JPRS ID: 8405 TRANSLATIONS ON NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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1. 8 April ].9 79
TRANSLATIONS ON NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 17/?9)
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ASIA
~ AUSTRALTA -
Austzalia Called 'Vital Link' in World Drug Trade
(THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD~ 3 Mar 'l9) 1
National Party in Victoria Takea Hard Line on Druge
(THE AUSTRALIAN, 7 Mar 79) 2
National Approach to Antidrug Fight Urged
,(THE AUSTRALIAN, 1 Mar 79) 3
Australian Government Considers Tougher Antidrug Measurea -
(Various sources, 9 Mar 79) 5
New Regulatiana Described, by Tony Walker
More Details Given, by elndrew Kruger
- Bugging Provisions Supported, Editorial
Freezing of Asseta Condemned, Editorial
Drug Commission Told Air Surveillance To Begin
(THE COURIER MAIL, 7 Mar 79) 10
- Perth Supreme Court Pronounces Sentences on Drugs Charges
(THE WEST AUSTRALIAN, 7 Mar 79) 11 ~
Marihuana Crop Growers Sentenced in Perth District Court ~
(THE WEST AUSTRALIAN, 7 Mar 79) 12
Perth Court Renews Bail on Former Airline Steward
(THE WEST AUSTRALIAN 20 Feb 79)
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Queenaland's Record Heroia Haul Found at Brisbane Airport ~
(THE COURIER MAIL, 3 Mar 79) ~
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Drugs Defendant Banned Fr~tii Coaching 5chool Children
(THE WEST AUSTRALIAI,~, 7 Mar 79) 15
Briefe
Queensland Univereity Research 16 � _
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BURMA
Briefa
Reroin Seizure at L~ahio 17
MALAYSIA
9riefa
Malayeian-Thai Cooperation 18 ~
PAKISTAN
Health Minister on S~:ricter Measuree to Control Drugs
(THE SUN, 20 Mar 79) 19
Briefa
Narcotics Seized in Madyan ~ 20
Charas, Hashiah Seized 20
PHILIPPINES _
Briefa
$500,000 Drug Seizure 21
THAILAND
Australian Drug Defendant Deplores Conditiona in Thai Jail
(THE COURIER MAIL, 27 Feb 79) 22
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'Brown Sugar' Arrest 23 -
Australian Arrested 23
LATIN AMERICA
COLOMBIA
Extent of Narcotica Induatry in Colombia Discussed
(Juergen Petschuli, Perry Kretz; STERN, 22 Mar 79) 24 .
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Drug War Heavy Burden f~r Army
(EL ESP~CTAllOR, 19 Mar 79) 31 ~
Drugs, Traffickere Seized ~n Magdalene~
(U111o Acevedo Silva; EL ESPECTADOR, 21 Mar 79) 33
Cocaine~ Marihuana, Boliviane Seized
(Angel Romera; EL TIF.MPO, 21 Mar 79) 35
Trafficker Arreate: 44 In A Week
(EL 5YGL0, 19 Mar 79) 36 -
Briefe
Standarde for Drug Teste 38
MflCICO
Army Seizee Tra,fficker Aircraft
~ (Rafael Madina Cruz;EXCELSIOR, 18 Feb 79) 39
Marihuana Traffickera in Gun Battle With Police -
(EL MANANA~ 6 Mar 79) 40
Traffickere Eecape Froca Prison, Soldiers, Guards Implicated
(LA VOZ DE LA FROtdTERA, 14, 15 Mar 79) 42
Three Flee Tijuana Penitentiary
Soldi~ra, Guards, I~ate Involved
Truckload of Marihuang~ Cocaine Confiecated
(EL DIARIO DFs Ni1EV0 L~1RED0, 17 Mar 79) 46 ~
Marihusna, Poppy Fielde Destroyed
(Gonzalo Gutierrez L.; E~CCELSIOR, 18 Feb 79) 47 =
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Heroin Proceaeing Laboratory yg
Marihuana Seized in Chiapas 48
Aircraft With Marihuana Found yg
Officials View Marihuana Burning 49
PANAMA
Briefe
Drug Incineration 50
Methaqualone Seizure 50
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' URUGUAY ,
Danger of Obecure Medicatione Pointed Out
(Editorial; LA MANANA, 21 Feb 79) 51
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA ,
ALGERIA
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Four Italiane Sentenced 53 e
SUB-SAHARAN Ak'RICA
- MAURITIUS
Increaeed Uae of Drugs Alleged
(Jack Bizlall; LE PEUPLE, 2 Mar y9) 54 '
WESTERN EUROPE ~
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY .
Government Report Gives Figures on Drug Uae v
(DER TAGESSPIEGEL, 18 Mar 79) 56 , �
Increased Violence in Drug Scene Reported \
(DER SPIEGEL, 12 Mar 79) 57
Heroin Ring in West Berlin Broken lTp -
(NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUNG, 3 Mar 79) 62
Heroin Seized, Five Arreated in Ruesaelsheim
(FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU, 16 Feb 79) 63
ITALY
Six Antidrug Proposale Unveiled in Milan
(IL GIORNALE NUOVQ, 4 Feb 79) 64
Jailed Drug Addicta Lack Medical Attention But Not Druga
(Giancarlo Angeloni; L~UNITA, 23 Feb 79) 66
Druga Concealed in Postcards, Hollow Shoe Heels
(L'UNITA, 23 Feb 19) 70
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NETHERLANDS
EdiCorial Attacks Ameterdam Policy on Drugs
(EdiCorial; NRC HANDELSBLAD, 17 Mar 79) 7~
Three Chinese Arreated, Deported for Heroin Trafficking
- (NRC HANDELSBLAD, 8 Mar 79) 73
SWEDEN ~
Foreign Organized Crime Gang Involved in Drugs Affair
(Leif Dahlin; DAGENS NYHETER, 25 Jan 79) 7~
Court Hande pown Record Druge Sentence
(Leif Dahlin; DAGENS NYHETER, 17 Feb ~9) 77
SWITZERLAND
Dealer Sentenced to Seven Yeaxe in Prison
(NEUE 2UERCHER ZEITUNG, 17 Feb 79) gp
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AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA CALLED 'VITAL LINK' IN WORLD DRUG TRADE
Sydney TH~ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in Engli.sh 3 Mar 79 p 5
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MELBOURNE. AUS- man, said Australia was' atready had fACilitated~ the widespread
tralia is in danger of becom- a vital link in international drua usugc of stolen or countcrfeit
ing a centre for internntional smuggling as well aa a centre credit cards and traveller's
CCimC, the head of the Aus� for'counterfciting, chequea, now reacl~ing epidemic
tralian brunch of IntCt' pl, The oncc�laughablc sugges� proportiona;'
P tion that tl~is cuunlry was be� Australia had also become a
Supcrintendcnt RlcllaCd coming a wurld .entrc tor the tavoo~ite spot for,couaterfcitero
Dixon~ WhrnCd yCStCrd~y. ~~~~r~~ Production of drugs now of overscas bank notes.
becomes a fcasible proposition," "This country has recently
Superintendent Dixon, who is he saicl, bcen the location for the for-
, e senior Commonweelth police� H i F h�qun~~~Y counterfrit Rery of large quantities of
Atistrulian passports and trav- Kank of England notes;' Supcr-
ellera' cheques wcre also being intendent Dixon aaid.
produced. Printing plates for counter-
Supcrintendent Dixon, who fcit Unitcd Statea � Treasury
joined the Comonwealth Police notes have also becn discovered
in 1966 aftcr scrving 10 years nnd many thousanAs of counter-
with the Rhociesian Police feit dollars in various denomina-
Forca'~ Speciat ~lranch, was giv. tions have beea produced in this
fng evidence to the Policr 5er� country." ,
vice $onrd hcari~Q on an appli� ~mternational Criminals were
~ cetion for improved wages for as�n~ h1~~~ to loo lto Ausvalia
polica because of increased ~~goth Ronald Bigg~ and Ra
work atrws. y
mond Palmer. then. Britain'~
Ho said the pressure on the ~nd Canada's most wanted
Victorian Police ~orce to meet men, found havens tn this
Jnterpol end Commonwcalth
- Police request~ for help had rountry, Superintrndent Dixon
recently incrrased significantly, said. "Several of their profea-
partly because of the rise of sional criminal as~ociatea, all
organised crime in AuatrAlia. regarded as the opper echeloa
_ "'I~'o domeatic bnnks have of crime with organised-crime
been forced to withdruw series
of their travellers' cheques be- backgrounds, have cort~e to
cause of widesprcad forge~ies," Auatralia from ' whence they
Supcrintmdent Dizon said, have bcen extradlted or de-
"Auttrrlian documentn6oa ported."
