bloody gang war
Some of Australia’s biggest underworld figures have fled the country over the holidays, leaving them conveniently out of reach of the police.
Alameddine boss Rafat Alameddine and Commancheros president Allan Meehan are out of the country as police try to contain their gangs’ bloody war.
Alameddine is understood to be traveling with his cousin Hamdi and they planned to set up their lives in Lebanon, where his family is descended from.
Alameddine’s suspected crime boss, Rafat Alameddine (left), recently left the country, placing him conveniently out of reach of NSW police. It is understood that he is traveling with his brother Hamdi.
Commanchero President Allan Meehan (right) is also out of the country. Meehan, who is under a felony prevention order, still travels abroad, as the order does not restrict his interstate or overseas movement.
However, Alameddine’s lawyer, Abdul Saddik, dismissed that suggestion, telling the Daily Telegraph that his client intended to return to Australia.
Meehan is abroad despite being under a felony prevention order that it affects your movements in NSW, but does not inhibit travel abroad or interstate.
Another who was being closely watched by the police, Mohamad ‘Almo’ Alameddine, also packed his bags and traveled abroad, Bali being his first destination.
NSW Police allege that Almo, who is not related to Rafat Alameddine, is a senior associate of the Comanchero motorcycle gang, but is not a patch member.
If these men do not return to Australian shores in the near future, they will join the growing list of criminal figures living in exile abroad.
If these men do not return to Australian shores in the near future, they will join the growing list of NSW figures living in exile abroad. In particular, the list includes Masood Zakaria, who fled the country last year to Malaysia.
They include Masood Zakaria, who fled the country last year to Malaysia.
To flee, he made his way to Western Australia during the lockdown before boarding a fishing boat to Malaysia.
It is believed that he traveled throughout Asia and has since settled in Turkey.
Another man living in exile in Turkey is Duax Ngakuru, the Comancheros’ new international commander.
He took the reins from Mark Buddle after the president was arrested in Cyprus and extradited to Victoria in August.
Ngakuru, 42, is estimated to be worth more than $100 million.
New Comanchero chief Duax Ngakuru (right) is pictured with Carolina González, the widow of slain bikie chief Mahmoud ‘Mick’ Hawi, who was shot dead in February 2018.
Duax Ngakuru in a rare photograph is seen relaxing on a yacht next to a Turkish flag
Buddle is accused of importing more than 160kg of cocaine into Melbourne with an estimated street value of $40 million.
Bilal Haouchar is also another man NSW Police are willing to talk to about various murders.
However, Haouchar has settled in Lebanon, where there is no official extradition treaty with Australia.
New laws announced in May give police more power to search convicted drug traffickers.
The laws mean that the police can search them on the street, break down their doors and search their homes, businesses and vehicles at will.
As more underworld figures were thrown behind bars and others feared who might be talking, many decided to flee the region.