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13 December 1979
World~vide R ~ ~
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NARCOTICS AND DA~!GERJUS DRUGS
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13 December 1979 =
WORLDWIDE REPORT
NARC07I CS A~Jn DANGEROUS DRI~GS
(FOUO 52/79)
CONTENTS PAGE
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- AUSTRALIA
Royal Commi.ssions Report, Narcotics Bureau Disbanded
(Various sources, various datea) 1 _
~ Woodward NSW Commission Report, by Ken Hooper
and Peter Youtxg
Text of Recommendations~
Williams Commission Iaterim Reg~rt -
Fu~ther Reportage orl Royal Commissions' Investigations
- (Various sourc~:s, various dates) ........e 12
- No Proof of a Y~eroin 'Mr Big'~
More Details on Secret Society
Ear1y Warning on Ca.labrians, by David Elias
- More Drug Traf�ic~.ers Identified
Role of SyndicatP-in Heroin Trade ~
- Report Not Yet 4vailable to Public
Heroin Un1ik ely To Be Checked
Weak Representation in Thailand
Newspapers Comment on Royal Cownission Reports _
(Various sources, various dates) 22
Lack of Cooperation Scored, Editorial
National Coordinated Effort Urged, Editorial
Marihuana Ba~ Supported, Editoxial
~ Crime Intelligence Unit Advocated, Editorial
~ Disbanding of Bureau Praised, Editorial
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CONTENTS (Continued) Page ~
Pro's, Con's of Marihuana Legalization Discussed
(Various sources, various dates) 28
Melbourne Anglicans~ Report
- Police Inspector~s Comment ~
~ Government Whip's Remarks ~
Judge Cl.aims Addict Leamed Heroin Habit in Prison
- (WEST AUSTRALIAN, 3 Oct 79) 31
Senator Questions Verdicts on Addict 'Suicides'
_ (Austin Lewis; THE AGE, 3 Oct 79) 32
Counsel.Urges Mandatory Jail.Sentences for Pushers ;
(THE WEST AUSTRALIAN, 3 Oct 79) 34
Queensl.and Drug Dependence Service Director Resigns !
(THE COURIER-MAIL, 4, 5 Oct 79) 35
Reasons for Resignation Given _
Service To Be Investigated ~
MP Notes Thailand Holding Australian Drug Offenders ,
(THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 6 Oct 79) 37 ~
- Victoria Police Report Heroin Offenses Doubled in 1978
(Steve Ballard�, THE AGE, 10 Oct 79) 38 -
- Brisbane Drug Addicts Reportedly Abuse Methadone Ai.d ~
(THE COURIER-MAIL, 6 Oct 79) 39 ~
Brief s
New Zealander Sentenced 40 ~
Marihuana Farms Discovered 40 '
Marihuana,Farmers Charged 40 ~
Rehabilitation Group's Request 41 ~
Heroin Offender Jailed ~ 41
Drug Term Cut. 41 t
New Zealander Charged , 42 I
Marihuana PlantaCion 42 _
Drug Conaai.ssion Report 42 ~ ;
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HONG KONG
Anti-Drug Campaign in Tsun Wan Opens
- (SOUTH CHINA M~ORNING POST, 13, 19 Nov 79) 43 -
Lee Relates Bangkok Experience
Keep Up Good Work
Big Local Training Course Joins the War on Drugs
(SOUTH CHINA. MORNING POST, 26, 31 Oct 79) 45
Cou~issioner Lee Gives Brieting
Asian Doctors Join In
Hong Kong Connection Probed in Murder Ring
(Kevin Sinclair; S~UTH CHINA MORNtNG POST, 6 Nov 79) 48
Drugs Informant Gets Three Years ~
(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 7 No~ 79) 49
Drugs Man Loses Appeal
(SOUTH CHIN.~ MORNING POST, 10 Nov 79) 50
Ma Brother Associates Win Appeal
(SOUTH CIiINA MOItNI1dG PO5T, 28 Oct 79) 51
Five Jailed for Manufacturing Drugs `
(SOUTH CHIDT~i MOItNING POST, 17 Nov 79 ) . . . . : . . . . . . 52
Ex-Seaman Caught With Heroin
(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 31 Oct, 6 Nov 79) 53 -
Seen On TV Screen
Seven Years for Heroin
NEW ZEALAND ~
Supreme Court Sentences Heroin Isporter to Life Imprisonment
(THE IJEW ZEA~ADTD HERALD, 27 Oct 79) 55
Editorial Backs Life Sentence for Trafficking in Hard Drugs
(Editorial; THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 27 Oct 79) 57 ~
Editoxial Notes Increasing Drug Mena.ce
(Editorial; THE EVENING POST, S.Nov 79) 58 :
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CONTENTS (Continued) Page _
PEOPLE~S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
~ Briefs
Guangzhou Deports Drug Peddlers 59
THAILAND ~
Siri Sirikun Captured, Placed in Yrotective Custody _
(BAN MUANG, 27, 29 Sep 79) 60
lietails of.Capture ~
. International Aspects of the Case .
