Drugs Fund Organised Crime
Most organized crime in Australia is focused on illicit drug markets.
All organized crime costs the Australian community between $10,000 million and 15,000 million every year.
Illicit drugs have an estimated social cost of over $8,000 million annually.
Amphetamines and drug money laundering together with identity crime pose a critical risk to the Australian community.
Organized crime poses a threat to Australia’s national security.
Violence between crime gangs including outlaw motorcycle gangs is a consequence of the money obtained from drug crime.
Organized crime gangs use state of the art technology and professional advisors to facilitate drug trafficking and money laundering.
(Source: Organized Crime in Australia {Unclassified report} from Australian Crime Commission released 15 April 2011)
DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL COMMENTS-
This latest unclassified report on illicit drugs proves that Australia’s high drug demand is funding crime.
Illicit drug use cannot be treated as a health issue as the cost involves great social, legal, border protection, law enforcement and social costs.
Drug rehabilitation programs need to be substantially increased to reduce the demand for all illicit drugs to cut of the money funding organized crime.
If the costs to Australia of illicit drugs is as huge as disclosed in this unclassified report what is in the classified report only available to selected law enforcement agencies?
THE DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS-
More detoxification & rehabilitation that gets illicit drug users drug free.
Court ordered and supervised detoxification & rehabilitation.
Less illicit drug users, drug pushers and drug related crimes.
12/2011
