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===Family associates of Ibrahim===
Ibrahim's elder brother, Sam Ibrahim, was one of the first Lebanese-Australian men to be allowed to join an Australian [[outlaw motorcycle club]].<ref name=SH-assoc>{{cite news|last=Welch|first=Dylan|title=John Ibrahim's motley mates|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/john-ibrahims-motley-mates-20101204-18kqm.html|accessdate=3 April 2012|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=5 December 2010}}</ref> In 1997, Sam Ibrahim was elected president of the [[Granville, New South Wales|Granville]] chapter of the [[Nomads (motorcycle club)|Nomads Motorcycle Club]]. This chapter of the Nomads subsequently became a powerful criminal organisation in Sydney.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} However, due to a falling out with the Nomads' leadership group, the chapter splintered in 2007 to form a new outlaw motorcycle club, the Notorious gang.<ref name="SMHSpotlight"/> Sam Ibrahim remains a life member of the Nomads Motorcycle Club.<ref name="SMH-Sam">{{cite news |author1=Welch, Dylan |author2=Jacobsen, Geesche |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sam-ibrahim-hit-in-driveby-shooting-20110113-19q09.html |title=Sam Ibrahim hit in drive-by shooting |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=14 January 2011 |accessdate=14 February 2011 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20110116150035/https://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sam-ibrahim-hit-in-driveby-shooting-20110113-19q09.html |archive-date=16 January 2011}}</ref> It has been reported in the media that the Notorious gang is currently being used as street muscle to support the distribution of illegal drugs in Kings Cross and around Sydney.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23868624-5006009,00.html |title=New bikie gang Notorious patrols Kings Cross |author=Lawrence, Kara |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=Australia |date=16 June 2008 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20080618150756/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23868624-5006009,00.html |archive-date=18 June 2008}}</ref>
Sam Ibrahim was charged in 2004 with the [[kneecapping]] of two men in [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]]. He was also charged during the late 1990s, over a [[cocaine]] distribution ring involving the Nomads - but was [[Acquittal|acquitted]] on both matters.<ref name="SMH-Sam"/> In 2009, Sam Ibrahim was charged over the alleged kidnapping of a teenage boy and held in custody for four months until [[bail]] was granted in July 2009. At the time of the bail hearing, it was reported that police were also investigating a second suspect in the alleged incident, Nimilote Ngata. Ngata (b. ''ca'' 1988) is the son of John Ibrahim's bodyguard, Semi "Tongan Sam" Ngata.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/indepth/on-bail-sam-ibrahim-at-brother-fadis-bedside/story-fn2mt2ft-1225751182053 |title=On bail, Sam Ibrahim at brother Fadi's bedside |author=Barrett, David |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=Australia |date=17 July 2009 |accessdate=14 February 2011 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20121001123938/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/indepth/on-bail-sam-ibrahim-at-brother-fadis-bedside/story-fn2mt2ft-1225751182053 |archive-date= 1 October 2012}}</ref> In July 2009, "Tongan Sam" Ngata, was arrested following a raid on his home by a special gang violence taskforce that netted bulk quantities of a methamphetamine precursor.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sunday-telegraph/john-ibrahim-top-guard-tongan-sam-snared-in-drug-raid/story-e6frewt0-1225748569330 |title=John Ibrahim top guard Tongan Sam snared in drug raid |author=Bashan, Yoni |work=The Sunday Telegraph |location=Australia |date=12 July 2009
Ibrahim's sister, Maha Sayour (b. ''ca'' 1971), was charged in 2009 with recklessly dealing with proceeds of crime following a police raid on her [[South Wentworthville, New South Wales|South Wentworthville]] home where police allegedly found [[shrink wrap|shrink-wrapped]] packets bulging with nearly A$2.86 million cash in $50 and $100 [[Banknote|notes]] hidden in the roof.<ref name="DT-castles"/> The matter was committed for trial<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/ibrahim-sister-to-face-trial-over-3m-stash/story-e6frg6nf-1226035324957 |title=Ibrahim sister to face trial over $3m stash |agency=AAP |work=The Australian |date=7 April 2011 |accessdate=7 April 2011 }}</ref>{{deadlink}} and heard before a [[District Court of New South Wales|District Court]] judge in December 2011, who found her [[Acquittal|not guilty]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/millions-in-the-ceiling-ibrahims-sister-not-guilty-20111212-1or34.html |title=Millions in the ceiling: Ibrahim's sister not guilty |date=12 December 2011 |agency=AAP |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |accessdate=19 February 2012 }}</ref>