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- NATIONAL PARTY IN VrCTORIA TAKES HARD LINE ON DRUGS ~ -
Canberra THE AUSTRAI?TAN in English 7 Mar 79 p 9
[Excerpt] .
( TfiE hard�pressed ~'ictoriau
Liberal Govcrnment was yester-
~ day given a warning of ~vhat to
expect lf it was forced into a
reluctant coalition with the ~
Natlonal Partv. -
Hopeful of holding che baiance ot
power atter the State electfon on Maq
5 the Natlonal Party announced Its
electton policq 1n a'blueprint to get
Vtctorla moving agatn:' .
The Nattonai Par~y Ieader. Mr Petcr
� Ross�Ed~r�ar~s, takes a tough line on
- drugs, industrfa: relatlons, and unem- ~
ploy~nent and cleariy establishes aQr!-
culture as the pollcq corncrstone.
The party promfses to make more ~
funds avallab,e to farmers to develop
and improve thelr propertles and says
it wltl abolish prob~te and gitt duty.
On atcohol and drug abuse the
"blucprint" says: 'The Nationat Party
ls extremelq concerned at the raptd
increase in alcohol and drug uao fn . - ~
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"The party la commftted to a policq
ot crenttng an atmsophere of contidence
to a11oy the free enterprlse system to i
Baln strength and expand. Victoria, once �
the leader fn economic growth, 1s drop- ~
plnng behlnd many ot the other Statcs:' +
� "The communtty must be prep4nd
to accept harsh pensities tor convlcted ~
druq pushcrs, to report auspected drug ~
peddlers and to encouragc lhose with ~
alcohol and drug problems to seck
medlcal care and counselling:'
The party aould doubie the sfze of �
thc Sta?,e drug squad 4nd loK~er the �
alcohoNc contcnt ot beer.
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NATIONAL APPROACH TO ANTIDItUG FIGHT URGED
- Canberra THE AUSTRALIAN in English 1 Mar ?9 p 3
[Text] The NSW Government has approached the Federal Government
to set up a joint police task force involving all States to
fight drug trafficking.
The NSw Premier, Mr '~Vrari~ said in Parliament yesterday he had
written to the Prime M~nister~ Ntr Fraser, to urge a"national
approach to fight the drug menace."
Mr Wran said he had also discussed the task force with the royal ~
commissioner in the NSW drug inquiry, Mr Justice Woodward.
The Premier was replying to a question in State Parliament on
~ what the Government was doing to fight organised crime, put by
the Independent mP for South Coast~ Mr John Hatton.
The task force would involve State and Commonwealth police and
officers of the Federal ~ureau of Narco~ics~ assisted by so].ici-
tors and other key figures.
"Becuuse crime extenda acros~ Mr Wran sald he didn't tnfnK ~
9tnte boundaries and evcn into there wae much doubt that the
natlonsl llmfts tiiere should be Federal C+overnment wauld
closcr nlatlonshfps ~r-lth Com- I AYrce to thc proposal.
:nonwcaiti~ law cnforccment "I w111 be having turtlicr -
agencies;' htr Wran su1d. I dlscussions with Mr Justicc ~
"I aliould cmphaslse that W~ward on Frlday to consider
a 1 r e a d y co�operatfon extsts this tesk force approach;' Mr
betwcc~~ thc Commanwcalth and Wrnn sald.
State police torcca and that "I had hoped ttme and ctr-
thcre liavc been a number oC cumstances would have permit-
notsble opcratlons 1nvolvlnB I t~ arrangements to be con-
botii thc Commonwealth and cluded between this Govcrnment
6tate police forces lnto drug and the Federal C3overnment
traftlcking tivlucli have resultcd , before I made pubHe the various
!n the apprcl~enslon of crtminals. ~~~Ps ~vhich are betng taken:'
"An ad hce task forcc ( Mr Wran said he would not
approach ��as adopted in the normallq l~ave madc these con- '
latter p:~rt of last year In the aidcratlons publlc, but it had
S70 mlllion drug stnuqgling becn suggested that the Qovern-
operatlon tivhlch resulled ln the ment was not taking adequate
- arrest and ~a11ing ot Murray eteps to combat organiscd crime. ~ ,
Btewart Rqey and otl~ers."
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mhe most pcrniclous organfsed
. crlmes reiatcd to drugs and h~ ;
felt it nccessary to let Par11a- '
ment and !he publlc kno~v what
had becn going on attd wltat hc
expected to happen. ~
"I don't resard this sort ot ,
thing as a matter for poUNcal ~
thatt~8ocsbt
t tlac}root of till at is
understood to bo fn tlie public
tnterest," he s11d. ~
Mr Wran dlscarded sugges- ; .
tlons that a parltamentary _
slnndlnQ commlttce bc sct up to
"monitor, lnvcslfgatc and advlse
on organlscd crfmc:'
Parllament was the place for
minlste:s to questton, probe,
crltlcise ~nd opposc crtme. _
"A permanent standfng com- _
mlttcc la not en cffective means , -
ot combuthi~ crlmc;' hc sald, `
"1 am efrald that a stundinB `
committce of thls Parllameiit
caii bc uaed as the forum for ~
mailcious or untounded in-
- vesttgattons made under parlta-
mentary prlvilegc;' _
~ Mr Wran pofnted to thc Free- _
man commlttee (set up last year
to lnvestigatc organtsed crfine)
as an exsmpie o[ "kangaroo
sQUrt proceedings, claiminB
that witnesses Nerc "broken,�
persons were de[amed wtthout
~ any chance to refute allegatfons
, and aome wltnesses were even
~ placed in fear ot their livea.
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AUSTRALIAN GOVERNM~NT CONSIDERS TOUGHER ,ANTIDRUG MEASU.RES
New Regulations Desc~~bed
Canberra THE AUSTRALIAN in English 9 Mar ?9 p 1
- [Article by Tany Walkerj
[Excerpts]
_ GANBE:RRA. The ederal Govern- "'['he drug trade is organised ~in en
ment is seeking the power to frecze unscrupulous and a totaliy lmmoral
the assets of convicted clrug trafiick- fashion," Mr. Fife said.
ers, within aghde oicrat cd fran ewoCkh and
The frecze would continue while Wi~hin the rule of law, the C,avern-
civil action was taken for the recovery ment needs s ecial
. of money equal to the sum earned thet are not commoni~accorded law
illegstly. enforcement."
Action to retrieve tlie money and Narcottcs a ents seekin to a 1
appiy the frcer.e �~ould be taken under phone taps wiil havo to ~follow P
he ~
- a new section of the Customs AcG same procedures as AS(0 operatives.
The hiintster for tiusiness and Con- This brings the use ot these d.evices
sumer Affairs, Mr, Fife snid yes[erday by the narcotics bureau under the con� ,
the frec~e was desigrspd to deal with tro) of the AttorneyGeneral.
sophisticated methods of disposin~ of � Mr. Fife said ~he use of listening
the proflts of illegal druq ~reR'icking. devices would he directed againac the
The new law, is part oF a set of organisers oP the drug trade. -
tough neu� regulations aimed a~ curb� "Untll non�, the backromm ~ature of
ing the dniR trade. the involvement of thc organicers has
Othrr measures nnnounced in Parlia� made investl~acion, nnd ;ui~sequeotly
- ment yesterday inc~uclcd: proof in ~he cou~t, virtuaily imposs-
~ Life impri~onment for the import- ible;' he said.
ation of "commercial" quantities of "'These organiserc hnve hitherto been
drugs; substantially untouched by the law. The
i New regulations governing body Government believes rhac by careful
searches; use of a potiver to arthorice listening
� Narcotics aFents �~ill be given new devices, investirators will be able ro
powers to use clectronlc eavesdropping break down che ~vnll currently pro� -
devices; tecting this inner clrr�;e."
