Sydney custom officers suspected: reports

A NETWORK of custom officers at Sydney Airport has allegedly been working with organised crime figures to import drugs, according to media reports. 
 
The group of up to 20 officials are suspected to be involved in either serious misconduct or corrupt dealings, Fairfax media reported on Thursday.

The activity ranges from criminal association and leaking information to drug trafficking and bribery.
According to the report, airport baggage handlers are also involved, with the group operating since at least 2009.

The are suspected to have imported pseudoephedrine, cocaine, steroids and possibly even weapons.
When media reports surfaced on Wednesday of allegations that up to 30 custom officials were involved in drug importations, a spokesman for the Australian Federal Police (AFP) refused to comment.

He told AAP that a press conference was set to be held in Sydney on Thursday.

An Australian Customs spokesman would also make no comment on Wednesday's reports.

According to Fairfax, customs documents from dating back to 2007 outlined numerous warnings that the body lacked the resources to detect corruption and that its anti-corruption framework was "outdated".
Acting customs CEO Mike Pezzullo told Fairfax that "more needs to be done".

news.com.au 20 Dec 2012

It is not only Sydney Airport where the organised crime syndicate operates from.

Australia's major airports are monitored by the drug syndicate, which has been operational for decades.

The corporate media give the impression that is is only just been happening recently.

Corrupt personnel inform their interstate counterparts of incoming goods which are then distributed via the appropriate channels.

The drug airport smuggling network, which also includes police as well as high ranking officials, numbers staff in the hundreds and not tens.

Another blind eye turned by the corrupt authorities.