The Latest Breaking News from Bassam Hamzy

Paranoid killer sorry for shivving notorious crime boss

A convicted murderer wants to set a better example after blaming paranoia and a survival instinct for violently attacking crime boss Bassam Hamzy in jail.

AAP · Aug 22, 2025

Notorious crime gang Brothers 4 Life 'no longer active'

Former crime boss Bassam Hamzy is due to be sentenced for directing the sale of methamphetamine while being held in a maximum-security prison for murder.

AAP · Feb 18, 2025

Gangster's prison life revealed after drug verdict

An ex-gang leader convicted of selling drugs from jail now spends up to 20 hours a day alone in a cell smaller than a car parking space, a court has been told.

AAP · Feb 4, 2025

The prison phone calls and 'code' Bassam Hamzy allegedly used to direct drug ring from jail

The first week of Brothers 4 Life founder Bassam Hamzy's trial has heard recorded phone calls which prosecutors allege show him passing on "instructions" to a man supplying meth on his behalf.

ABC News · May 5, 2023

Brothers 4 Life leader Bassam Hamzy allegedly used lawyer as go-between in drug ring, court told

Gang leader Bassam Hamzy is accused of using coded language about legal fees and barristers to hide a meth supply operation, all while he was in high-security prison.

ABC News · May 2, 2023

Man charged with murder of underworld boss Bilal Hamze

Bilal Hamze, the cousin of Brothers 4 Life gang leader and murderer Bassam Hamzy, was shot dead in what police described as a "brutal, execution-style" drive-by hit just before 10.30pm on June 17, 2021.

ABC News · Sep 20, 2022

Police met with 'code of silence' as Sydney gangland murders remain unsolved

The NSW Police Minister says the families of those involved in Sydney's unsolved gangland murders are refusing to talk, as detectives throw all their resources into investigating the crimes.

ABC News · Aug 16, 2022

‘Everyday life now’: Sydney reels from organised crime turf war

Police swoop on drug gangs in Australia’s biggest city but lawyers fear changes to law leave minorities vulnerable.

Al Jazeera · May 26, 2022

More shootings on Sydney’s streets and yet more police powers – but to what end?

Lawyers and experts believe tackling underlying causes of organised crime may be more effective than greater police crackdowns

The Guardian - AU · May 22, 2022

Man charged for conspiracy to murder Hamze

NSW Police have charged a man they say was involved in the failed conspiracy to murder Sydney underworld crime figure Ibrahem Hamze last year.

AAP · Mar 24, 2022