Footnotes

Footnotes

Chapter 2 - The character of organised crime groups in Australia

[1]        For the purposes of this inquiry the relevant definition of organised crime is contained in section 4 of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002, which is set out in appendix 5.

[2]        Australian Institute of Criminology, 'The worldwide fight against transnational organised crime', Technical and Background Paper, no.9, 2004, p. 6.

[3]        Australian Crime Commission, Submission 17, p. 4.

[4]        The committee notes that paedophilia is the exception. Paedophilia is discussed in more detail in chapter 3.

[5]        Attorney-General's Department, Submission 21, p. 3.

[6]        Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p. 35.

[7]        Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 24

[8]        Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p.55.

[9]        Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 15.

[10]      Submission 17, p. 5.

[11]      Australian Institute of Criminology, 'The worldwide fight against transnational organised crime', Technical and Background Paper, no.9, 2004, p. 6.

[12]      Frank Costigan QC, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p. 42.

[13]      Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p. 10.

[14]      Submission 7, p. 4.

[15]      Submission 20, p. 4.

[16]      Mr Christopher Keen, Director, Intelligence, Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 44.

[17]      NSW Police Force, Submission 20, p. 4.

[18]      Mr Christopher Keen, Director, Intelligence, Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 44.

[19]      Mr Christopher Keen, Director, Intelligence, Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 44.

[20]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 66.

[21]      Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia, Report to the Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission with regard to the commission's organised crime function and contempt powers, December 2005, p. 2.

[22]      NSW Police Force, Submission 20, p. 3.

[23]      Australian Crime Commission, Submission 17, p. 5.

[24]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 2.

[25]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 15.

[26]      Committee Hansard, 30 April 2007, p. 12.

[27]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 16.

[28]      Assistant Commissioner Tony Harrison, Crime Service, South Australia Police, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 16.

[29]      Assistant Commissioner Tony Harrison, Crime Service, South Australia Police, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 16.

[30]      Assistant Commissioner Wayne Gregson, Portfolio Head, Specialist Crime Portfolio, Western Australia Police, Committee Hansard, 30 April 2007, p. 11.

[31]      Mr Alastair Milroy, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Crime Commission, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 29.

[32]      Assistant Commissioner Tony Harrison, Crime Service, South Australia Police, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 16.

[33]      Commissioner Ken Moroney, NSW Police Force, Committee Hansard, 8 June 2007, p. 2.

[34]      Detective Superintendent Kim Porter, Divisional Superintendent, Western Australia Police, Committee Hansard, 30 April 2007, p. 18.

[35]      Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission, Submission 8, p. 9.

[36]      Committee Hansard, 30 April 2007, p. 12.

[37]      This represents a shift away from heroin.

[38]      Commissioner Ken Moroney, NSW Police Force, Committee Hansard, 8 June 2007, p. 2.

[39]      Submission 15, p. 2.

[40]      Submission 15, p. 3.

[41]      Submission 8, p. 9.

[42]      Submission 17, p. 6.

[43]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 34.

[44]      Mr Michael Monaghan, Deputy Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, pp 29-30.

[45]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 67.

[46]      Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia, 'Report to the Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission with regard to the commission's organised crime function and contempt powers', December 2005, p. 9.

[47]      Assistant Commissioner Tony Harrison, Crime Service, South Australia Police, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 15.

[48]      Professor Rod Broadhurst, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, pp 65-67.

[49]      Australian Crime Commission, Submission 17, p. 6.

[50]      Professor Rod Broadhurst, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 64.

[51]      Assistant Commissioner Tony Harrison, Crime Service, South Australia Police, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 15.

[52]      Submission 21, p.5.

[53]      Submission 16, p. 5.

[54]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 1.

[55]      Professor Rod Broadhurst, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 60.

[56]      Professor Rod Broadhurst, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 68.

[57]      Submission 16, p. 3.

[58]      Submission 21, p. 4.

[59]      Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p. 45.

[60]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 44.

Chapter 3 - Future trends in serious and organised crime

[1]        This report uses the term 'high-tech crime' as opposed to 'cybercrime'.

[2]        Professor Rod Broadhurst, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 67.