� A new oRence of conspiracy.
Mr. Flte described thE new reguls� ~
t(ons as a"tougb law enforcemenc
measure".
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More beti~ila Given
Sydney :CHE SYDNEY Tr10P.NINC HF.RALD in Englieh 9 Mar ?9 p i
- (ArCiclc: by Andr~w Kruger~ . ~
[Tex~~ ~anberra.-- People convfcted o~' trafficking in large
qu~.htitiee of drugs wi.11 face a mandatory sentiance of life im-
prfsonment under naw drug lawa introd.uced in Parlfament
yesterday.
Traffickfng in emaller quantities will carry a maximum penalty
of ~100~000, or 2~ years in prison, or both.
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The tough measures are part of a legal package giving Customs
- and ASIO new powers to intercept communications and conduct se-
cret surveillance. .
They begin a fresh Government drive to improve national security }
and to track down the people who organise and profit from the ~
dru~ trade. ,
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The new meaeures will also empower the Federal Court of Australia !
- to order such people to pay fines equal to the profit they made
from illegal trafficking in drugs. ;
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Under changes to the Customs Act, the Government will be able to ;
ask courts to freeze the assets of people on ma3or drug charges,
until proceedings are completed.
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The Minister for Busjans ~ them !rom dispersing' ihose '
( and Consumer Atfain. Mr f in@ auets dUring court ptoceed.
Fifc. told i'arliameat yesterday tor eannibis j�~� '
he believed the inttoduction oE Under the new Customs f
such eztraordinary measures "But tadly~ by comparison~ I~ws, lite imptisonment with.
had not hccn attempted else- this is mae posket moneyr out the option of a 6ne wili
N~hcrc in ~hc worid. Thae criminais ue hiahly also be the requind penzl~y '
!ie said that the schrme wu sophisticateE businasmen w~th !or a second offence involving ~
fntcnded to deal with sophisti- t6e best possible legal advia. a tnltickable quantity of drugs.
cateJ methods of disposing �~ey do not hide theit Largo-scale drug Vaflicking ~
what is often called "wuhing" ptofits in a sock under the i~ described as ttafficking in -
of the profits of illeg~l dru~ mattress; it goes into laod~ "commereial" quantities ot 'll E
traRicking. stocks anJ shara, optioas, types of drugs. ezcept caonabis '
"1n the pzst ye~r~ drug negotiable instruments - in kaf oc 1.000 timu the
en[orcement c~lkian have sei~ shwt, into all the instrumeatt qwntities spocibcd u UafTick- ~
ed money and goods involvcd of modern commcrce." able under existiag dru~
in dnig traRcking excccding 51 By freeting :he asxts of 1aw's. .
million in v~lue~" he sa~d. such unscrupulous peopk, the ~ZOmp1a ot "commercial"
.Government could �pnveat qu~n~ities of drugs include:
unnabis 100ka, cocaine :kg,
heroin I.Sk~, I.SD O.Zkg. mor�
~ pWne 1.Sit~ aod opiuat 201c~.
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Wh~r~ non-COmmcrcial. dr.u~, quantitiey are invnlved, the first of-
f'ence f
or ~raf ficY~i.ng will carry a penalty of $100 ~ 000 or 25
years i.mprisonment, vr both.
For tra~fickin~ in cannabis, the fine w~~1 be ~4~OU0 or 10 years'
imprioo~nment ~ or both. -
To help ~he ~ederal. tiure~u uf c~arcotics smash the l~ighly organ-
ised drug rings which nperate in Australia~ tt~e Government h~s
added 50 investigat~rs to it~ staff and has improved substan~i-
ally the equipment and cnmmunicatians network it uses~
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~c~o~~ ~~~r ~1SI~
Amon~ ~he poucrful ncw dcccpt'r:c actiua taken bv a
wcar~ns narcoiics o(liccn aill lorcign poHer to promotc rts
ha~e �ill he the author~ry to inicrests.
u~c, suhjc~t to a ministctial
Karram, li>tcmnF dccices for ~he ncw ASIb Act also -
_ dectronic ca~~csdr~~rpinQ and alluw~s people the ~iEht ef ap~
thc Authorit~� t~ intcrccpt Pcal to a judicia) tnbunal,
tclcrhone t~nrcrsati~ins aod ag~in~t sccuntv uscssmeats
oth^r tdecommunicatians. "'h~~h mi~ht a[ttct their em�
Thcse ncw poW~en narrotics ~~ment by the Common�
a~cnt~ thatc Kith A~In a�rrts. "callh, migtation, citi~eu~hip
~ or the itsuc ot passpcrts.
Ch~n~ees tn thc AJIO Act,
Rivtn~ ASlO addili~nal powcrs
undcr ministctial warra~t Praper
to crtcr prcnutics !o aearch ~hecks
fot tecorJs, to use liucnin~
dcvires, tc~ interccp~ Iclca:,m-
municauon~ and tn orn and Thc Dcpnry Leadcr ot thc
inspcct mail, werc introduc~d ~PPosit:c~n, bir Boa~cn, said
in the Scnate ~�cstcrd~y b~ the tiiat whilt the Opposiliun did
AttorneyCieneral, Scnator not oppo~e the new Icgi~l~tion~
i)urack, �~antcd ro bc sure thcte w�ete
Cmergcncy provision~ allow rropcr ehecks'nd�balgnces to
thc dircctur�gcnctal o( AS(O ~'rrtcct basic human ri hts.
f to itiwc such w~arrants for ~tR Hc suggcsted that the Attor-
hours betore re;.orting to the nc}��Gcr,cra~ should re~ort to
Annrncy-Gcnrr~l. Pari~amcnt each }�ear oo the
7he new m��.~+r~c form part e~crcise of .;~IO's pou�en and =
of a ma~or sh:~~,c-u~. of the that a more complete classified
~ Au,lralian Sccurity In;clligcnce rcport on its acti~~it~c~ ~hould
~ Urg,~ni~~t,on f~llowii~g the t'� ~~'~+~~~hlc to the Lcader o(
final rcrurt in 197? of thc thc O~~o~rtion.
ffopc ftov:,~ Commi~sion in~o \tr $owcn alu~ callcd for a
int^ll;~~r:~~ ~i~,: tccurilq. judi:~al audit cf ASfO cvCrv
Undct ~tc :c~i~�cd chartcr, thrcc ~cars to chcck that u
ASIU's acti~ilics wi11 bc etltn- complicd aith trs chartcr ~nd
dcd ro rcrc~rt ~o th: Gu.ern- thc law, that ~t had not unjus-
ment on terro~ism ~nd on t,(~ably intrir.gcd nvil liberties
"activc mcasures of forcign in� pnd whetbcr it aperated effici-
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Bugging Yrovisions 5upported
Canb~rra TH~ AUSmaALTAN in Eng~ish 9 Mar 79 p 6
~Edf,toriala "Beating the Trade in Narco~ics"]
~Text] -
L~CI5LATION introduced in ~ederal a such a contentious matter under one
' Parliament ~~esterday to det~ne and cantrol and it should not hlnder.
� control the opcrations ot the th~ a~ents' activtties.
