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Zakaria’s Deportation Battle | Australia News
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Sydney gangster Masood Zakaria is fighting his deportation from Turkey back to Australia, claiming it was an unlawful kidnapping that could invalidate his murder charges. His legal team plans to bring in top AFP officials—including Commissioner Krissy Barrett and her predecessor Reece Kershaw—to testify in a high-stakes Supreme Court hearing later this year. Zakaria, accused of two murders, conspiracy, and drug offenses, allegedly fled Australia in 2021 and was captured in Turkey in 2023. The AFP says the operation was legal, but court docs reveal they paid over $1 million to a private contractor—and internal tensions reportedly existed between AFP and NSW Police. This hearing could decide whether Zakaria’s charges stand or fall based on how he was brought back.
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