(CNN) -- Australia's reputation as the happy-go-lucky country was turned on its head in the late 1990s as the usually safe streets of the Victorian capital were transformed into a gangland war zone. Police investigate the scene where Des Tuppence Moran was killed in Melbourne in June 2009. Melbourne's "underbelly" of organized crime suddenly became public. Men hungry for easy money, power and control of the state's lucrative illegal amphetamines trade were prepared to do whatever it took to be the boss of the underworld. Violence erupted between two families -- the Morans and the Williams. Police say both had trafficked drugs in Melbourne for years and for a while had been associates. But as public demand for amphetamines grew, the rivalry increased with both camps desperate to secure the market.
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War erupts between two families -- the Morans, Williams -- over drug trade
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One man shot in van with kids, another while taking out garbage
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Thirty people killed in the high profile turf war
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War inspires smash hit television series called "Underbelly"
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Williams was now in control of @placeholder's illegal drug trade.
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Police say @placeholder was connected to at least 10 underworld murders and would have kept killing if he had not finally been jailed.