Auslrallan Sccurity and Inlelllgenre It fs most essentlal that they not bo
Org~rUsatlon and ~gents ot the~ htndered,'The extent of the trade in
Customs Uepartment's narcotics narcolirs is too ~vell do~umented lo be
squad demand~ riose studv. doubted. Uur serles~ '1'he Heroin
renetrating debate - and a deal of Connectfon, by Dr Altred DtcCoy~ an
upen�mindedness and realism atong Americ~n no~v ~vith the UNversdy of
with the rtatural ~aution ~vhlch must N51V, whlch we publlshed in January~ .
apply to the study ot any la~~~~s H~hlrh pinpotnted the evlls ~vith chllllng
empower intrus~on into personal prcrlsion.
pr~~~acy. ~ � Avstralla has 90,OQ0 herotn addtcts
It can be said at once that we have and the herotn traders of South�~ast
to arcept th~t some prolectton of Asia, attcacted by our attluence, are
pcrsonal pri~�ary has to bP sarrlficed it' dotnb their best to inrrc ~~e ihat '
~+~e are to pratect ourselves a;ainst number..lyhen raw.opium ~~~orth E500
sub~~ersion. A ftcst reaction to thc new on a Thai farm can be re(ined into
rules go~~erning the activitles of ASIO, heroln ~~~orti~ S:50,040 on the streets ot
- i~ that they do not gft�e ihat Australlan cilies, ~~~e ~re drallng with
or~a~U,~tion ~ny morc ~alitude than it money in sums K~hich can buy powcr
had before - and maybe Iess. and Inpuence. .
The AttorneyGeneral sWI has The foul and e~~l trade must be
nvcrriding power on the use of fought - and we cannot expect our
telephone taps and l~stening devices - narcoUcs agents to fight it ;vft.h one
the most disturbfng acti~7ty for the hand tled bphind their bach~ and the
prlvate and blameless person to, othcr in a k~d gleve. ~ .
� contemplate. ASIO can hardly bc~ Ii~ in the process of ffghting it~ we
e~ected to do its job under� ~ are subjected to ni~gling worr~es
restric~ions any more severe. about our personal privacy, that is
Narcotlcs agents, too~ w~ill have to is not~tio
s y
that bur aue
~cy and
B g
seek the AttorneyGcneral's Brother should ha~�e an ogen go. T
hat
~rrmission in this ~rea. The Customs k~ould be an appaWng and tot2:ly
, DifNster ~ti�ill no longer har�e the unacceptable prospect. The legislation
authorlty to permit tapping and must be finely combed to ensurc that
. bugging. It is probably k~se to have, thls pcssibWty does not exlst. � -
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Freezing of Assets Condemned
Sydfiey mHL SYllN~Y MORNTNG H~RALD tn English 9 Mar 79 p 6
[Editorial: "Taps~ Bugs~ Drugs"]
[Text~ .
Tli~ CXT~NSIdN nncl rrcl~finitic~n o~ nir,~~~u~cs such n~ telrrhune-t~pping,
thc ch;incr i~t th-: .4u~ts:~li;ut Srcurit~� clcrtrnni~: ~UfVCiIIi~.I1CC und m;~il intrr� ,
1ntClligcn~e Ur~;u~i~,itian, :i~ ~~t nut in �ptiui~ nrr ~ureCull~� concrullcJ nnd
~ lc~islaiinn inU~nlur.~~l ycalcr~n~~. nrc ~~sr~~ rc,nrtrJ tu only on thc bhsis df what
.inulli~~r n~ini~tcr rcCcrrcd to ~s 'bhjc~~U~~c
lar~;rly nlc~n~ ihc lincti rc~nmmrnd~~~l by cvi~lrncr."
~ 141r Jus~i~c ~lop~ in hi~ 1977 lioy;il 'Chis was ~hc ~1ini~tcr for 9usincss ancl
Cnmmi~~i~m rcpo,t~ ~~r n~ ~uh~cqucntlv Cunsumcr f~Iiairs, Mr l~i(e, whn was -
fareshad~~rcd by u~c I~rinic hlini~tcr. Thc intruducing s~rcrrin~ Icgi~latian to
rhanges 7rc nc~c~~ary, an~ their rrinciplc intcn~ify thr Got~ernmcnt's att~ck un
commands bi-p.~rti~an ~up~wrt. ,~SIO has drug tril~ilCI~111~, with partirulur refcrenrc
a ntuch m~rC ~lillic:ult 1a~k th~n fHrcd it tu thc ~~enple who organisc a~~J profit
in its carlicr ~la}s, as a�itn~�~x thc thre~u o! frc~m it. 7'hus, Customs otiircrs arc to be
urban t~rruri.m ~n~l thc unacccpt,ibly Fi~~cn thc santc po~~crs ns A510 to usc
viulrnt brha~~ic~w t~f santc F~en~~lc con� trlcrl~ui~c�tuppii?~: 7n~ li~tcnin~ ~cvirrs.
fle~tcJ aith, ~~r on thc fringc ~t, rcrtain '1 hcrc ~vill hc similar safc~uHrds. It is a
nalirntnli.t ~ir icliLiou~ uigani~atiom. "muttrr of fart," ~tr Fife insists, thut his
Thc m:~iii ~I~~~~bi. th;it Nill hc fclt 7hnut dcpartntental' c~ffiiccrs in~rstiFating n~r-
thc Ic~islatiun cunccrn n~~cwntabilit~�. r~tic aflciiccs "timc and ae~in" know
1~nr instancc, it i~ ;~t least arcu>b, ~~nd ex.Cended i~ uuti.l it
reached ttie l~ande oC rhe yolcliers gu~rdi.ng ~ti.t:; parr c~f the b~rb~d-wire fence~
whu h~ld it firmly so that Che inmates could climb up ~nd n?ake thetr CACApP..
Tlie first tu escap~ ~~~~zs the Et~glisl~man David Aiithony Rrown, whc~ fled at about
dawn l~~st Mond~~y; ~nd, A E~w ml.nu~es 1~ter, th~~ ht~xtcans Jnir;ie Armzndo 1{oyos
.Jaime anci Juan I.uzania Cirerol dtd the samc.
}{owe:~c�r, tlie trim3Ce Sir,t~~ AL~rrir~ 6onil.la, who was respcnsible Eac� ;.hc rol.l-
r_all, did not reporC the di~apptarance oE the l:nglishm~in Brown ~.mtil 0$00
hnurs on Pk?~~tiay; wi~ere~s the report uf rhe Jt~rippe~trancr the twu M~xiean~
was mrison~ says Here~ 'l0 percent
af the inmates are being held on charges stemming from drugs:
some are }ieY�c for possession or d~ stribution, but a lot are here
f'orinsult;ing and off.ending public officials, or for petty pilfer-
in~ as a~day to buy drugs. That if. a very high proportion 20
percent, one person in every five. it is even higher, when you
remert~ber that, as a rtile, women f~?].1 into the meshes of the law
less often tl1c111 meri.
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"~urth~rmor~~ drugs and pr3.~on ~r~ bacom~.ng inora~~s3.ng~y ~wo
- pd1CS o~ the same senti~nce (o~ one s3.ngle he11) tha~ trttp~ ~he
~ddiat in ~p~.ra~. o~ s3.n~ o~ v3.ol~nce~ and of~~n o~ arb~.~r~ry
powc:r; ~n indiv3.duA1 3.n desper~t~3 nand n~ car~~ nn~ on~.y w~.~.l
nn~ ~~.nd ~ny adequ~be pro~ect3on :~.n pr3.~nn bec~u~~ of ~h~.s spe-
ai~1 cand3t3.on, bub precixe~.y bc~c~~use of h3~ or her vuln~r~bi-
1i~y, may we11 servd mon~hs or ew~n y~ars o~ the cru~l~.~s~ ~nd
h~?rdc~st k3.nd o~ 3mprisonmen~, sub,iected aa he o�~en is to harrass-
menti, b~,~ckma3l, or brutal3ty.
"The world of drugs, ~oo, has .attractod at~ent3on for other
Cac~s, o~ten o~ u~n~a11y d3.�ferent k3nd~ wh3.ch are uncert~in
~nd h~rd to expl~in: they r~n6e ~rom picket3.ng puahers bo ~he3.r
physical 1iqu3.d~t3on, per�ormed by dub3ous groups or '~nuc~.e3~'
whn clr~im the right ~o deal out swnmary justice (even thottgh 3.t
may be 1abe11c~d "people~s justice); and from there to ne3ghbor-
?~and demonstrations or f3.les of addic~s~ mothers marching in
tront of ~ courthouse.
"Ttie world o� cr3me itself seems to be riddled today increasingly
with i:hese �~ctors: the motivation for crime (and ~ften for the
most savage and vicious sort of crime) seems to affect young and
often very young ~ddicts.