Protective Measures Taken
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Opium, Heioin Seized in Bangkok ~ -
(SIAM RAT, 12 Sep 79) 67
- . CANAIk~ ;
- C~ANADA .
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RQ~IP Official Says Drugs 'Affecting' Interna.tional Trade
(THE WINDSOR STAR, 5 Nav 79) 69
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COLOMBIA
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- Drug Trafficking Viewed as Multilateral Problem ~
(Editorial; EL TIEMPO, 26 Sep 79) �70 ;
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Bogota Drug Trafficking Gangs Engage in Shootout.
(EL ESPECTADOR, 13 Sep 79) 72
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- ~Worlds Largest' Cocainz Seizuxe Described ~
~ (EL TIEMPU, 13, 29 Sep 79) 73
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Biggest Cocaine Ring to Date '
- Ring's Bank Account Discovered ~ ~
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F-2 Director Col Miguel Maza Marquez Lauded
(EL ESPECTADOR, 13 Sep 79) 7$
Cervantes Angulo.Authors Book on the Marihuana Trade ~ ~
. (EL TIEMPO, 21 Nov 79) 79
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CONTENTS (Continued) Page
COSTA RICA ~
Briefs
December Drug Arrests gp
- Drug Trafficker Arrested gp
MEXICO
international Trafficking Band Raided
(EL SOL DE MEXICQ, 21 Oct 79) 81
Baja California Cocaine Ring Raided
(Rafael Medina., Victor Payan; EXCELSIOR, 16 Oct 79) 82
Trafficking Ring Caught, Marihuana Seized
(EL MANANA, 2 Nov 79) 84
- Long Jai1 Sentences for Drug Traffickers Reported
~EL MANE~NA, 31 Oct 79) 86
Farmers' Drug Growing Blamed on Poverty
(EL SOL DE SINALOA, 6 Nov 79) 87
Briefs ~
L~:ug Traffic Claimed Minimized gg
Ton of Marihuana Seized gg
Pill Traffickers Caught gg
- Cocaine Seizure in Nogales 90
- Marihuana Seized in Veracruz 90
NICARAGUA . .
Briefs
Addicts, Traf~ickers Held 91
_ SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
RHODESIA
Alcoholism, Drug Abuse Cause for Concern
(THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE, 16 Nov 79) 92
ZAMBIA .
, Arug Abuse Reaches Alarming Proportions
' (TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 11 Nov 79) 94
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Drug Abuse on Increase
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 18 Nov 79) 95
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New Law on Crimi.nal Penalties for Dealing Propos~�d � .
(DER SPIEGEL, S Nov 79) 96 ~
Improved Customs Inspections for Drugs Sought
(DER SPIEGEL, 5 Nov 79) .......,..,.o 98
: Cocaine Use Increases in Frankfurt Drug Scene ~
(DER SPIEGEL, 12 Nov 79) .......o....~~~,~~o.,~.~~~~~~~~~ 100
. Police Seize Heroin 'W'holesaler' in Munich
(Thomas Muenster; SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, 2 Nov 79) 103
FRANCE '
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Six Arrested ~or Drug Trafficking
~ (Claude Regent; LE MONDE, 25 Oct 79) ...............o~,~ 104
T.raffickers, Addicts Rouncled up in Calvados
(T.B.; LE MONDE, 3 Nov 79) .....................oo..... 105 =
GREECE . ~
- Dogs To Be Used for Dangerous Detection
(ELEVTHEROTYPIA, 5 Oct 79) ......o..o.,o....oo,o....... 106
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Five Kilos of Heroin~Confiscated, Two Arrests
- (L'UNITA., 29 Sep 79) .....a...o .............a........... 108
Briefs ~ ~
_ Hashish, Marihuana Seizures 109 ,
Heroin Seizure ~ 109
- Drug Ring Disbanded 110
Drugs Stolen From P'harmacy 110 -
SPAIN
� Drug Addiction Reportedly on the Increase '
(BI~ANCO `i NEGRO, 26 Sep, 2 Oct 79) o,.o..,o.,,...,,.... 111 ~
Preliminary Report on Interm.inisterial Commi.ttee
Figures Attest_ to Increase
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'YA' Reports on Successful Police Actions Against Traffickers
(YA, 14 Oct 79) 120
Civil Guard Suspect
= Some 600 lloses Confiscated
Hashish Stash Confiscated in Las Palma.s
(EL PAIS, 9 Oct 79) 122
- Hashish Confiscated in Barcelona
(EL PAIS, 27 Sep 7y) 123
SWITZERLAND
Heroin Smuggler Cets Prison Sentence ~
(NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUNG, 6 Nov 79) 124
- Briefs
Police Apprehend Heroin Dealer 126
UNITED KINGDOM
Briefs
- Five Accused in Drug Murder 127
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AUSTRALIA
ROYAL COMMISSIONS REPORT, NARCOTICS BUREAU DISBANDED
Woodward NSW Commission Report
, Canberra THE AUSTRALIAN in English 7 Nov 79 pp 1, 7
[Report by Ken Hooper and Peter Young]
[Text] The Federal Government ha,s anr_ounced it will abandon its Narcotics Bu-
reau, only hours after the Wood.ward Royal Commission inta`drug-trafficking at-
tacked the bureau for failing to co-operate with State Z~lice forces.
