Joint operation seizes 13 tons of drugs
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A JOINT operation between Australian and Chinese authorities has prevented 13 tons of illicit drugs from reaching Australia, it was announced yesterday.
Michael Keenan, Australia’s justice minister, praised Operation Blaze, a joint operation between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and China’s National Narcotics Control Commission (NNCC), as “one of the most successful collaborations (Australia has) at the moment.”
The drugs had been seized by a joint task force based in south China’s Guangzhou.
Keenan’s comments came as an Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) report yesterday estimated that organized crime in Australia cost the taxpayer US$28.4 billion every year.
Nicole Rose, acting head of ACIC, said organized crime syndicates could work with prospective terrorists to carry out attacks on Australian soil. “Serious and organized criminals control illicit markets that terrorists may seek to access to enable acts of terrorism,” Rose wrote in the report.
“Links have been observed between serious and organized crime and persons of interest to counter-terrorism investigations.”
She said international collaboration between agencies, such as that between the AFP and NNCC, was crucial in bringing the syndicates to justice.
The report also warned that Australian authorities should be prepared for a surge in cocaine imports.
Keenan said organized crime cost the average Australian US$1,233 annually and that it raised the cost of living by 6.3 percent.
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