"These aro the dre;adFul f acts we ~~ead aboub in the latiest edi- -
tions o� bhe newspxpers we hav~~ a11 read them: the case of
tiie bay from the Roman ~borghett~~' of Mandrione, a real casbah
clinging to the walls of the Feliue acqueduct) who fired on his
- mother and father with two rounds from a shotgun because they
refused L-o ~ive him money to buy clrugs; the other two addicts
who killed an office worker in a Itoman trattoria just to rob him
of 4$,000 lire; the murder of an old man and his wife (aged 80
and ~0 killed in their home on ~;he f ringe of the Roman coun-
tryside, by people who may have bc:en acting under the influence
of drugs. All they got �rom that crime was a paltry 300~000
1ire.
~~T}~ese are terrifying events whicl~, precisely because of their
ultimate �inality, demand attenti~~n beyond the span of momen-
tary recoil in horror. At this point, it no longer seems silly
~o worry over tlie conditions in wl?ich imprisoned addicts live~
at the very moment when, outside i,hose walls, other drug-crazed
youri~;sters are committing more ancl equally bloody cri.mes.
"LeL-'s take the case,'~ Senator ~eclesco goes on, "of the Mandrione
kid: he shot his parents, but by luck he didn't kill them: but
iE he is taken to prison, what arc~ they going to do with him?
I am not saying, of course, that }~e ought not to be placed under
court control, but the basic prob]em is to cure him of his ad-
diction.
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_ '~Nn c~u~a~i;ini~ rabout it, G.i.~;�1.i~i 'I'~.~l~scc~ ~;c~es c~u, r~bh~ maa.ra tl~ i.it~;
i.~a tc~ I'.L~�I~t ciru~;~ ~ai~ct nc~v~r t;u ~;n ric~~xr l:hc ~~~~~:isac~ ~~xtc:~~ bttt iL-'
t li i r~~;-: f;~~ {.lir. ot;l~r.r tv;~~~~ i.i' l-.hea ,actd:ici: 3..;a impri.yoi~c~tl.~ t,l~ett Wc.
m~t:+t, ~cc~E~ L�c? i l; l,l~;il. wl~c~~i I~c: comc~ aut o~ bhE:r~ he h~~ Uc;~ri ~:i.vr:i?
~~~~r~ct, i~:t~ l. ~ut~~~c,rl: i i~ hi~r.t~l::i.n~ out ok' ti~.~ caddici; i~n nn;cl h:L~ dr~~~;
il~~Ot`tl(ItS11C,y; r?:L.l L�ti:ty, u(.' COUt'Nt:1 providc~d wc~ Hl:i~.1 w~nL� t;r~ wr?rk
un l,l~r, ba~~.c: u:;.~umpt~.o~? widQr:ly:i.nt; pr~:i.son rai'orm, wl~:i.ct~ :i.s ru-
rdtirl~l;.i.oi~.
n~I'c~duy, :iii ~~ic vast, ~n~~jot~it;y of' r.~iaE~s~ ~.t c~ui I~~~ y~~i.d tl~~t; t;hi~
rht1CC[~l: .1.5 cam~~:lett~:Ly unlieeded :in Ita:l.i~n I~r~isui~v. ]'ii niar~,y nt
i,lir..m dru~;;: c.:ircu:L~7t�r. �r~e1y, crc~~t.y~ig new v~nlcxic~ ~nd bc~;ri;t:i.ng
s~.i.11. morC crime; there i:~ va~L-1~~ inr,t~easecl u~c~ o~ uiaod-a1i.c:i~~n~
ctr~u~;~ (;i.t wau:Ld CVCII sc;~m that .i.n some cases l~r:i.:,o~? ~ioet;or~; t;ake
Lhc ntL�3.tudC o[' ~i~suittg prescrip~ions wit;h ~xt~.reme lax:i.ry);
m~i�y riclcli.r.t:~ ~~rr. cic~Fp:l.y d:isturbcad ~t; li~v3.�~ ~o bc~ t:~ken nutsiclc
~ t;hr, nr~i.yori~ u.nder c:~cot~t~ to ~;eL tl?eir maa.nL-r:.i~anc:e a:llowance c~[
mcLli,~clo~~r, at pul:~l.ir, l~ea'lt~i c13n3.cs.
Uul: Lh~t i~ nuti i:he warst oi iL~ by a:1.or~~ shot. I,ct ~ s ~;~o U~-~ck
ana t~~~ke; a~.oolc aL some of tlie i~ewspaper sturies. Around .fanuar,y
:1.978, I:i~zo Uu11o~ wt?o w~s being t~c~].d ( in ~~ri :i.sol~ation ce].l ):in
1,4~r Vc~~ic~. pr~:i.saci, 1ti11ed himsr..Lf dur~:in~; a w:i.thdrawal ci,i.sis;
~~roue~cl tlic same: time iii ftome~ another prisoner d:iecl of an over-
dnsc of ciru~s: rhnt- was I3rw~u Santiini~ wlio had obta:i.ned the ~lx~ugs
in ~he pr~i~oi~ where he was being h~ld (Re~~.n~~ Coe].i And when ~
(;igli~i Tedcsco aiid anathet~ commtuiist senat-or~, Geriaroso Yetre].lo, -
raised a qucst;_i_oii on the �.l.oor to tl~e Jtisticc: DtinisLc:r~ a:ll tliey
got- was a very tardy answer from thc: undex�~ecretary~ askiiig "~or
rtiore t:ime to loolc ii~to tlie back~rounds of ~ll imprisoned adciicts.
Thcre is more. 'Cliat ~ame Decembcr, iri Rcbil~bia, a 2$-year-old
man by t-he namc of' Clattdio Randazzo hang~;d himscl.� in hi.s isol.a-
L-~i.oi? ce17.; he 1~ad ~een :imprisonect tor j~ossc:~sioii of 3 grams of
~t ~l~�u;;; ai~cl :i.n Genoa~ ju~t Z I1lOI1Lt1 ago, another addict;, 30-ycar-
- old Cosima Yetracca~ who had just; been �re~ci on probation~ was
founcl dead in hcr cell. `i'hen there is thr, mir~d-boggling case of
a F~~rma laborer, Mtonio Diontoro, '1~3, who was cau~h~ with 1U
~,r~ams of . hashish in his pocket, wound uE~ first in jail and tlien in
an risyiwTi Cor Lt~e criminally insane; arici t}iere is the case of a
yotir~~; mari beii~~ Itc:l.d it? t}ie Nuov~ prison in 'i'uriri for attempted
aut,o t}1eF.~, who was blincti'olded witti a pillowcase and beaten by
t:cu men (wati xi~,v~r treated for his injut�ies~ but sent directly
to .aii isolatiou cell) br-.c~usr_ he "knew too much" ahout the drug
L-ratt'ic.