Tne Deputy F~rime Minister, Mr Anthony, revealed last night tha,t the bureau's
role would be taken over by the new Australian Federal Police as paxt of a
- crackdown on organised crime, drug-running and prostitution.
Ttie NSW commission~ in a report tabled in Sta,te Parliament yesterday, found
that "The Honored Society"--a secret society founded in Italy--killed the anti-
drug campa,igner, Donald Mackay.
The society allegedly decided. to kill him because it believed he was a link
be~Eween an informer in its ranks and the palice.
Mr Justice Woodward in his 2080-pa.ge report names 16 m~mbers of the society,
_ L'Onerata Societa, based in the NSW town of Griffith, and questions their ali-
bis at the time of Mr Mackay's disappeaxance in July 1977.
- He also calls for the re-opening of an internal police inquiry into the con-
duct of a policema,n star~ioned at Griffith at the time, Det Sgt Kenneth Ellis~
- and says it should be extended to include two other officers, named as Det Snr
- Constable Borthwick and Det Constable Robins.
The Woodwaxd report makes 89 recommendations covering drug laws, penalties and
crime intelligence-gathering and rejects suggestions tha,t marijuana should be
decriminalised.
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Four in prison
The report: . i
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Suggests the setting up of a Federal-State Crime Intelligence Uz~it and attacks
the Federa,l Narcotics Bureau for the way in which it refuses to pass on infor-
mation to State police forces. i
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_ RECOHIIVIE1vDS the' .unld ~"'Ntie new~~lawa wduld'afb'~
use the latest electronic bu ~ I
, . 6 poilce to enter premises with- !
_ . ging devices, tap teiephone : out warrants, allow search ~ ~
conversations and collate. warranta to 1~e obtained by tel� I
analyse. interpret and dissem- �ephone or two-way radio in an
_ ' inate informacion on organ, emergency. a11ow random i
ised crime. ~ ~ . searches of vehicles and give �
SAYS Australia's customs of- police the right to intercept.
ficers intercept only 10 per! mails, and radio and telephone�
oent of imported heroin and: communications suspected ot�
~ Lhat marijuana use and heroln : being linked. with drug run-;
addiction are a growing prob-! ning. .
]eminAustralia. ~ i .WARNS that The Iionored}
= R.EJECTS suggestions that' :Society is unlikely to stop its
there is a~~Mr Big" master-~ activities just because oi th~
minding the heroin trade, but� `report arid s~ggests that a
says there are six loose crimi- senior police officer be de-.
; nal confederations based in~ � ~ tailed to watch the activities of �
: Sydney und largely controlling � the people named in the:
� heroin traffickinq. The report , � Riverina drug ring. ,
: says four of the six principals 'SUG(3ESTS that fines for
are in jail, but the group struc- ;drug offences should be raised
~ ture allows the trafficking to, .from the maximum ot 350,000�
: continue. ? -to SZ00,000. with people con-
_ OUTLINES the operations of �'yicted of drug oftences losina.
the �'Chinese Connection", in � property or money obtained,
which members of Au;;tralla's through drug acti~rities. ~
Chinese community, through ,OUTLINES widespread "laun-
secrecy and shipping connec- dering" ef mllltons of doqacs
tions. play a major role in the of lllegally obtained cash and'
supply of drugs. The report ~ the "paper trail" �followed by
also refers to a group of 3yd- ~ the commission to uncover
ney cri:ninals of F`rench � money ~'washed" Lhrough:
� nationality smuggling heroin �businesses and gambllnQ
`from New Caledonia inside ~ .liouses.
typewriters. : :,The report says one of the~
ESTIMATE$ there were 9257.' easlest ways to ~'launder"
~ heroin addicts in 1978 who ~ ~ money is to buy chlps at a
spent S59 milllon on their~ legal gambling house, cash
addiction. ~ them without� gambling and
MAKES tt c:ear that' ~obtain a cheque. '
Australia's n:zjor heroin im- ATTACKS Australia's lack of
� porters, despi`r. their mxssive� support for American, Jnited.
