Inquiry Hearing: Australian and Law Enforcement

inquiry hearing: Integrity Commissioner Michael Griffin made the comment at an inquiry hearing into the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity's annual report in Canberra on Friday, according to Nine News Australia. ACLEI is the watchdog which probes serious and systemic corruption in agencies and departments such as Home Affairs, the Australian Border Force and Australian Federal Police. To improve your experience update it see corruption as 'line item'By AAP5 46pm Sep 20, drug dealers see money paid to corrupt Australian law enforcement officials as a mere line item in their multi-million-dollar criminal schemes, an inquiry has heard. Mr Griffin said one focus in the past year had been sophisticated organised criminals seeking to bring drugs, weapons and people illegally into Australia by corrupting law enforcement officials. To bring drugs that will retail for 5000 an ounce in a source country, for example in China, which will return in the order of 200,000 for same ounce in Australia. We are dealing with sophisticated organised crime groups who have a very large financial incentive to penetrate the Australian border, he said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.