It i.s ttiese l.~st several. inci.dents _in p.-~z�ticu.lar~ f;h~~t lay the
accci~(: not vnly oii prisaii as a place of treatment and recovery
wh ic:l?, w~~ c an sr.c:, is a long way f rom what i.t is today but
~.i1so on thc advisability of discarding prison terms in many cases
:i.n favoi~ of ~~ti�ernat~:ive sentences. This is feasi_hle, but even
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mor~ :tmpnrtun~, 3.t 3.~ n~c~~s~ry, ~s th~ very h~.gh peraen~agt~ of
pr3.soners h~~.d i.i~ [t~b:tbb:t~ on m3nor ch~rgns?, �or ~x~mp~.o, go~s
~n r~rnve. A~p~~.lab~ Courti Judge 7~m~z~.o S~rani~ro 3~ wrong~ on
~lii;~ count ~ when ( purqu~.n~; ~ 13.n~ wh3.oli ~or~un~~ely ha~ no~ many
udl~nt'C71~f3 on tha I)CI1Ct1 ~ l~c decidad ~o at~:~c:k~ 3.n h~.~ open~.n~ r~-
port ~or th~ aourb ye~r, dacr3.min~~.iza~~.on of po~~~ss3.on of sm~~.l
~muuntis oF n~rco~3cs ~or pQr~onal use, ttrguing in �avor of inea-
sur~s ~h~t would keep add~.c~~ from becomin~; ~~c~rriers o� con~~-
gidn.�
We ~11 knaw ~u~.l we11 thab decrimin~l.3zat3.on 3.s not enough, and
one proo~ oE th~~ is the faa~ th~~ manny add3cts come to ~r3.ef
wi~h the ~.~w ~or ather reasons. 13ut w~3 ~re cer~~3.nly not go3.ng
to ~chiev~~ by moving backward~ ~ cure �or ~ddic~3.on~ which 3s the
- on1.y true goa~, wnr~h pursuing. Amon~ ~;he nwnerou~s changes tha~
ough~ to be made in our penal system ~Gltera is one legisla~ive tool
ready to hand bhat of�ers an initial sulution: 3.t is a bill a1-
ready passed in the House and now be�ore the Senate~ and which
deals with ~1~ernative penalties to ja:i.l terms for minor of�en-
= ses ~ullin~ wit;hin the discretion of tlie local magistrabes (pre--
tors) when the sentence handed down by the cour~ is 6 mon~hs or
less. It is a bi11 that is not design~:d expressly for applica-
tion to drug addicts~ but it offers a I~rand new chance to the ma-
~;ist� rate for avoiding imprisoning a dr~xg addict who,, precisely
becausc of his dependency~ is more liable to commit a whole
stiring of minor of~enses aga3nst property. In this s~nse~ too,
perhaps~ we can indirectly approach ~he work of heali.ng by pre-
venting, avoiding prison, which too often today is a place of
violence and brutality, never one of care and treatment.
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i~.~nLY
U1tUG5 CUNCI:Ai,Lll TN POS'I'CAItD5~ 1i0LLOW St10~ NECLS
Rom~ L'UNITA in Italian 23 Feb 79 p 4
(~exr~ Tl~ere is a mu1Ci-billion-lire Cra~fic in drug~ running in and out
of Roman prtsons. YesCerday the first fi.gurc~s in rtiis ring--cerr~inly not
the least imporCunt--ended Cheir cArecr;~, at lc~st for L�hc time being, ~s
drug supplierq Co pris~ner~, 'i'welve arr~se warrc~nCs were i~sued by the
of~ice of Dr Vecchione, depuL�y D.A., aga3nst prisoners and ex--
prisor~ers, almost all of them charg~d with ~lrmed robbery, at�-
tempt~d homicide, and theft. Seven people were arrested ~t
their homes, four were alraady in prison, and one is 3n hiding.
All were sendirig or receiving pos~cards "stuffed'~ with }ieroiii,
or were concealing amphetamine pil:ls in 1to11ow shoe-heels; in -
onE: shoe alone 30 suah pi11s were ~ountl. The clever system for
delivering the }ieroin ("almost pui�e,'~ sa3.d drug-squad Carabin3-
er3) was discoverad by accident, ~fter controls ordered some
time ago by the court. Picture postcards of Rome, ca.rrying
besb wist~es For "a riice stay ins3de, " were hal� oponed, then, -
ii~ tl~e square where ttie stamp goe., a few milligrams of white
powder were placed. This dona, tte postcards were sealed back
to~eth~r again and addressed to RE�bibbia and Regina Cooli. A
dozc;n "heroin breeting cards" were sent by 'l4-year-o1d Massimo
Mole, r~~id this was the main track followed by the investigatars.
I~~ any case, hundreds of such cards were r~ceived over r~con~
montt~s by prisoners who were "in" on the traffic. The lucky
r�ecipients of this profitable mail wore, in addition to Mole,
Rol~er�to Vcra, 'll; Giuliano Romani, 20, both at Rebibbia; and
Iiruno F'ranzo, t~cld in the Aquila prison~ Uut also a Roman. The
~e~zd~r~s, ~oo, wcre Romans. Ruggeri D~Amato, 20; Vladimiro
Felle~;rii~:i, 28; Giorgio Ferru, 2b; Fabio Domizi~ 21; Giuseppe
Pugliese, 'l9; Giovanni Orsini, 18, and a minor girl, G.C.P.,
~repar~ed and mailed the "stuffed postcards.'~ All had done time
~hemselves, a~nd had kept in touch while they were inside. They
t;ook turns, creating a network of connections among the various
pri~ons, and inventinb several systems for getting their "goods"
int:o the cells, at prices that were exorbitant by~ comparisox~
wit,ti strc~t prices on the outside. market. ~
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NETHERLANDs
EDITORIAL A'TTACKS AM3TERDAM POLTCY ON DRUG3
Rotterdam NRC HANDII~SBGAD in Dutch 1? 1"~ 79 P 7
[Editoria'l.: "Heroin"]
[Text] The position of the mayor and aldermen of Amsterd.am in the debate _
concerning the drug policy in connection with the no~torious reception center
for heroin addicts~ the "Stadsdoelen~" caused surp.rise as well it migY~t~ ~
They limited themselves to the resolution to clear the center without com-
miting themselves to the requested alternative~ m~re sma11 reception facili-
ties. Under pressure from the council aome noisea have now been ma,de in
this direction~ but the policy note which is to provide the starting point
for the council debate was neverthelesa characterized primarily by a great
deal of vagueness~ if not distaste.
What do the mayor and aldermen of Amste,rdam actually want? The firat alder-
man~ Mrs Vorrink~ called the prohlem extremely difficult~ which is true~
and without ready made solutions. This may be true too but this cannot
be an excuse for the practically total lack of policy initiatives exhibited
by the municipal executive.
However, there is probably a policy in there ar~yhow: 3ust let those junkies
wander through town. Such an approach has a certain cynical reality value: ~
- the nuisances get spread out and the sma11 conflagrations which take place
can probably still be put out. By the pollce then.
Without wanting to ideallze the opportunitles for providing help or to
minimize the nuisance which such reception centors cause a neighborhood _
a laisser faire policy mu.~t sti11 be considered totally inadequate. To let
heroin clienta run around involves the risk of an oil s11ck effect in terms
of hard cliug use and trad~.
As3de from human considerations~ a serioua effort in favor of smal.l scale
reception centers is necessary as support for a directed police policy,
tha.t is to say not to pick up sma11 distributors xho are strongly addicted _
themselvess but to go after the big villains in the background. Wedges have
to be driven into the heroin scene.
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Whethor th~ requestnd reoeption plan ehou].d b~ paSrnd with the eo-aalled
:freo di~pon~~~tian of hero~.n to adcli.o~s~ as the ~ounoil. agk~~ ig for th~ time
beir~ ~nn~h~r m~tter. The nec~s~ary con~tr~ls 8hould f~.rat be bu1.1.t ~nto thi.s.
- The Cngl.iah exparience ~tnachoa that ~this ig extremely di�ficU].t let ~.].one
within the up to noW halting Amgterdam drug policy. This ln i~tself ~.s a
reagon finally to become serious about i~t.
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N~TI~RLANDS
'THIt~L CHINES~ ARR~STED, DEPORT~D FOR li~ROIN TRAFFICKING
Rotterdam NRC HANDELSBLAD in Dutch 8 Mgr 79 p 3 -
IText~ Three days after their arreet three Chinese heroin amugglers were
deported because Che police had ueed illegal methods to catch them.
The Central Criminal Inveatigation DepartmenC of the Rotterdam police and
the district atrorney declared in a~oint statement that they decided to
waive prosecution "because methoda used to arrest the amugglers were deemed
inadmiseible within the framework of Dutch law." The Rotterdam police did
noC wanC to go into det~ils abouC "the methodg uaed." Rumors have it that
the police itself tra�ficked in heroin.
Last February the three Chinese were arrested in Rotterdam. They had more
than 3.5 kilograms of heroin on them. On 16 Febre~ary, 2 days after their
arrest, they were deported.
This decision was taken while a lawauit against a man from Rotterdam accuaed
of heroin trafficking, was still in progress. The Rotterdam District Court
dismissed the case on 21 February. It believed the def endant~s statement
that an undercover policeman had provoked him in aupplying 3 kilograms of
heroin.
'Phe three Chineae were arresCed in the night between 13 and 14 February
during a"routine investigation," as the police called it. In the car of
one of the defendants were two suitcases with false botComs. The heroin
hidden in them would have brought over half a million guilders on the street.