, profit levels. ;.re characterised Nations and European drug .
, by Ineptit~:~'.e and "grandtose. ,agency efforts in the "Gold~n
~ and imprar;Ical plans". . TrIangle" in South-EasC Asia.
~ RECOMN,ENDS the intro- It also criticises the Federal
duction ot a wide legislative; Narcottcs Bureau for having
program to extei~d the detec-.~ �only one agent in Bangkok.~
. tion and enforcement powers who has no. transport, office
eof the N8W ;,olice. ~statf or back-~p assiatance,
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�r" had been inv~ived in exiortion . _
�g.'" ~ ~ . . . _ ~ ~nd other criminal activlty. t
- WARN9 that in spite of United The most notorious of these ~
Nations attempts to replace her- was the series of shootings ~
oin farms in the Golden Triangle. known as the "Vlctoria Ma.*kets ~
arith legitimate rural enterprises, murders". These involved several
there will be no short-term solu- shootings following a power
tion to the problem, and coun- struggle for control of the Vic-
tries like Afghanistan, Pakistan toria markets in Melbourne ~
and even India could become about 20 years ago. ~
sources of the drug. The mu*dera were attributed to .
SAYS the system of organised the society and at the time there
crime within Australia is ripe for were warnings that it a~ould '
a takeover by crime syndicate eventually involve itseif in large-
monopoli~s. It warns that fringe scale marijuana-trafficking. ~
operations can hide behind legit- The judge warned that it would ~
imate business wlth growing ease be a mistake to ailow the curta.in
because of inereasing reliance on to fall on the socieLy with the re-
, electmnir data-processing and lease of the commission's report.
other sophisticated aids. ~~An organisation which has ha.d .
The commission says offers of its appetite whetted by illicit '
_ big financial rewards ]ead to cor- ga.iris and has been prepared to �
ruption and it'is not unrealistic to resort to murder Lo discourage in-
_ postulate growing numbers of terference, is nnt likely to be de- ,
lawyers, accountants and other terred from its activities by an �
professional people offering their unfavorable pubHc report. .
services to crime syndicates at ~'Consideration should there- ~
yremiumprices. . iore be given to the appointment
of g small, select investigating
CELlS DISCOVERED for~e to wat~ ~d monttor the ~
' Mr Justice Woodward, in prob- ~tions of the persons who have
been the subject of my inves-
ing the Donald Ma~ckay disap- tigations in the Rlverina area." �
pearance, discovered cells" of
The Honored Society in the Syd- ,URYEILLANCE '
ney suburbs of Woolloomooloo,
Leichhardt,.Brook~al~ and Fair- He suggests the surveillance
fiel@, as well as Wollongong and might not need any additian to�
~ Griffith. Lhe NSW Drug Squad, other than
The report says Mr Mackay was one senior officer. �
killed by the society, or on its or- Mr Justice Woodward estimates
ders, because he was proving an that the 359 millton spent an-
embarrassment to its marijuana- nually by heroin addicts gener-
growing operations in the G:if- ates huge profits for importers
fith district. and wholesalers, who do not pay .
. It named Robert (Brur.o) Trim- tax. ' ~
boli as the Sydney supervisor of He says during his inves-
the society's distribution and tigations, it became clear that
marketing network and Antonio heroin imported into Victoria and
Sergi as the manager of its Gri*.- Queensland was being funnelled
_ iith growing operatfons. through Sydney.
All of the society memhers liv- Though links in the heroin
ing in Griffith at the time of Mr trade between the States were
Mackay's murder had strong irregular and informal they were
aibis. In fact, so many of them not uncommon, illustrating the -
had left town before the disap- ease with Which the heroin trade
_ pearance, the commission had could be transformed into one
the impression that the alibis national market. �
were'"contrived or organised". "Hence, there is some real possi-
: Mr Justice Woodward says the ksility of the emergence of nation-
society is composed exclusively of ally organised drug syndicates;'
people of Calabrian origin and Mr Justice Woodward added. ~ _
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Sydney Tf~ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 7 Nov 79 pp 12, 13
[Text] The report of the NSW Royal Comnission into I~uug ~afficking, which ,
Kas tabled in State Parliament yesterday, recommends additional police powers
and stiffer pena,lites for drug-trafficking.