Two of Ibrahim's brothers, Michael<ref name="SMH-Michael-2011-05-17">{{cite news |url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/trio-face-trial-over-alleged-ibrahim-plot-20110517-1eqki.html |title=Trio face trial over alleged Ibrahim plot |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=17 May 2011 |accessdate=17 May 2011 |agency=AAP }}</ref> and Fadi,<ref name="SMH-Fadi-2011-05-13">{{cite news |author=Hall, Louise |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/fadi-ibrahim-ordered-to-stand-trial-20110513-1elki.html |title=Fadi Ibrahim ordered to stand trial |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=13 May 2011 |accessdate=14 May 2011 }}</ref> were in May 2011, together with Rodney Phillip "Goldy" Atkinson, ordered to stand trial on a charge of conspiracy to murder John Macris between July and September 2009. Police allege that Michael and Fadi Ibrahim and Atkinson believed that Macris was behind the shooting of Fadi in June 2009. In December 2012, Michael Ibrahim and Atkinson were acquitted of the conspiracy to murder charge; however Michael remains in custody for an unrelated manslaughter conviction, and Atkinson has been found guilty of possessing an unauthorised pistol. He is on remand and will be sentenced in January 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/ibrahim-acquitted-of-murder-plot-charge-20121210-2b5c0.html#ixzz2Eyldyaqp |title=Ibrahim acquitted of murder plot charge |author=Davies, Lisa |date=10 December 2012 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |accessdate=14 December 2012 }}</ref>
Ibrahim and Melissa Taylor's son Daniel John Taylor (b. ''ca'' 1990), was committed in early 2011 to stand trial in [[Queensland]] on charges of [[affray]] and [[assault]] occasioning bodily harm on a group of [[Melbourne]] tourists outside a nightclub on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]] in 2010. It is alleged that Taylor was assisted by a co-accused and that the two were jointly involved.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ibrahim-son-given-an-assault-charge/story-fn6b3v4f-1226005951093 |title=Ibrahim son given an assault charge |author=Stolz, Greg |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=Australia |date=15 February 2011 |accessdate=15 February 2011 }}</ref>{{deadlink}} Taylor's bail conditions require him to reside with Ibrahim in Sydney<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/ibrahim-son-to-face-assault-trial/story-fn6ck45n-1226005734323 |title=Ibrahim son to face assault trial |author=Stolz, Greg |work=The Courier-Mail |location=Australia |date=14 February 2011 |accessdate=15 February 2011 }}</ref>{{deadlink)) and ordered not to go within {{convert|1|km}} of Kings Cross despite Taylor working in the nightclub industry<ref>{{cite news |author= Dale, Amy |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-nsw/john-ibrahims-son-daniel-taylor-fights-cross-ban/story-e6freuzi-1226042477116 |title=John Ibrahim's son Daniel Taylor fights Cross ban |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=Australia |date=21 April 2011 |accessdate=9 May 2011 }}</ref>{{deadlink}} until the matter is heard before the courts. All charges were dropped.
Michael and Fadi Ibrahim, and others, were arrested in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]] and John Ibrahim's girlfriend, Sarah Budge, and his son, Daniel were arrested after action by police in Australia and the Netherlands as part of Operation Veyda in relation to two alleged major international drug syndicates operating in Australia. Budge was charged with possession of a firearm. Australian Federal Police assistant commissioner Neil Gaughan said that "More than 1.8 tonnes of [[MDMA]] (ecstasy), 136 kilograms of cocaine and 15 kg of [[methamphetamine]] were stopped from reaching Australian shores. $5.5 million dollars was also seized".<ref name="abc-drug-syndicates">{{cite news |last1=Welch|first1=Dylan |last2=Kidd|first2=Jessica |title=Police bust drug syndicates operating across Australia, Dubai and Netherlands with links to Ibrahim brothers |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-08/nsw-police-sydney-raids-ibrahim-alleged-drug-syndicate/8784118 |accessdate=18 September 2017 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=8 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="smh-veyda">{{cite news |last1=Ralston|first1=Nick |last2=Benny-Morrison |first2=Ava |last3=Olding|first3=Rachel |title=Sydney police raids: Two drug syndicates allegedly linked to Michael Ibrahim smashed |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sydney-police-raids-two-drug-syndicates-allegedly-linked-to-michael-ibrahim-smashed-20170808-gxrp60.html |accessdate=18 September 2017 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Fairfax Media |date=8 August 2017}}</ref> Michael pled guilty to eight charges. In May 2020 he was sentenced to a jail term of 30 years, with an 18 year non-parole period.<ref name="abc-michael-sentenced">{{cite news |last1=Wells |first1=Jamelle |title=Michael Ibrahim jailed for 30 years over importation of drugs and tobacco worth millions |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-20/john-ibrahims-brother-michael-jailed-for-30-years/12267102 |accessdate=20 May 2020 |work=ABC News (on-line) |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=20 May 2020 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
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