Eager to start a political fight, the Prime Minister blamed the Opposition for blocking laws aimed at stopping transnational crime, but he got some of his facts wrong.
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Qantas has around 150 employees with troubling links to criminal organisations, Australian intelligence has concluded. Reporting by Nine media has revealed that a group of "trusted insiders" within Qantas have significant links to bikie gangs, with the Comancheros and Hells Angels group, using their connections to import billions of dollars worth of narcotics.
Nick McKenzie, Joel Tozer and Fergus Hunter15:38, Jun 07 2021
Sydney Morning Herald
Some members of the Aussie Cartel: Hakan Ayik (centre), Mark Buddle (left) and Angelo Pandeli.
Australia’s most dangerous and wanted crime bosses have organised themselves into a cartel earning an estimated A$1.5 billion (NZ$1.6 billion) a year by smuggling drugs past the nation’s borders with the help of corrupt government officials and border insiders, the nation s peak criminal intelligence agency believes. The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission says nine men, drawn mostly from Australian bikie gangs and Middle Eastern crime syndicates, make up what the agency has named the “Aussie Cartel”. The nine have been confidentially designated by the intelligence agency as Australian priority organisation targets after an assessment that they pose the gravest organised crime risk to the nation.
Aussie Cartel is said to include members of bikie gangs and other syndicates
Intelligence boss Michael Phelan said the group poses a threat to justice system
The cartel is said to earn $1billion in profit on revenue of $1.5billion a year
Members share information on supply routes and border doors to import drugs
Phelan said authorities would not play fair in pursuing cartel members