- ~.'IUe ~full text oi the ~~'~g Philosophiea to mem-' for detectmg cannad~a ~
_ bers of the workferce, particu- , D~antat;ons and, in particular.
.'iCCOmmeadations is: larly apprentices and younger for the purpose of enore effect-
- workera. ively combating large-scale can-
- CANNAIB``.'~ 8. Tt~e ~ nabis production;
~olice Department ~ ._~~aise with the Department
ioternal atfairs branch � inquiry
General into the Conduct of Detective ef Agriculture to explore the
1. T6e cultivation, possession, Sergeaitt Jo6n Ellis ahould be P~?bi~ity of satellite monitor- -
supply or use of ~annabis resumdi. � 10~
s6ould not be legalised. 9. 'fhat. inquiry should be ' -~o~~st fhe assistancc of offi-
2. Legislation which would extended to include an in- of other departments
- permit the possession of small vestigation of the conduct of his engaged in field work or
- quantities of cannabis ~own aubordinate ofFiars, Detective property inspection, with such
for onds own .;st should not be Sergeant Brian Borthwick, De- officers being given in~truction
introduced. tective Senior Constable John on what thoy should � look for
and the actinn thoy should take
3, The possession or use of Robins and their finaQCial af- when Chey find anything ~us-
cannabis should not be de- fairs. picious;
criminalised. ~ 10. The Attorney-Gmeral -encourage similar media -
4. The criminal records of should Consider whether publiciry to alert local citizens -
thc~e convic'ted of possession of -there axisted a criminal in growing areas with, perhap~,
marihuana for personal use, or conspiracy in relatioa to the the anciilary effect of dis-
of supplying marihuana by way conduct of these t6ree police coura~s~g potentia) producers: _
ot gift or tvithout remuneration, officers� -pr~blicise flights over
should be destroyed at the end -sufficient admissible evi- "high�:risk" districts during the ' -
of two years, on the application den~e is available to justify growing :~ason. '
of the person convicted, excePt their prosecution. N~IRCOTICS
in stipulated circumstances. _ 11. A' small select in-
- A~cess to such records vestigative force s6ould be 14. The Government must
~ should be restricted to membera appointed to recognise that the economic
of law enforcement agencies. - examine the possibility of co~ditions of the heroin market -
and to suthoriti`s having lawful aiminal charges being brought and the lack of internal struc-
access to police records fo[ against any of the persons who ture at the present time lend
criminologi~al research. have been subjest to my in- themselves to the emergence of ~
Psyehomotor S~QI~{S vestigations in the Riverina an organisationally monopolis-
area and with whom I have tic crime syndicate.
S. The Government shoutd dealt in detail in this repor:; 15. The Government should
support a~ substantial program - watch and monitor the institute a program whereby the
of research into the effects of future activities oY thost incidence of new use of narcot-
cannabis, and drugs generally, Persons. ic drogs is closely monirored so
on driving performance, with a P~~tCe Ihat remedial policies can be ~
view to developing suitable quickly dcvelaped and imple-
12. Police investigations
practical tests which will enable following discovery of large mented.
detection and prosecution of the cannabis crops should thor- 16. Tha Government should _
_ drug-intoaicated driver. eu I ex lore the encourage and support studies
6. The Government should ~ y p possibility with a view to monitoring the
that the ow~er, or those ar-
_ instit~te a proeram whereby the rested on tSie property, may be incidence of persons com-
extent of employee drug-taking no more than minor. partici- mencing to use heroin.
can be determined and an as- 17. Priority should be given
pants acting on behalf. of a
sessment made of its im act on in the enforcement effort to-
P major producing or trafficking wards those dru with tbe
~ individual performance, safety � organisation, and that in such ~
and other matters within tha highest level of direct social
cases careful inquiry into, and
industrial setting. analysis of, those and related~ cost. At the present tirrme heroin
7. ?he Government, and the cases, including those interstate, falls within this category.
various authorities eonceroed, should be conducted with a OTHER DRUGS -
should adopt an increasing role view to producing evidence on tg, '('he Police Department
in regulating drug use m in- which to base conspiracy and the various health authori-
dastry, and mstitute a program charges againsf the principals. -
for the . purpose of dis- 13. The Police Department ties, Commonwealth and State,
, seminating, in a practical way, ~6ould institute or~anised pro- , should work jointly to carry out
� - studies and surveys to monitor _
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'trends in the abuse oi drugs ~ ing to interespt' traf6cken o'~c er to
wch aa amphetamines, cocaine above the street level, traffickers.~~~end upper-level
and hallacino~ens. 29. A apocial9sed drug-en- 38 The Government ahould
19. Monitoring work in rela- forcement agency shoold not be be
prepared to provide more
tion to the incidence of uxe of eatablished, nor is anything in money to the Police Depart-
heroin, amphetamina. cocaine the nature of a crime commis. ment to aid undercover agent~
and hallucinoFcns should be aion, designed to wmbat all in their efforts against major
based on s~~stematic intelligence forms of orQanised crime, re- traffickero.
