The Latest Breaking News from Mejid Hamzy

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.

Some experts believe a difference between the underworld of yesteryear and modern gangsters is that they've become much less subtle. Instead of making enemies disappear, crooks are now happy to gun down rivals in front of their family and random bystanders.

Two men have been arrested over the murder of Sydney gangster Mejid Hamzy in Sydney's southwest two years ago.

Police say they had laid almost 300 charges during a 48-hour crackdown on people allegedly linked to the city's gang war.

Police say they are "getting on top" of Sydney's deadly underworld conflict after the arrests of 80 members of two crime networks.

Seven men have been charged over a kidnapping and stabbing including alleged underworld figure Ibrahem Hamze, who also faces public shooting charges.

One of the allegedly high-ranking members of the Hamzy crime network is set to be extradited to NSW, where he is expected to be charged with almost 20 offences.

NSW police have been searching a southwest Sydney park in a bid to find clues about the execution-style murder of underworld figure Mejid Hamzy in 2020.

MORNING BRIEFING: Police release CCTV showing the moments before and after the shooting murder of Mejid Hamzy, which sparked a spate of reprisals across Sydney.