SOUND law enforcement is a little like a classic suit. It may go out of style for a while but you know it will still be in fashion long after the latest embarrassing fad has been dumped in the Salvos bin. In the area of costly organised crime investigations, we tend to lurch from the…
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LONG before outlaw motorcycle gangs, sophisticated ethnic crime groups and international drug syndicates became entrenched in Victoria, the most influential network of gangsters could often be found sharing an early morning coffee near Melbourne’s docks. The Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union was much more than an affiliation of dock workers. It became a front…
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LIKE crime and the road toll, organised crime is not only a police problem. It is our problem. I have always argued it is better to prevent crime than to detect it. And the police need the laws and support to back them up. When the likes of the Hells Angels identify themselves as being…
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DETECTIVES will target bent lawyers, accountants and underworld money launderers as part of the biggest intelligence reforms by Victoria Police in more than 30 years. Deputy Commissioner Sir Ken Jones told The Age police were committed to identifying groups and individuals never before linked to high-level criminal activities. ”Our mission is to get these people,”…
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