aaJ a~sessments of variations in commended until the Police De- 39 Consideration should be
_ availability,~ use, quality and Partment is givea an opportun- given to the problem of increaa-
price. ~ ity W, implement new pro- ing the flow of intelligence
20. A~mall , unit should be ' oedurea, from all sourca and the need
- e~tablished within the Jrug 30. There should be an ex- to provide concessions to those !
- squad of the NSW Police De- pansion in divisional units of who 'are willing to make � f
partment which can liaise with police engaged in drug-related information available, including I
both :he Heal~h Commission of ~nveatigations ia order to free, convicted criminals servin~
. NSW and the NSW Drug and so far as is practica6le, the prison sentences.
_ Alcohol Authority to produce drug squad for specialised
intelligence summaries at regu- work. CO-operation
lar intervals for the information 31. The various law-enforce- 40 State and Federal Govern-
~of Government, police and ment authorities must gear ments should commit them-
interosted departments and in- themselves to combat an almost selves to close. inter-ageney co-
.~titutions. inevitable emergence of more operation.
21. Specific steps should be highly organised crime than has 41 T'he joint task force con-
taken against the importation. hitherto been present in thia cept should tie adopted on a
- manufacture or use of State. permanent basis by State and -
phencyclidine and, for this pur- 32: There should be pub- Federal Governments.
pox, an "earty warning system" lished anaually a State admini- ~
coup!ed with the monitoring of stra6ve p(an for continuing the TREQITMENT AND i
precursors should be instituted dru8.abuse problem. DIVERSION
on a national basis. 33. In fixing a realistic figure ~
for bail in respect of aqeged � CIa8SI~ICatlOfl '
LAW ENFORCEMENT drug traffickers or importers, 42 ~ug offenders coming
POIICj/ .~e rt~ ehould take into acco~~t before courts should be classi-
22. Endeavours by the -~~Q ~~r~~i~ ~ an~- �~ed in the following manner: �
United Nations and the USA to g 1 Those charged with traf- ;
limit supply in major heroin- sations have access to vast suma
of money, and bail mone ficking or with serious
- producing areas should be sup- represent to such Y m~ drug-related criminal of- '
pocted to the fullest practicable , Persons a fenas. ~
mere operational cost factor; 2'ihose charged with
ext~:nt. ' - reporting conditions or We ;
~ 23. State and Federal surrender of passports often aanple possession or uu of
_ , Govemments should offer some have little practicat effect in marihudna.
_ ~ auistance to the Thai Govern- limiting fiight; 3~ Those charged with
ment in the training of person- - an abnormall hi h illegal use or simple pos-
nel and the supply of equip- . y g pro- session of non-narcotic
ment. portion of foreign nationals drugs other t6an mari-
24. There is a need for an charged � with drug-importation
offences abscond while on baiL huana.
increase in Australian law-en- 4'fhose charged with pos-
- . torcement personnel in major Intelligenee session or use of narcotics
overseas drug supply centres. 34. A sin ~ but who do not come with-
25. There is a need in Bang- 81e, )oint. Com- in class l. -
kok for a small professional ~onwealth-State intelligence Tn relation to clasc 1 offea-
unit of Australian law-enforce- system should be established. ders, the law should take its -
ment officers, with full clerical 35 There should 'be an ap- course and the offender be
assistance and adequate trans- Proach on the part of law en- dealt w~th accordin� to the na-
portation. forcement to a conspiracy-type ture and d^grre of the offence.
26. EfForts should be made investigation and a willingness C1ass 2 offenders should be -
to evolve an integrated drug en- to postpone action against indi- dealt a�ith under the present
forcement program with other ~~~~s until evidence is avail- law but neither diverted nor
States and the Commonwealth. able to involve the whole, or a imerisoned.