[3]        'Phishing' is the act of 'sending an email to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. The email directs the user to visit a website where they are asked to update personal information, such as passwords and credit card, social security, and bank account numbers, that the legitimate organisation already has. The website, however, is bogus and set up only to steal the user’s information': Australian High Tech Crime Centre, http://www.ahtcc.gov.au/glossary/, viewed 5 September 2007.

[4]        Deputy Commissioner John Lawler, National Security, Australian Federal Police, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 70.

[5]        The committee notes the recent release by the Australian Institute of Criminology of the paper 'The future of technology-enabled crime in Australia', Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice, no. 341, July 2007.

[6]        Commissioner Mick Keelty, Australian Federal Police, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 53.

[7]        Submission 4, p. 2.

[8]        Professor Rod Broadhurst, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 65.

[9]        Australian Crime Commission, Submission 17, p. 8.

[10]      Mr Rob McCusker, Research Analyst, Transnational Crime, Australian Institute of Criminology, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 89.

[11]      Mr Rob McCusker, Research Analyst, Transnational Crime, Australian Institute of Criminology, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 89.

[12]      Australian Institute of Criminology, Submission 4, p. 2.

[13]      Commissioner Mick Keelty, Australian Federal Police, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 53.

[14]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 53.

[15]      Deputy Commissioner John Lawler, National Security, Australian Federal Police, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 66.

[16]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 2.

[17]      'Botnet' is jargon for a collection of software robots, or bots, which run autonomously. A botnet's originator can control the group remotely, usually for nefarious purposes. A botnet can comprise a collection of compromised computers running programs—referred to as worms, Trojan horses, or backdoors—under a common command and control infrastructure: Australian High Tech Crime Centre, http://www.ahtcc.gov.au/glossary/#botnet, viewed 5/09/2007.

[18]      Professor Rod Broadhurst, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 67.

[19]      ABC Radio National, 'Your money dot con', Background Briefing, 24 June 2007, transcript, p. 4.

[20]      ABC Radio National, 'Your money dot con', Background Briefing, 24 June 2007, transcript, p.18.

[21]      Submission 21, p. 6.

[22]      Submission 21, p. 6.

[23]      Professor Rod Broadhurst, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 69.

[24]      Commissioner Mick Keelty, Australian Federal Police, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 53.

[25]      Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, Submission 10, p. 4.

[26]      Submission 4, p. 2.

[27]      Australian Crime Commission, Submission 17, p. 8.

[28]      Australian Institute of Criminology, Submission 4, p. 2.

[29]      Submission 10.

[30]      NSW Police Force, Submission 20, p. 3.

[31]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 21, p. 7.

[32]      The committee notes that Commissioner Ken Moroney has since retired from the NSW Police Force and acknowledges the long and valuable service he has given to law enforcement.

[33]      Committee Hansard, 7 June, 2007, p. 3.

[34]      Submission 8, p. 6.

[35]      Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission, Submission 6, p. 1.

[36]      Mr Rob McCusker, Research Analyst, Transnational Crime, Australian Institute of Criminology, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 95.

[37]      NSW Police Force, Submission 20, p. 2.

[38]      Submission 7, p. 6.

[39]      Submission 6, p. 1.

[40]      Western Australia Police, Submission 15, p. 3.

[41]      NSW Police Force, Submission 20, p. 4.

[42]      Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions South Australia, Submission 6, p. 1.

[43]      Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission, Submission 8, p. 5.

[44]      Detective Chief Superintendent Ross Barnett, Queensland Police Service, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 2.

[45]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission, Cybercrime, March 2004, p. 41.

[46]      Mr Rob McCusker, Research Analyst, Transnational Crime, Australian Institute of Criminology, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 95.

[47]      Ms Jennie Granger, Second Commissioner of Taxation, Australian Taxation Office, Committee Hansard, 2007, 5 July 2007, p. 24.

[48]      Ms Jennie Granger, Second Commissioner of Taxation, Australian Taxation Office, Committee Hansard, 2007, 5 July 2007, p. 25.

[49]      Ms Jennie Granger, Second Commissioner of Taxation, Australian Taxation Office, Committee Hansard, 2007, 5 July 2007, p. 27.

