The Beat Crimes that make you say…huh? It’s a close race for the week’s kookiest crime. In California, three individuals were arrested for grand theft, after some US$300,000 worth of avocados were pilfered. ‘We take …
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The Beat Talk to the camera (respectfully) Police using body cameras generate data, and lots of it. But until this week there’s never been a systematic effort to mine through it. Now, linguists, psychologists and …
Rumours are circulating around Canberra that as the Budget dust settles, the government will again consider the case for an Australian Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This should come as no surprise as Malcolm Turnbull …
Brexit, and the US presidential election result, provided tangible evidence that migration and border security policies are becoming increasingly politicised in Western democracies. Public policy dialogue on migration and border security has become ever more …
The Beat Financial crime targets Oz superannuation AUSTRAC has just released a risk assessment on Australia’s trillion dollar (PDF) superannuation sector. The key findings show that fraud is the overwhelmingly predominant crime, and is often …