The Beat Australian fugitive reappears When his bank Nugan Hand collapsed and his associate Frank Nugan was found dead in 1980, Michael Hand disappeared and a coroner concluded that he’d died. However, one of Australia’s …
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The Beat Australian–Chinese taskforce policing ice The Australian Federal Police and the Chinese National Narcotics Control Commission have launched a new initiative to counter the trafficking of illicit drugs. Joint Taskforce Blaze, which will be …
The Beat Social media and public service risk There’s a new niche market potentially targeted by identity criminals: young public servants on social media. Australian Crime Commission Chief Executive Chris Dawson has identified increasing use …
Last month in Havana, Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos claimed that ‘on 23 March 2016, we will be bidding farewell to the longest-running conflict in the Americas’—something indeed that Colombians have long wished for. Colombia’s …
The Beat Unions call for stronger national systems to fight crime Australia’s police unions have banded together to reiterate their call for all branches of government to deliver stronger national systems to fight crime. In …
The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has been the subject of much discussion and not much action. The problem of transnational crime in Southeast Asia is severe—it’s expanding in scale and becoming more organised. Fuelled by …
The Beat Australian Crime Commission heads East Members of the Australian Border Force and Australian Federal Police have been joined in Hong Kong by a transnational crime expert from the Crime Commission to help counter organised …
The Beat Top states for profitable organised crime The World Economic Forum have released their Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016, revealing how organised crime reduces business competitiveness by creating disincentives for private investment and economic transactions, …
The Beat AFP Future Directions AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin used his first meeting with new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to draw attention to the AFP Future Directions Project; the first blueprint setting the agency’s future …
The Beat Inside the Yakuza We recently discussed how divisions within the Yamaguchi-gumi criminal group sparked fears of gang violence in Japan. After months of negotiation, Belgian photographer Anton Kusters gained a rare insight into …
The Beat Identity crime report Last week we mentioned the release of the Identity Crime and Misuse in Australia 2013-2014 report from the Attorney-General’s Department and Australian Institute of Criminology. Key findings include that identity …
The Beat Dismantling people smuggling networks With the current number of refugees arriving in Europe unseen since the end of WWII, European police are using social media to piece together people smuggling networks, utilising similar …