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CRIME & DOCKS * Australia - On the waterfront
Melbourne,Australia -The Age, by NICK MCKENZIE AND LINTON BESSER -September 30, 2009: -- To the outsider, Panayi appeared to be nothing more than a well-connected entrepreneur, comfortable with officialdom... But Panayi was cultivating other connections as well, revealed during a police operation in 2004. A later court case resulting from the police sting would reveal allegations that Panayi was involved in an attempt to get a drug-filled container off Port Botany... Maureci and Panayi were later charged over their alleged roles in the drug trafficking conspiracy. Maureci was eventually sentenced to 16 years in prison. Prosecutors withdrew criminal charges against Panayi, who has maintained his innocence. There is no suggestion he was more extensively involved... ''There are some real problems on Melbourne's wharves,'' says a senior police source who believes law enforcement agencies are losing the fight against drug importers. ''We know criminals have their tentacles at the wharves. The question is, how do we deal with it?''... (Photo by Jessica Shapiro - Australia’s docks are still fertile territory for crime networks, which remain entrenched despite security measures)Labels: cargo crime
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