The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) report Organised crime in Australia 2015 is derived from criminal intelligence, but it’s more useful to understand it as persuasive communication. In my recent post, I highlighted a similar report …
I read David Connery’s recent Strategist contribution, ‘Adding to the picture: The UK’s serious and organised crime threat assessment’, with much interest. David made some excellent points in relation to the post prosecution management of …
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has just released their 2015 serious and organised crime risk assessment. With a few exceptions, you could be reading its Australian counterpart, which was released last month by the …
The Beat Criminals uniting in drug trade The Crime Commission has revealed that criminal groups who would normally be enemies are putting their differences aside to reap the benefits of Australia’s lucrative drug trade. Cooperation …
The Government has announced an overall increase of $1.2bn over the next four years in national security spending. This new money comes in addition to the $1bn counter-terrorism and Iraq operations funding announced last year—and …