Controlled Operations to Become More Accountable
Source: Victoria. Office of the Attorney General. Media Release
"Deputy Premier and Attorney-General Rob Hulls introduced in Parliament an amendment enabling the Crimes (Controlled Operations) Act to start, which will ensure greater accountability for covert police operations.“This legislation will allow us to start a comprehensive scheme governing controlled operations in Victoria that will largely replace the existing patchwork of legislative provisions,” Mr Hulls said.“While organised criminal networks such as drug cartels are able to operate across the nation, police have often been hampered in investigating cross border crime because the laws on police investigations vary across Australia.”The legislation amends the Crimes (Controlled Operations) Act 2004, which was developed as part of a national initiative to tackle cross-border criminal activity. However, this 2004 legislation has not come into force because of constitutional concerns that it imposed obligations on a Commonwealth agency, the Australian Crime Commission."