[50]      Submission 17, p. 7.

[51]      Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia, 'Organised crime report to the Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission', December 2005, p. 2.

[52]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 44.

[53]      Detective Chief Superintendent Ross Barnett, Queensland Police Service, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 10.

[54]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission, Inquiry into the manufacture, importation and use of amphetamines and other synthetic drugs (AOSD) in Australia, 28 February 2007, pp 10-20.

[55]      Detective Superintendent Stephan Gollschewski, Queensland Police Service, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, pp 29-30.

[56]      Detective Chief Superintendent Barnett, Queensland Police Service, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 1.

[57]      Detective Chief Superintendent Barnett, Queensland Police Service, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 2.

[58]      Commissioner Ken Moroney, NSW Police Force, Committee Hansard, 8 June 2007, p. 2.

[59]      Detective Superintendent Stephan Gollschewski, Queensland Police Service, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 24.

[60]      For a detailed examination of the AOSD market in Australia see Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission, Inquiry into the manufacture, importation and use of amphetamines and other synthetic drugs (AOSD) in Australia, February 2007.

[61]      Detective Superintendent Barnett, Queensland Police Service, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 2.

[62]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 66.

[63]      Professor Rod Broadhurst, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 55.

[64]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, pp 33-34.

[65]      Committee Hansard, 8 June 2007, p. 52.

Chapter 4 - Strategies for countering future serious and organised crime

[1]        South Australia Police, Submission 7, pp 15-16.

[2]        Australian Federal Police, Submission 16, p. 5.

[3]        NSW Police Force, Submission 20, p. 4.

[4]        Australian Crime Commission, Submission 17, p. 12.

[5]        Submission 17, p. 14.

Chapter 5 - The cost of countering future organised crime

[1]        Western Australia Police, Submission 15, p. 4.

[2]        Western Australia Police, Submission 15, p. 4.

[3]        Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p. 36.

[4]        Submission 10, p. 3.

[5]        Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, Submission 10, p. 6.

[6]        The Australian Crime Commission replaced the National Crime Authority in 2003; the committee has used the latter's budget figures for 1997-98.

[7]        CrimTrac was established in 2002.

[8]        The committee notes that accrual accounting was introduced after the 1997-98 financial year.

[9]        Australian Federal Police, Australian Federal Police Annual Report 1997-98, p. 16, http://www.afp.gov.au/about/publications/annual_reports/afp.html, viewed 3 September 2007.

[10]      National Crime Authority, National Crime Authority Annual Report 1997-98, p. 61.

[11]      Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, AUSTRAC Annual Report 1998-99, p. 155, http://www.austrac.gov.au/annual_report.html, viewed 3 September 2007. Note there is no online report for 1997-98. However, the figure for 1997-98 is quoted in the 1998-99 annual report, and it is this figure which has been used.

[12]      Attorney-General's Department, Portfolio Budget Statement 2007-08, http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/AllDocs/A47E49EA0B93FFE8CA2572D50006682E?OpenDocument, viewed 3 September 2007.

[13]      Attorney-General's Department, Portfolio Budget Statement for the ACC 2007-08, p. 106, http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/AllDocs/A47E49EA0B93FFE8CA2572D50006682E?OpenDocument, viewed 3 September 2007.

[14]      Attorney-General's Department, Portfolio Budget Statement for the AFP 2007-08, p. 167, http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/AllDocs/A47E49EA0B93FFE8CA2572D50006682E?OpenDocument, viewed 3 September 2007.

[15]      Attorney-General's Department, Portfolio Budget Statement for AUSTRAC 2007-08, p. 256, http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/AllDocs/A47E49EA0B93FFE8CA2572D50006682E?OpenDocument, viewed 3 September 2007.

[16]      Attorney-General's Department, Portfolio Budget Statement for CrimTrac 2007-08, p. 299, http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/AllDocs/A47E49EA0B93FFE8CA2572D50006682E?OpenDocument, viewed 3 September 2007. The allocation for CrimTrac is predicated on CrimTrac raising $39,692 million in services sold.

[17]      This figure does not include the amounts for additional estimates; however, the committee does not consider this likely to have a significant effect.

