Legal authorities first heard of BFL in May 2007 from notes found in the Lithgow Gaol cell of Bassam Hamzy, the leader of the gang and a convicted murderer.
On 9 March in Auburn, Maha Hamze, the aunt of BFL leader Bassam Hamzy, was shot eight times in the legs through the front door of her home.
[6] It is believed the shooting was a payback over a demand for a debt recovery fee of $5,000 that the woman's son, Ashkan Rajabi, made to another man's mother.
On 28 October 2014 the man, unnamed for legal reasons, was found guilty in the District Court of New South Wales of the attempted murder of Hamze.
On 25 July 2013 in Dunmore Street, Wentworthville, shots were fired at two people Ashkan Rajabi and Bilal Hamze in a car parked outside a swimming pool.
[9] Just after midnight on 29 October in Bardo Circuit, Revesby Heights,[10] another BFL member, Mahmoud Hamzy, 27, was shot dead.
On 11 November Sarkhel Rokhzayi, 22, Mobin Marzei and Wahed Karimi, both 18, and Jamil Qaumi, 20, were charged in Burwood Court.
[12] It was alleged in Burwood Local Cort that Crowe drove the white Nissan Tiida carrying the three gunmen who killed Mohammed Hamzy.
[17] In the early hours of 1 January (New Year's Day) a BFL member Farhad Qaumi, 31,[18] was shot in Rose Bay, Sydney.
[20] On 11 March in Auburn in a drive-by shooting, five shots were fired into a fence and car outside the home of BFL member Omar Ajaj.
[23] On 17 June in Sydney CBD at about 10:25pm, Bilal Hamze was killed in a drive-by shooting on Bridge Street near Mr Wongs restaurant.
[4] Nick Kaldas, New South Wales Deputy Police Commissioner said: Six people were charged in relation to two incidents which left one man dead and two others wounded last year.
We charged another four people that same day with shooting offences that happened an hour before in Bankstown, an alleged attempt to murder two men.
A rapid response by the MEOC (Middle Eastern Organised Crime) Squad, and other police meant suspects and vital exhibits were seized on the night, bringing four men before the courts.
[28] On 30 January 2014 legislation was tabled in the New South Wales Parliament to have anyone wearing the insignia and symbols used by BFL banned from entering licensed premises (pubs or clubs) in Kings Cross.
[29] Omar Ajaj was charged with the murder of Yeyah Amood, and with discharging a firearm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm in relation to the knee-capping in Yagoona.
[15] On 6 February 2014 a man accused of being the leader of the Bankstown branch of BFL was charged by MEOC detectives with: "Possess prohibited firearm; Aggravated break and enter (special circumstances); Fire at dwelling house, and Direct criminal group.
[33] On 28 February 2017, brothers Farhad and Mumtaz Qaumi were convicted of the contract murder of standover man Joe Antoun on 16 December 2013 at his home in Strathfield, Sydney.