One woman missing, one woman murdered. A city gripped by fear.

Then Ciara Glennon vanishes off the streets of Claremont.

As her grieving father takes up the hunt, police launch the biggest murder taskforce in Australian history.

But when their focus narrows on a suspect, the question is asked: have police got the wrong man?

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It's 1996 and a blonde teenager stands on the side of the road in the vibrant Perth suburb of Claremont and calls a taxi. By the time it arrives, Sarah Spiers is gone.

A few months later and Jane Rimmer is out with friends in Claremont when she, too, disappears. Her body was found weeks later.

As police desperately hunted a serial killer a third young woman, Ciara Glennon, was snatched and killed.

The West Australian's Gary Adshead takes you inside the Claremont Serial Killings, the biggest criminal investigation in Australian history and a tale which haunts an entire city.

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In episode six of Behind the White Line, with a dozen people pleading guilty following the cops’ audacious fake cocaine sting, instead of celebrating the success of Operation Beech the fallout between enforcement agencies is bitter, as an entirely new threat emerges along with the next wave of drugs bound for our shores.

Read more of The West Australian's coverage here:

https://thewest.com.au/podcasts/behind-the-white-line/behind-the-white-line-how-drug-cartels-are-making-a-fortune-by-adding-cheap-deadly-opioids-to-their-cocaine-c-22475544

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In episode five of Behind the White Line, as governments wage an endless war on drugs, we meet a group of forty-something friends who are occasional coke users. While many are unaware of the risks with taking cocaine, our real-life users are equally shocked to learn about the brutal underbelly of the drug trade directly from a man who’s lived in the cartel’s shadow.

Read more of The West Australian's coverage here:

https://thewest.com.au/podcasts/behind-the-white-line/behind-the-white-line-why-supply-not-demand-is-the-reason-for-the-spike-in-cocaine-c-22441368

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In episode four of Behind the White Line, back in Western Australia, police continue to track the fake cocaine, as one by one, key players are caught red handed. More than half of Australia’s annual coke supply intercepted in one hit. But not everyone is happy. As two DEA agents are kicked out of Australia, a turf war breaks out between State and Australian Federal Police which will lead to bad blood for years to come.

Read more of The West Australian's coverage here:

https://thewest.com.au/podcasts/behind-the-white-line/behind-the-white-line-top-dea-agent-says-australia-needs-to-introduce-anti-mafia-laws-to-lock-up-kingpins-c-22408106

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In episode three of Behind the White Line, we talk to a West Australian Police operative who goes deep undercover, as part of a DEA sting to nab a big-time drug trafficker in Nairobi. Stakes are high as “Tommy” infiltrates the drug cartel. The dangerous operation is a precursor to an even more daring sting to intercept the biggest cocaine haul in Australian history.

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In episode two of Behind the White Line, drones patrol the night sky as police drop 1.2 tonne of fake cocaine bricks into the Indian Ocean. It doesn’t take long for an unsuspecting crew to reel in their ‘catch’ but as the weather turns nasty, things go from bad to worse for the cocaine syndicate, as cops make their move.

Read more of The West Australian's coverage here:

https://thewest.com.au/podcasts/behind-the-white-line/behind-the-white-line-cartel-crackdown-over-1-billion-cocaine-rip-off-fears--c-22343809

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In episode one of Behind the White Line, Richard Baker gets suited and booted to attend the swanky Birdcage at Flemington, where racegoers make a beeline for the toilets to ‘rack up’. As the world’s highest users of cocaine per capita, Australia has become the number one target of Mexican cartels and crime syndicates. With a billion-dollar shipment headed Down Under, the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) hatches a brazen plan with local cops from the small city of Perth, Western Australia, called Operation Beech.

Read more of The West Australian's coverage here:

Behind The White Line: New podcast delves into turf war following huge cocaine seizure during Operation Beech

Behind the White Line: International cocaine sting which caused turf war between AFP, WA Police, and US agents

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