The Rotterdam narcotics brigade had worked many months on this case. The ~
gang was suapected of bringing several shipments of heroin to Rotterdam. ~
There was close cooperation with the police of Toronto, Canada, which
infiltrated the gang with two female agents who posed as messengers.
The drugs were shipped to Europe from Ilong Kong and Singapore. They reached
Rotterdam by train.
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5econd Chumber memUer AurC~ (ChrieCian UemocruCic Appe~al) responfled by
f~r.iyl.ny, ~ha~ infilerACion Uy pnlie~ pcryonnel in rriminal circlae ie eome~i.m~~
I:hu unly wuy l�u pbCain inxurnwCion nbnuC ccrtnin crin~es. l~owever, ha would
like tu ec~e Chu Mi.nineer Jus.ice ie~ue cer~ain rulee on this sub~ece
bQaau~~ iC concerns g balancing act on C}te border bc~tween admi~sible and
in~dmis~ible procedur~g. He comparad ie with the kind nf procedures uaed
in tnterngtl,onA1 eepionage cases. -
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. SWEDEN
POREIGN ORGANIZED CRII~ GANG INVOLVED IN URUGS AFFAIR ~
Stockholm DAGENS NYHETCR in Swedish 25 Jan 79 p 23 ;
;
[Articlo by I.cif I)nhlin] �
[Text] Drugs run like a red thread through the tangled skein of -
crimc surrounding the million-krona Stockholm Savings Bank
swindle, and the outlines of a drug:ring with a bi�g-time foreign
criminal at its head can be discerned. Prosecutor and police _
will not comment on the case for technical reasons connected
wi.ch search and investigation. Several prisan sentences may be
in question.
_ A 2G-year-old woman who is far advanced in her le.gal studies and has serious '
plans to follow a judicial career is becoming increasingly interesting in
the case. She is alleged to be the mistress of one of the arrested bank ,
employees and the connecting link between him and one of the men in the top
echelon of the robbery and drug ring.
'I7ie woman and six other persons in the "robbery division" were questioned
before the Stockholm district court Wednesday [24 January] in connection
w.itli thc brutal robbcry and rape in a family home on Hagagatan in Stockholm
on 2 Novembcr 1J78.
1'lie held of the ring gave the woman a diamond ring valued at 100,000 kronor
_ and other articles taken in that robbery. She presently placed the ring in
a safe-deposit box of one of the bankers'. The woman also served as an
intermediary in several loans between the barker and his friend. The lat-
tcr ~ot a total of 300,000 kronor in installments. In another loan case
the ring leader got 12U,000 kronor, leaviilg 5 diamonds as security. They
wcre supposed to bc worth 300,000 kronor.
I~alsc Diamonds
'I'he banker had the stoncs aPpraised. They were false diamonds and worth
at most 3,000 kronor. The banker appearecl as plaintiff in iVednesday's case.
'I'he woman and the ring leader's ex-wife are accused of receiving stolen `
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- 'i1ic :~rtu,~l rol~hcry on Ilaf;aF;atcui wn5 c~u~ricd r~ut hy thc rin~; lc~d~r atid two
- urh~~,� mcii, MFi,kr.cl ~i~icl ,~rmc~l w.ith ristols, thcy ~c~:rced thcir ~ti~ay into thr
lic?mr just .is th~ i';~mily wCrc uhntit to to b~d, 'i'}icy had ~.11 C~ke� drut~:;
I,ct'ol~~ thcy committed the robbci�y. I~esides the di~mond ring, t1~e booty
i?~cluciccl jewel h~~x rnid cnntents wortl~ 10U,000 kronor. Uti~ oC t1~e th7~~e
i iivo t vc:d i~~ thr c:;itie clct~ i Ccl ~;u i 1 t.
"I wus toi�~ccl to t,~e lr~rt," h~ st~id.
I Ic.~ nclm.i ts that he h~d doped himsel f~rith coc:ainc and that he ~;nt so exci ted
- that hc forc:ed him~cl E on thc woman, who hnct ~ pistol aimed at her he~d.
~1 fcw metcrs fmm thc wifc l~iy har husbt~nd, who also hncl a pistol ~imc~cl at
his haad. Ilc was unublc; to intervenc.
'1'wo Itobhers Scized
I'ol icc spics who wcrc among the members of trie ring on t}ie track of other
c~rim~~s werc ~blc to seize two of the robbers, while a thixd succeeded in
. ~;c~tt in~; s~wny, l1 tourth p~rson who was wxiting outsi.de ~n tlie street wns
:il so sc i zccl .
- "11~c ~~ol icc wcrc ~ii~l~ to rec:ovcr about 75,00O kronor's worth of the booty im-
nxdiutcly. Since ~he ;liamond ring also turned up later, the couple's claim
" f'or compensution was 2G,000 kronor plus 40,000 kronor damages fox "pain and
un~uish." Thc rin~; leader confessed before the court that he had taken part
in thc robbery, saying that thc reason was that he needed money for dru~s.
'I'lic c:aurtroom of the 17t}i pr~cinct was cre~wded witti t}ie accused, their at-
toi~icys, police observers, and spectators. 'I'he testimony in the afternoori -
conccrned the cvents in the apartment. It was }ieard behind closed doors. ~
_ '11~e trial will COIlL111UC on Tiiursday.
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5WE D~N
COUit'(' HAND5 DOIVN RCCORD DRUGS 5CNT~NCC
5tockholm UAGI:NS NYHCTER in Swedish 17 I~eb 79 p 7
~Articlc by Leif Dahlin]
['I'ext] "I l~avc never becn ~ble to see sinything wrong in principle
in s~lling drugs. My crime is directed against the financial
structure that society represents and not against particularin-
dividuals." 5o said a 31-year-old businessman from Sollentuna,
near Stock~~vim, after the Solna district court had sentenced him
F~riday to 10 years in prison for gross violations of the drug
code--large-scale selling of amphetamines and heroin. Never be-
fore had a Swedish court handed down such a long-term sentence
for a nnrcotics offense. The sentence will be appealed.
The business man--called "Plastic" in drug circles--h ad, according to dis- -
trict prosecutor Anders Iskander, smuggled large amounts of amphetamines
and heroin fromi~dlland and West Germany to the Swedish drug market from 1972
until he was seiced in April of last year. He attached a number of assist-
ants to his business, never brought in batches himself, and others parceled
the drugs out, sold them, and rendered accounts.
197?: ~ woman who was convicted earlier in the same case smuggled a kilo-
gram ot amphetamines to Stockholm on "Plastic's" account.
1973: "Plastic" went to Bascl and met the woman, who to~k over a kilogram
of am~~hetamines and smuggled them to Stockholm. The woman admitted six
such smuggling trips later.
1974: "Plastic" brought equipment for preparing amphetamines from Switzer- -
land to Stockholm. In Varberg, in the southwestern par~ of the city, he ~
riggcd up a home factary and prepared 300 grams of amphetamine. After that
1~c moved liis business to a housc in VendQiso, where he made 500 grams.
1J75: "Plastic" came into contact with heroin for the first time. The
first shipment was twenty-five 0.3 gram capsules; thereafter, forty-five
~ (l . 05 gram bags .
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~
- lJ7c,; 'I'he heroin huti:i.�r.ss r~7lly picked ul~ st~am. Onc o!' h.is ussist.ants
~s~iirenced to ~i t/l yc~?ry) tooh the hcroln over fnr s~l~ in the s~abw~y
= s tnt i ~t~:: nncl ;it k~i~s s toj~s ,
(:on t'cssior~
'I'hr others convicted in tha c~se, i.nCluding t~ro o~her men who spenC l~~rge
~muurits of mor~ey on trottin~ he~rses, mFidr. co~if~ssions tvh~ r.h fot.mcl suppoi~t
in court that "I~lnstic" had access to hundre~ds of kilogr~rns of amphetaminc
th;it wus smugglr.d in in batches of 10 ki.logr.ams each. 'I'he accounting price
w~s 35,b00 tn 40,00O kronor per kilogram,
19~3: "f~lastic" ~idmitted that he had cnnt~cts abrnad f~r supplyi�g 2 kilo-
gr~ms ~f heroin, I~is "runr~er" picked up the shipment in Elumlegarden. A -
forci~;n nation~~l dclivered it aarly in Fcbruary. 'I'he runner was given
. 4 75 ~;r,vns by his ~~ood fricnd to sel l. 'I'he rest w~~s turned ~ver to th~
1~01 i c~' I~y "!'lustic's" and t}~e runner's l~~wyers at the end of the year.
