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Trends in the importation of Border Controlled Drugs Detective Sergeant Keith RANDALL AFP Crime Operations, Melbourne Office About the AFP The AFP's role is to enforce Commonwealth criminal law and to protect Commonwealth and national interests

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Trends in the importation of Border Controlled Drugs

Detective Sergeant Keith RANDALL AFP Crime Operations, Melbourne Office

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About the AFP

The AFP's role is to enforce Commonwealth criminal law and to protect Commonwealth and national interests from crime in Australia and overseas. Current areas of focus include:

preventing, countering and investigating terrorism
illicit drug trafficking
transnational and multi-jurisdictional crime
organised people smuggling, human trafficking and slavery
serious fraud against the Commonwealth
high-tech crime involving information technology and

communications

regional peacekeeping and capacity building; and
money laundering.

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I llicit Drug Strategies

Detection
Prevention
Disruption
Prosecution
Supply reduction
Capacity building
Intelligence

sharing

Joint investigations

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Serious Drug & ML Offences

S.307.1 / S.307.8 Crim Code – Import / Possess

commercial qty of BCD. Penalty = Life Imprisonment

S.307.2 / S.307.9 Crim Code – Import / Possess

marketable qty of BCD. Penalty = 25 yrs Imprisonment

S.400.3 – 400.9 Crim Code – Dealing in

proceeds of crime ($1M + / any value). Penalty = 25 yrs to 12 months Imprisonment

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Customs and Border Protection Service Front Line Officers Law Enforcement Front Line Investigators Forensic and Intelligence Analysts

Acknow ledgem ents

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Drug Detections by W eight 2 0 1 0 - 2 0 1 3

100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 Cannabis Cocaine Heroin MDMA ATS W eight ( KG) 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013

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Trends in I nternational Mail

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 Num ber of Detections 2013-Q1 2013-Q2 2013-Q3 2013-Q4 2014-Q1 2014-Q2

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Trends in Air Cargo

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 Num ber of Detections 2013-Q1 2013-Q2 2013-Q3 2013-Q4 2014-Q1 2014-Q2

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Asian organised and syndicated crime groups

Large Com m ercial I m portations

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West African and Chinese / HK Organised Crime Scatter-gun risk mitigation strategy On-line monitoring Interstate redirections

High Volum e / Low Quantity I m ports

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Social network and technology savvy PO boxes and redirections using false or stolen ID Quickly escalate from users into significant traffickers Vulnerable to established crime groups

Dark Net I m ports

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Mexican – South American drug cartels

Sm all Craft

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Vulnerable Asian and Western country drug users / traffickers / debt bondage victims

Body Pack / I nternals

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Apply on line – anywhere and anytime No verification of application details Unlimited number of account registrations allowed Data held by 3rd Party Service Providers 24/ 7 Access

Future Challenges

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Multi-agency Government and LEA Joint Taskforces Resource sharing Intelligence sharing – on and

ffshore

Engagement with service providers Prevention and deterrence strategies – social and mainstream media

The Joint LEA Response

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Capacity building of LEA’s in production and transhipment countries Transnational Crime Networks in Asia and Pacific Nations Intelligence sharing MOU’s

Capacity Building

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Following the money trail Prosecuting ML and drug

ffences

Money Laundering

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Seizing assets and the proceeds of crime (CACTF) Unexplained wealth investigations and/ or ATO assessments

Crim inal Asset Confiscation

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