[18]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission, Inquiry into the manufacture, importation and use of amphetamines and other synthetic drugs (AOSD) in Australia, 28 February 2007.

[19]      Submission 7, p. 5.

[20]      Submission 15, p. 4.

[21]      Detective Chief Superintendent Ross Barnett, Queensland Police Service, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 25.

[22]      Mr Mike Silverstone, Executive Director, Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, 30 April 2007, p. 26.

[23]      NSW Police Force, Submission 20; Australian Crime Commission, Submission 17; Australian Federal Police, Submission 16.

[24]      Submission 15, p. 4.

[25]      Submission 5, p. 3.

[26]      Assistant Commissioner Wayne Gregson, Portfolio Head, Specialist Crime Portfolio, Western Australia Police, Committee Hansard, 30 April 2007, p. 3.

[27]      Detective Superintendent Kim Porter, Divisional Superintendent, Organised Crime Division, Western Australia Police, Committee Hansard, 30 April 2007, p. 18.

[28]      Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p. 32.

[29]      Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p. 20.

[30]      Commissioner Ken Moroney, NSW Police Force, Committee Hansard, 8 June 2007, p. 10.

[31]      Ms Catherine Smith, Assistant Secretary, Telecommunications and Surveillance Law Branch, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 13-14.

[32]      Ms Catherine Smith, Assistant Secretary, Telecommunications and Surveillance Law Branch, Attorney-General's Department, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 14.

[33]      Mr Athol Moffitt, A quarter to midnight, the Australian crisis: organised crime and the decline of the institutions of state, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1985, p. 6.

[34]      Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, Submission 10, p. 4.

[35]      Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p. 13.

[36]      Submission 16, p. 2.

[37]      Dr George Gilligan, 'Financial crime in Australia', Economic Affairs, vol. 27, no.1, March 2007, pp 10-13.

[38]      Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, Submission 10, p. 4.

[39]      Mr Athol Moffitt, A quarter to midnight, the Australian crisis: organised crime and the decline of the institutions of state, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1985, p.11.

[40]      Friends and Families for Drug Law Reform, Submission 5, Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Crime Authority, Australian Crime Commission Establishment Bill 2002, 6 November 2002, p. ii.

[41]      For a detailed examination of the AOSD market in Australia see Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission, Inquiry into the manufacture, importation and use of amphetamines and other synthetic drugs (AOSD) in Australia, February 2007.

[42]      Parliamentary Joint Commission on the Australian Crime Commission, Inquiry into the manufacture, importation and use of amphetamines and other synthetic drugs (AOSD) in Australia, February 2007, p. 47.

[43]      Associate Professor Janie Sheridan, 'Methamphetamines and Injury', Anex Australasian Amphetamines Conference, 29 September 2006.

[44]      Parliamentary Joint Commission on the Australian Crime Commission, Inquiry into the manufacture, importation and use of amphetamines and other synthetic drugs (AOSD) in Australia, February 2007, p. 47.

[45]      Ms Shona Morrison, 'Approaching organised crime: where are we now and where are we going?', Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 231, Australian Institute of Criminology, 2002, p.1 (footnotes omitted).

[46]      Commissioner Ken Moroney, NSW Police Force, Committee Hansard, 8 June 2007, p. 11.

[47]      Australian Crime Commission, Australian Crime Commission Annual Report 2005-06, p. 10.

Chapter 6 - The adequacy of legislative arrangements

[1]        Submission 16, pp 7-8.

[2]        Submission 17, p. 16.

[3]        Submission 11, pp 1-2.

[4]        Australian Crime Commission Act 2002, section 30.

[5]        Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 41.

[6]        Attorney-General's Department, http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Crimeprevention_ReviewofspecificprovisionsoftheNationalCrimeAuthorityAct1984andtheAustralianCrimeCommissionAct2002, viewed 6 July 2007.

[7]        Mr Alastair Milroy, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Crime Commission, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 42.

[8]        Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 42.

[9]        Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 43.

[10]      Crime and Misconduct Commission Act 2001, section 199(4).

[11]      Crime and Misconduct Commission Act 2001, subsection 199(10).

[12]      Mr William Boulton, Examiner, Australian Crime Commission, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, pp 42-43.

