I really need some help guys, i'm in Australia and i'm being investigated for serious drug trafficking on a commerical level, money laundering and tax evasion, relating to darknet activities.
I haven't had charges formally laid against me yet but i've had several bank accounts with over 100K in each of them frozen, a notice of audit from the tax department stating their intent to prosecute me and several people in my network have already been charged with drug trafficking and are in prison, and I know there's evidence that the police already have which will be good enough to put charges on me. In short i'm seriously screwed. I know that I will likely be arrested within the next couple of days and they will try to send me to prison for a very long time.
I've considered leaving the country but Australia is not an easy country to escape from, it's not like you can just sneak across the border to anywhere. I can't give away more than that for security reasons. I've seriously considered committing suicide but I love my family and I'd rather spend a long time in prison than put them through that.
Can someone please advise me where I can find a good lawyer, I have plenty of financial resources at my disposal and I can afford the very best lawyer money can buy. I can also afford to fight a long and protracted court case, money is not an issue in my situation.
The problem is I have no idea how to find the best lawyer possible. Google searching has found me a long list of lawyers in my city but no way of knowing which ones are better or worse than others. Is there some list out there which will tell me which lawyers have the best history of winning cases? I need the absolute best lawyer money can buy, i'll spend whatever is necessary to get the best legal defence I can.
Please help guys, I'm not a bad person and I never committed any violence against anyone, and I will probably be spending most of my adult life in prison because of the war on drugs. I really need your advice.
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