There are crimes everywhere,incl this red dot city.
Wat i am not happy is some bodies want to paint oz is a no/low
crime
places.your parents ,frens,relatives or peers have told u,i
think.
The figures are crime rate is 10 times of SG.
Perceptions is oz is a good place for raising kids.
Now we come to reality of crimes,ATM blown up,highly
organised
crimes gangsters,lenient Judges....
Now u can see the no.30 th somethings ATM blown up...
The ATM blown up is so serious that oz police is offering a
reward of
A$150,000!!
Another ATM blown up
There are rewards totalling $150,000 for information leading
to the conviction of people responsible for the hits on
ATMs.
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OVERSEAS cartels are changing the face of Australian organised
crime, cashing in on huge profits from our taste for cocaine.
By Mark Schliebs
NEWS.com.au
January 29, 2009 11:30am
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Graphic: Chris Agiasotis / news.com.au.
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AUSTRALIA'S organised crime landscape is being transformed by
multinational cartels cashing in on huge profits in the nation’s
burgeoning cocaine market.
In some cases, a kilogram of cocaine bought for $20,000 in the US
can now be sold in Australia for $200,000, making it one of the
most attractive drug markets in the world.
Lebanese and Italian groups have traditionally dominated the
Australian cocaine trade because of their highly organised
structure and strong connections with South American cartels.
But in recent years, just about every major organised crime group,
from bikies to Triads through to Serbian groups, have begun trading
in the illicit drug - and are even working together.
Authorities are closely monitoring prices as an indicator of the
amount of cocaine available, with police intelligence suggesting
criminals are manipulating supply in order to maximise their
cut.
But the influx of players vying for domination in
Australia’s major cities, together with an unrelenting flow of the
drug through smuggling routes, has seen the price of cocaine
plummet.
Despite the strong profits, the price of the drug has been slashed
by up to 42 per cent within a 12-month period, according to the
latest figures from the Australian Crime Commission (ACC).
The street-price for a gram of cocaine fell from $350 in New South Wales and $250 in South Australia to $200 in both states
in the 2006/07 financial year.
ACC chief executive officer Alistair Milroy confirmed the increased
number of groups entering the trade could be a factor in the price
cuts.
"Organised criminal groups employ a range of strategies to
deliberately manipulate their control over illicit drug markets or
to enter new drug markets," Mr Milroy said.
"This may include aggressive marketing through undercut or reduced
prices, or agreements between major players to set prices."
He also said economic conditions and "perceived market placing"
were also factors.
The NSW Crime Commission has found that the wholesale price
plummeted by half during the following year.
It is believed that the price of the drug in Sydney - traditionally
the nation's biggest cocaine market - has been slowly rising in
recent months but it is not yet apparent if it is due to a slowdown
in supply.
"At the end of the year, the kilogram price of cocaine was about
half of its peak," the NSW Crime Commission said in its 2007-08
annual report.
"The wholesale price remains a good indicator of the quantities
available in the market."
Despite huge seizures in recent years, authorities appear to have
struggled to stem the flow of the drug, as indicated in the falling
price.
A total of 124kg of cocaine was seized by Australian authorities in
the 2005/06 financial year.---EOQ