[13]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission, Review of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002, November 2005, p. 42.

[14]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 65.

[15]      For circumstances concerning security matters, the Attorney-General issues the warrants under section 9 of the TI Act.

[16]      Submission 14, p.6.

[17]      Submission 14, p.6.

[18]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 101.

[19]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 101.

[20]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 101.

[21]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 101.

[22]      Submission 14, p. 6.

[23]      Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Entry, Search and Seizure Provisions in Commonwealth Legislation, http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/scrutiny/entrysearch/report/c04.htm, viewed 18 July 2007.

[24]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 3.

[25]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 5.

[26]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 12.

[27]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 13.

[28]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 35.

[29]      Submission 10, pp 6-7.

[30]      Submission 10, p.7. The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) is 'an inter-governmental body whose purpose is the development and promotion of national and international policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The FATF was established in 1989 by the G7 and Australia was a founding member. The FATF currently has 33 members, of which two are regional organisations': Attorney-General's Department, http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Anti-moneylaundering_TheFATFsmutualevaluationofAustralia, viewed 16 July 2007.

[31]      Australian Transaction and Reports Centre, Submission 10, p. 7.

[32]      Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, Third mutual evaluation report on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism, 14 October 2005.

[33]      Australian Transaction and Reports Centre, Submission 10, p. 7.

[34]      Mr Tom Sherman, 'Report on the independent review of the operation of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth)', July 2006, p. 6.

[35]      House Hansard, 13 March 2002, p. 1,113.

[36]      Submission 2, p. 1.

[37]      Australian Crime Commission, Australian Crime Commission Annual Report 2005-06, October 2006, p. 40.

[38]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 16.

[39]      Mr Tom Sherman, 'Report on the independent review of the operation of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth)', July 2006, p. 16.

[40]      Mr Tom Sherman, 'Report on the independent review of the operation of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth)', July 2006, p. 14.

[41]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 16.

[42]      Mr Tom Sherman, 'Report on the independent review of the operation of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth)', July 2006, p. 23.

[43]      Mr Tom Sherman, 'Report on the independent review of the operation of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth)', July 2006, p. 23.

[44]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 16.

[45]      Mr Tom Sherman, 'Report on the independent review of the operation of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth)', July 2006, p. 24.

[46]      Professor Rod Broadhurst, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, pp 59-60.

[47]      Mr Bob Bottom, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 36; Mr Christopher Keen, Director, Intelligence, Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission, Committee Hansard 7 June 2007, p. 57; Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 USC § (1968).

[48]      Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 USC § (1968).

[49]      Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 USC § (1968).

[50]      Mr Jeffrey Grell, http://www.ricoact.com/, viewed 10 August 2007.

[51]      Mr Jeffrey Grell, http://www.ricoact.com/, viewed 10 August 2007.

[52]      Assistant Commissioner Tony Harrison, Crime Service, South Australia Police, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 22.

[53]      Assistant Commissioner Tony Harrison, Crime Service, South Australia Police, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 23.

[54]      Mr Bob Bottom, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 38.

[55]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 37.

[56]      Committee Hansard, 8 June 2007, p. 6.

[57]      Assistant Commissioner Graeme Morgan, Commander, State Crime Command, NSW Police Force, Committee Hansard, 8 June 2007, p. 7.

[58]      Committee Hansard, 8 June 2007, p. 7.

[59]      The committee notes that Mr Andrew Scipione is now Commissioner of the NSW Police Force.

[60]      Committee Hansard, 8 June 2007, p. 16.

[61]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 22.

[62]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 22.

[63]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 23.

[64]      Assistant Commissioner Tony Harrison, Crime Service, South Australia Police, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 23.

[65]      Professor Rod Broadhurst, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 59.

[66]      Professor Rod Broadhurst, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 59.

[67]      Professor Rod Broadhurst, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 59.

[68]      Professor Rod Broadhurst, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 64.

[69]      Bill C-95, 2nd session, 35th Parliament, Canada: Canadian Parliament, http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=2329667&Language=e&Mode=1&File=11, viewed 10 August 2007.

