An international crime syndicate allegedly helmed by a man formerly of Sydney is suspected of being linked to a recent surge of gang-related violence, including a foiled alleged murder plot outside a day care centre.

Daniel Rodney Badger, 40, has emerged as a key suspect in Sydney’s underworld and its ongoing conflicts after detectives seized $260 million worth of drugs allegedly belonging to his syndicate.

On Wednesday, the Herald revealed Badger’s syndicate was believed to have ordered the murder of Sydney woman Thi Kim Tran after her husband was accused of stealing 80 kilograms of methamphetamine from the group.

Law enforcement sources told this masthead that while there was no evidence that Badger personally ordered the killing, the 40-year-old’s syndicate, for which Tran’s husb

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