I 27. Priority should be given ' ~B~?ificant pazt, of an overall ,
aetwork. Whe~e ~ class 3 ofl'ender is
tn the enfo~cement effort to the 36 ~e number of also a heroin user, he sfiould be
_ investigation of high�level and police offi- treated as if cominF within
organisational trafficking. � cors trained in surveillance class 4; otherwise suc.h offen-
28. The Police Department should be increased and the ders s;~ould be dealt �~ith in Fhe
shauld divide its manpower re- ~ ,
scope of such activities should aamo manner as thos~. comiag
sources so that at Jeast 55 per i ~ broadened. wit6in class 2.
cent of the drug law-enforce- 37 Greater use should be Class 4 offenders should be -
ment effort is speat in attempt- made of undercover agents in subject to proce:ures similar to
the drug enforcement effort in which the law has
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developcd for dc;~ling with the CFlANGES IN THE 57. No amendment should be
_ sociaily disadvantaged. mado to the definition of "sub- ~
- Cuurts should be provided stance" in Section 4(1) of the '
_ with all relevant information POSS@SSIOfl Poisons Act to include "ttnala
_ and, in appropriate cases, offen- gues" thereof, or to include
ders should be diverted into 49. Possession of illicit drugs "other closely, related sub-
treatment, but only after being for personal use should remain stances with a similar chemical
dealt with in relation to the a criminal offence, composition producing broadly
charSe� 50. No amendment sfiould be equivalent , pharmacological
made to the Poisons Act to in- effects," or to expand the defi-
Treatment sert the word "knowingly" as nition by any similar means.
43. There should be a State an ingredient of possessory of- 58. No amendment should be
plan for the organisation and fences under that Acf or to made to the definitioq of "sub-
co-ordination of drug-treatment superimpose an additiontal re- stance" in Section 4(1) of the
services. 1'ne plan should be for q~irement that the prosecution , Poisons' Act :o include ",jmme-
three y~ears bu+t should be re- establish mens rea in respect of ~~iate pcecureota" dieroof.
vised ar.d published annually such offences. 59. Prominent 'precurso~a of
for the ensuring three-yeaz 51. Section 4(1) of the Poi- ~~o~y illicit drugs
gerioci. sons Act should be amended by should be inctuded in the Poi-
It should direct its attention inser[ing a new .definition of
� , sons List> where not alroady
to ali aspects of the drug pro- possession' which accords with included, and it should be an
blem and contain strategies to the judgments of the Court of offence under the Poisons Act
be employed in treatment. It Criminal Appeal in R v to pos'sess any such precursors
should also form the basis for McGrath, R v Bus'h, R v Raw- "with the intention of manufaa
~ future public expenditure. clifYe, R v Router and R v Ken- Wring, conlrary to this Act, any
The compilation of the plan n'ec1Y. pres:ribed restrictetl substance,
_ sf~ould be the responsibility of 52. No amendrnent should be drug of addictiun or prphibited
the Drug and Alcohol Authori- made of the Pvisoas Act to in- drug." -
ty of NSW, which should co-or- sert a statutory pres~mption as 6~. Regulations should not be
dmate the recommendations of to possession by spceified introduced requiring drttg com-
the various Govcrnment autho- ~persons in situation where illic- panies and proprietors of busi-
rities concerned. it drugs are found concealed in nesses selGng chemicals to ro-
44. Dru~ treatment programs places to which no one person port to the police full details of
shucid have practically reali- has exclusive access. all suspicious purchases of
sable objectiees seeking opc~- para hernalia specified chemicals which are
mum im~rovement in drug- P known to be immediate pre-
oricnted behaviour. 53. No amendment shonld be cursc~rs of various named illieit `
45. The financing of thera- made to Section 21(1)(f} of the dru s
pcutic communities should be poisons Act to remove the re- g~ ~ ~
continucd and funds made quirement to establish that a Power t0 S88CC~'1
�iv;iilablc for expansion of person intended to use ipegally 61. Search poWers equivalent
facititiec to meet demands by specified drug paraphernalia in to ihose which oflicers of the
those who are prepared to enter his possession. Federal Narcotics Bureau now
and remain in s~ch programs. 54. No amendment should bP exercise by means of gtnera(
Diversion made to the Poisons Act to pra warrants or writs of assistance
hibit or regulate the sale or pos- under Sections �198, 199 and
_ 4(. Diversion schemes, des- session of hypodermic syringe~ 200 of the Customa Aet ahould
pite their lack of success in this and needles. not be confernd on NSW.
