Category: organised crime

Nearly 1,000 Arrested in ‘Unprecedented’ UK-Wide Crackdown on Cannabis Farms

July 6, 2023
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Nearly 1,000 suspects have been arrested and cannabis plants worth £130 million seized in a largest-ever UK-wide crackdown on cannabis farms, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said on Thursday. The “unprecedented” police action—codenamed Operation Mille—was aimed at unearthing and disrupting organised crime groups and their illegal revenue streams, and was the “most significant national…

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Secret Relationship With Gang Leader Forces Left-Wing Greens Senator to Resign From Senior Position

October 20, 2022
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Lidia Thorpe, deputy leader of the left-wing Australian Greens party has resigned from her position—but remains a senator—after revelations emerged of a relationship with the ex-leader of an outlaw motorcycle gang, which occurred at the same time she sat on a parliamentary committee investigating the criminal gangs. The joint-parliamentary committee on law enforcement she was…

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Organized Crime Put on Notice in Australia

June 30, 2022
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The southern Australian states of Victoria and New South Wales are taking major steps to combat organised crime setting up a specialist task force and extending police powers in an attempt to mitigate the spread of underworld crime. Victoria Police has launched a new task force—the first of its kind in the state—to combat serious…

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Australian State Police to Be Given New Powers to Tackle Organised Crime

June 23, 2022
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Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) government has announced new reforms aimed at dismantling organised crime in the state through new police powers to target unexplained wealth and the use of dedicated encrypted devices used by criminals to stay under the radar. The new legislation will extend police powers to target and confiscate unexplained wealth, stop…

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