Funding allocated to CMC for phone-tapping capabilities
Source: Queensland. Attorney General. Media Release.
"The Bligh Government has demonstrated its commitment to fighting serious organised crime, corruption and paedophilia in Queensland by providing significant new funding to the Crime and Misconduct Commission for phone-tapping capabilities. Attorney-General Cameron Dick said the government had allocated $14 million over five years to the CMC for telecommunication interception capacity, including $605,000 this financial year to implement the system. He said the funding would allow the CMC to use telephone interception powers on three main operational areas: corruption and serious misconduct; organised crime such as drug trafficking, extortion and fraud; and paedophilia and child sex offences."