~t r.h~it timc both werc in juil and nobody wat~ted the shipment t~ f~ll into
t}~~ }~~u~cl~ of otl~crs,
In 1.971 "Plastic" was confined in a psychiatric .institution for a narcotics -
violation. At the time ot l~is examinution Leif bjesjo, the }iead doctor,
said tliat "Plastic" was a markedly schizoid youn~ man who sometitnes used
drugs. Ilis psycltic abnormality was of such ~ profound n~ture t}iat it must
_ l~c put on ~i par with mental illness.
~
I~istrict Prosecutnr Iklncler f.ound it remcirkable that "I~lastic" could lcave
just a w~ek ~iftcn c~ wzs admitted to the mental hospital.
Not 5ick
[n Uecember of last ycar "Plastic" was e~amined by head doctor Leif Ojesjo,
who s.iys in his report tliat "Plastic" conmitted his narcotics violation
under ci certain ~~sych ic abnarmal ity, whirli, however, is not of such a pro-
founcl r~ature that it can be j~ut on a par wit}~ mental illness. On 9 Febru-
;?ry tlic I~rison hoard said, "In view of what the proceedings show concerning
tl~c rn:in's criminality, mentalit~~, habi.ts, and living conditions in general,
_ tlic I~n;ird recommends that thc man be imprisoned."
I'rosccutor: IVl~cn "Plastic" was living anonymously in Sweden, he lrranged
for tennis hour~, for example, under a false name. Nobody knew where he
liveci. Ite lived a life af luxury. fie staycd at the most lavish hotels,
atc ,it the "in" places. f3oiight a boat for 95,000 kronor, bought expensive
cars, hired chluffcurs and bodyguards.
"Not IVron~;"
I'lastic: "i have never been able to see anything wrong in principle in
_ scllir~g clr~igs. ( t~rivc never viewed~ narcotics as poisons, but have con-
siderc~d them as drugs. Narcotics addicts have not been able or have not
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wrintr.cl to riJnrt thamsr.lves tn tinct~ty, whiCh tn mciny res~~eCts is inhumnn,
( huva hol~~~cl them to ~;ct cirug~ thnt thcy themsclves wunte~l to ~ot. My
crim~ is dirrceed uguinst the CcnnomiC structur~ t.hat socicty represents. -
Not ~gtiinst rurticular individuals,
"My life ~s a mttn nbout town wns ~n altern~tive to tot~l solitude."
In setting th~ length nf thc minimum time of "nlastic's" confinement, the
court noted ~hut he h~d smuggled considerable amounts of narcotics, in~lud-
ing several kilograms nf "that especially dangerous narcotic, heroin." The
court also decided that the 500,000 kronor confiscated at "Plastic's" home
- si~ould be forfeited to the st~te. District prosecutor Ikander is of the
orinion that "Plastic" has placed consider~ble sums abroad,
~arlier, a 5outheast Asian nation~l was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment
by t}~c district court of Goteborg. A 1Vest German citizen also got 10 years
several years ago from the district court of Stockholm for extensive
aml~hetamine smuggling. A shnrt time ago the "narcotics manufacturer" in
U~~l~sala fiot l0 years in prison. All of them have a chance to be freed after
scrving h:ilf of tl~e sentenc~. "Plastic" canget about a year off the term to
wh3.ch he is now scntenced. Confinement for a Period of at least 10 years
correti~~onds to a nominal 20-yenr sentence.
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swimz~~Nd
DEALLFt SENTENC~;D '~0 SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON
~ Zurich NEUE zUERCHER 7EI'CUNG in German 17 I'eb 79 p 27
I7.'exLJ Increasingly, a severe punishing of drug dealers is finding
acceptiance in the 5wiss cnurts. Prison sentences of sevexal years
have become the ru1e, as is also shown by the following example:
The ~'irst Criminal Division of the Zurich Cantonal Court has raised the
- punishment far John Bonyhadi, nearly 30 years old, by 1 year over against
what the lower court imposed, to 7 years of penal servitude. In tha.s
sentence, 896 days spent under investigative arrest are taken into
account. What is more, Bonyhadi must pay a fine of 8,000 francs, and
following his release he wil]. still be banished from this country for
- a period of 15 years. He evidently svld 168 grams of heroin and 1,000
tablets of LSD within Switzerland and thereby took in at least -
53,000 francs--mare than enougli to classify this case as a grave one
in the sense o� the Narcotics Act.
Tourist I'rom Canada -
_ 'l~t~e defendant was born in Budapest in 1949. In 1963, at the age of
~ 14 years, he emigrated with his parents to Canada. He worked for some
years as a machinist and later as a taxi driver. In 1974 he married
in ranada, and at the end of the same year he took a trip as a tourist
wit}i Canadian citizenship with his wife to Amsterdam. While his wife
worked there for a time as a barmaid, Bonyhadi shied away from any
regular jobs. On the contrary, he got into the lucrative business of
drug dealing. According to'his own statement, he is himself not
dependent on drugs. On 13 August 197G, the Saint Gall police were able
to put an end to his activities.
The "tc~urist" B~nyY~adi became--according to the charge--the foreign
representative, so to speak, of a travel agency in Amsterdam named
"Great China." This was a front for;.a narcotics distribution organization
centered around the Chinese pers~n named Sonny. Other Hungarians also
_ belonged to this circle o� dealers. Because of this collaboration,
the offender had dealings not only tor his own profit but al,so as part
of a gang.
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"Lnadad" Witnesses
mh~ do�endant nevar made a confession. On ~he con~rary, he denied an8
today still denies any guilt. His attemp~ to make himself out ~o be
the victim of a conspiracy or a mix-up was no~ successful, and his
protos~ations of innocence both before ~he looal court of Zurich and
beEore the cantonal court, to which the defendant and the public
prosecutor's of�ice had appeaJ.ed, were not believed.
Independently of one another, 11 witnesses had named and identified =
Bonyhadi as a narcotics dealer. In this connection 3.t should be
remarked that in narcotics cases the examination of witnesses often -
~urns out to be difficu.lt. This was so here also: Some of the
- witnesses seemec~ drug-intoxicated--they were "loaded," to use the slang
expression. Some--namely former accomp].ices--went back on their testimony
after the first examinatiion, partly out of woxry about reprisals on
the part of the narcotics dealers, and partly out of fear of r,ot being _
able to obtain any more drugs in case of an incrimination of the
defendant.
One witness could no longer be questioned; he died of an overdose of
heroin. Because of his hopeless drug dependence, some time before the
arrest, Bodyhadi had ceased doing any business with him. But evidently
that was by no means done out of concern for the deplorable state of
health of the addict, but much more likely because customers of this
sort set aside so much of the quantities of drugs obtained for their
own cor~sumption that they get into the "red" and have to owe the dealers
the sums of money charged for the drugs.
Drugs F3y Mail
Precisely this attitude illustrates the unscrupulousness of the large-scale
drug dealers. Like his accomplices, Bonyhadi knew the effects of his
criminal activities and was again and again able to observe these
_ effects on his burned-out, mortally ill victims. This degree of gravity
of the wrong committed, in the opinion of the cantonal court, was taken
too little into account by the lower court; therefore the First Criminal :
Division increased the punishment by 1 year. The fine of 8,000 francs
which was pronounced does not merely exist on the sentencing document--
it proved possible to confiscate around 2,300 francs plus checks with
a value of $3,000 along with the seizure of the defendant.
The defendant:, as a rule in the comgany of an accomplice, brought the
narcotics frc~m the Netherlands into Switzerland and sold them in Saint
Gall and in ::urich. But in some cases he also sent them by mail,
post~~aid to clestination,
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