[70]      Reproduced in Professor Hisao Katoh, 'Corruption in the Economic World in Japan', Keio University website, http://www.law.keio.ac.jp/~hkatoh/CORRUPTIONINTHEECONOMICWORLDINJAPAN.htm, viewed 10 August 2007.

[71]      ABC Radio, 'Father urges Melbourne shooter to come forward', The World Today, 27 June 2007, http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2007/s1956695.htm, transcript, viewed 10 August 2007.

[72]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 17.

[73]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 51.

[74]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 16.

[75]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 16.

[76]      Detective Superintendent Stephan Gollschewski, Queensland Police Service, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 17.

[77]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 35.

[78]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 19.

[79]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, pp 64-65.

[80]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 59.

[81]      Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia, 'Organised crime report to the Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission with regard to the commission's organised crime function and contempt powers', December 2005, p. 6.

[82]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 24.

[83]      Assistant Commissioner Andrew Scipione, NSW Police Force, Committee Hansard, 8 June 2007, p. 16.

[84]      Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia, 'Organised crime report to the Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission with regard to the commission's organised crime function and contempt powers', December 2005, p. 6.

[85]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 21.

[86]      Assistant Commissioner Tony Harrison, Crime Service, South Australia Police, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 21.

Chapter 7 - The adequacy of administrative and regulatory arrangements

[1]        SIM is an acronym for Subscriber Identity Module. A SIM is a small card to hold subscriber details and an electronic password: Australian Communications and Media Authority, http://toolkit.acma.gov.au/mobile/glossary.htm, viewed 5/09/2007.

[2]        Submission 8, p. 11.

[3]        Committee Hansard, 30 April 2007, p. 17.

[4]        Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, pp 47-48.

[5]        Western Australia Police, Submission 15, p. 5.

[6]        Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p.19.

[7]        Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, pp 47-48.

[8]        Committee Hansard, 30 April 2007, p. 22.

[9]        Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p.19.

[10]      Submission 15, p. 5.

[11]      The Integrated Public Number Database (IPND) is an industry-wide database that contains information on all listed and unlisted public telephone numbers in Australia, regardless of the service provider. The IPND came into operation on 1 July 1998 and is maintained by Telstra under the Carrier Licence Conditions (Telstra Corporation Limited) Declaration 1997: Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, http://www.dcita.gov.au/communications_and_technology/policy_and_legislation/numbering/integrated_public_number_database_(ipnd), viewed 31 July 2007.

[12]      Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association, Submission 22, p. 2.

[13]      Submission 22, p. 2.

[14]      Submission 22, p. 3.

[15]      Attorney-General's Department, http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/page/Crimeprevention_Identitysecurity#q2, viewed 31 July 2007.

[16]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, pp 17-18.

[17]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, pp 17-18.

[18]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 51.

[19]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 20.

[20]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 20.

[21]      Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia, 'Organised crime report to the Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission with regard to the Commission's organised crime function and contempt powers', December 2005, p. 8.

[22]      Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia, 'Organised crime report to the Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission with regard to the Commission's organised crime function and contempt powers', December 2005, p. 8.

[23]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 68.

[24]      Committee Hansard, 8 June 2007, p. 13.

[25]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 48.

[26]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 46.

[27]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, pp 41-46.

[28]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 60.

[29]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 59.

[30]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 62.

[31]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 60.

[32]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, pp 24-25.

[33]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 59.

[34]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 65.

[35]      Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p. 11.

[36]      Productivity Commission, http://www.pc.gov.au/commission/charter.html, viewed 21 August 2007.

[37]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 27.

[38]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 34.

[39]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 33.

[40]      Mr Alastair Milroy, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Crime Commission, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 34.

[41]      Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p. 38.

[42]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 86.

[43]      Dr Toni Makkai, Director, Australian Institute of Criminology, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 86.

[44]      Committee Hansard, 30 April 2007, p. 34.

[45]      Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p. 6.

[46]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 84.

[47]      The AIC contracted over $2.5 million of work in 2006.

[48]      Dr Toni Makkai, Director, Australian Institute of Criminology, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, pp 85-86.

[49]      Dr Toni Makkai, Director, Australian Institute of Criminology, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 82.

[50]      Dr Toni Makkai, Director, Australian Institute of Criminology, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 86.

[51]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 85.

[52]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 29.

[53]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 29.

[54]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 29.

[55]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 54.

[56]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 54.

[57]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 54.

[58]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 89.

[59]      See Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission, Inquiry into the manufacture, importation and use of amphetamines and other synthetic drugs (AOSD) in Australia, February 2007.

[60]      Mr Bob Bottom, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 28.

[61]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission, Examination of the Australian Crime Commission Annual Report 2005-06, June 2007, p. 16.

[62]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 26.

[63]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission, Examination of the Annual Report 2004-2005 of the Australian Crime Commission, p. vii.

[64]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, pp 30-31.

[65]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 28.

[66]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 29.

[67]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 29.

[68]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 90.

[69]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 21.

[70]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 47.

[71]      Mr Alexander Webling, Senior Adviser E-Security Strategy, Critical Infrastructure Protection Branch, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 21.

[72]      Professor Rod Broadhurst, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 69.

[73]      Submission 6, p. 1.

[74]      ABC Radio, 'Your money dot con', Background Briefing, 24 June 2007, transcript, p. 2.

[75]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 90.

[76]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 69.

[77]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 69.

[78]      ABC Radio, 'Your money dot con', Background Briefing, 24 June 2007, transcript, p. 17.

[79]      ABC Radio, 'Your money dot con', Background Briefing, 24 June 2007, transcript, p. 17.

[80]      Committee Hansard, 7 June 2007, p. 69.

[81]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 90.

[82]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 21.

[83]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 21.

[84]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 85.

[85]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 47.

[86]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 48.

Chapter 8 - The adequacy of cross-jurisdictional databases

[1]        Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p. 16.

[2]        Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 68.

[3]        Committee Hansard, 30 April 2007, p. 16.

[4]        Submission 5, p. 8.

[5]        Mr Keith Holland, First Assistant Secretary, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 5.

[6]        CrimTrac, Submission 12, p. 2.

[7]        Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 77.

[8]        Mr Ben McDevitt, Chief Executive Officer, CrimTrac, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 70.

[9]        Mr Ben McDevitt, Chief Executive Officer, CrimTrac, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 71.

[10]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 40.

[11]      Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p. 20.

[12]      Mr Ben McDevitt, Chief Executive Officer, CrimTrac, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 79.

[13]      Mr Ben McDevitt, Chief Executive Officer, CrimTrac, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 71.

[14]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 77.

[15]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 77.

[16]      Department of Transport and Regional Services, Submission 24, p. 4.

[17]      Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p. 28.

[18]      Submission 24, p. 4.

[19]      Detective Superintendent Mark Porter, State Intelligence Division, Victoria Police, Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p. 17.

[20]      Mr Mark Burgess, Chief Executive Officer, Police Federation of Australia, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 42.

[21]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 63.

[22]      CrimTrac, Submission 12A, p. 1.

[23]      CrimTrac, Submission 12, p. 5.

[24]      CrimTrac, Strategic Plan 2007-2010, p. 5.

[25]      Police Federation of Australia, Submission 5, p. 9.

[26]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 41.

[27]      Committee Hansard, 12 July 2007, p. 13.

[28]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 31.

[29]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2005-06, p. 10.

[30]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2005-06, p. 28.

[31]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 21A, p. 5.

[32]      Submission 10, p. 5.

[33]      Committee Hansard, 8 June 2007, p. 4.

[34]      Committee Hansard, 8 June 2007, pp 20-21.

[35]      Submission 21A, p. 5.

[36]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 2.

[37]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 72.

[38]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 32.

[39]      Committee Hansard, 6 July 2007, p. 20.

[40]      Submission 23, p. 1.

[41]      Submission 23, p. 1.

[42]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, pp 82-83.

[43]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 73.

[44]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 68.

[45]      Committee Hansard 5 July 2007, p. 44.

[46]      Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 42.

[47]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2007, p. 6.

[48]      Mr Ben McDevitt, Chief Executive Officer, CrimTrac, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, pp 82-83.

[49]      Committee Hansard, 1 May 2007, p. 32.

[50]      Mr Ben McDevitt, Chief Executive Officer, CrimTrac, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2007, p. 71.