State, sho~ld ~ot be abandoned 55. The Poisons Act ahould police officers.
us a method of dealing with ~ ~~ended to prohibit inciting 62. The Poisons Act should
drug offenders, and any pra or soliciting, whether by adver- be amended, as the~ Police De-
gram proven lo be effecuve tisin~ or otherwise, persons to partment propo9es, to empower
_ sfiould be fully supported by obtain or use instruments (~ce officers investi atin sus-
the GovcrnmenL P� R. 8
- 47. 7'he Government should designed to facilitate the use of pected drug .trafficking to onter
illegal drugs. premises without warran[ in ex-
_ makc no further decisions as to ~ i ent circumstances. -
thc structure or funding of Analogues and s
diversion schemes until the re- ~ However, with a view to pre-
precursors
sults of the new pilot scheme, venting abuse, the fo}lowing
which is soon to be ut into 56. The definition of "sub- statutor
p y provisos should
- operation, are known. stance" in Section 4(1) of the app~y_ ,
48. I�im not prepared to re- Poisons Act should be amended (a) Warrantless : searches
commend the introduction and to include - should not be undertaken by
c~i,iblitihmcnt of any particular (a) any preparation or admix- virtue of this amendment where
cliversion scheme - thero being ture of all salts and derivatives it is reasonably practicable to
insufficient evidence bel me of any substance; and � obtain a warrant before entry
to make any valid determ~na- (b) anything represented or and unless the police officer
tion. held out by or on behalf of the effecting entry into ~t~e prem-
- pe~on selling or supplying it to ises suspects or believes on
be such substance. reasonable grounds that:
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(i) a trafficka6le cjuantity (as aL
uld
nof be used m complex '
defined in the Poisons c~ses, and the oral application ~~ly in the area of illicit diug
Act) of illicit drugs is on ~wuld be recorded. traffickinQ.
the premises; 71� Commonwealth legiaia-
(ii) there is a substantial rist M kB~alatiun e6ould not be tion should be amended. as the
iAtroduced ta permit warrent- Police bepartment
imminent des[ruction or re- proposea, to
moval of those drugs be- ~to premises for the permit NSW police; m in.
fore entry by warrant caa �f ~P~~~ng them vestigatin~ drug traf5cking, to
be effected. ~}ril a ae~rch. warrant can be intercept telephone commu_ -
ory~~. nications and' other tele-
(b) In any case where such ~e `65. The aaiendff,e~t of Sec- ~~m~nications, i~pou a
warrantless search is carried ~ PFroval
oot, the police officer con- ~~3~2) of the ~~�ens .�>:.ti b~ing Siven b~ a Supreme
ducting the seazch should, re- ~~d bY ~e '~olice Depart. Court or Federal Court judge
_ gardless of whether or not a ~ t~. to r~..uove the requiro- or the NSW Attorney-General.
traffickable quantity of illicit ~~"at t6e compiaint made (~,Om U~SO
drugs is found, within 24 hours P~e of obtaining a p f'~
of enCry into the ~ow on ita face
premises, ~ gro~~ u n which the interro9atlon
make a statutory declaration 72. Aspe~dmapt of the law,
vetting forth detaila of r~nable auapicton or belief
exiata, u aot recommended. ~ tha r~ment prop-
(i) his reasons for not obtaining ~6, ~~oa 43(2) of the pai. ~opster'rogatic ~~p~,i~' duy
~pe~~ul~ry
a warrant;
(ii) the basis for his suspicion or� ~~~ould be amended, as ~lffickers, �3~iiaed far se th~s
belief tha: a traffickable ~ p~L~ ~P~eAt prop- volves tha privilege against atlf- -
quantity of illicif drugs r~ove the requirenient incrimination boin~ abplished
was on the premises; ~ a warrant shall, on its face, or curtat'lod, is not recommen-
- (iii) the basis for his suspicion ~e Police officer who ls ded, but further consideration
or belief that there was a ~ execute it. by the Government of thia
substantial risk of immi- 67� 43(2) of the pui_ question is necessary.
nent destruction or' remov- ~ns Act should be ameaded, ay 73. Enactment, as the Police
al of those drugs before ~e Polica Department prop� � Depaztment proposes, of a
entry wity a warrant could �S~~ ~ make it clear that exo- Special Crime Invesdgations
c~uon of a aearch warr
be effected. ~at e g~ Act, which would confer power
(c) Within seven days of such either b da or b ni t p �f ~mpulsory intenogation in
warrantless search being con- Y Y Y Bh relation to a vast range of
ducted, and regardless of 68. Either the Poisons Act or crimina[ activities iacluding
- whether or not an occupant of the Crimes Act should be ihose of sus~~ecfed major dtvg _
the premises makes a com- amended, as the Police Depart- k'~fickere, ~a not recommen.
pl~inL statutory declarations by a~� -
the police office conducting the ~gIIt pr�p�sea, t� mak~ it elear 74. Enactment, as the paljce
search and an other ihat aay police officu of or
Y police of- above the raak of eer ~Paztment propoaes, o{ elo-
ficers involved itt the entry of_ ~eant or ia ~
~ihe premises, togetaer with a chazge of a polia statioa or a ~g p~O~ODa t� Pan VI A of
the Companiea qc~, for the ~tr-
report by a superior officer of police vessel has power W atop, ~ of ~mpu~sory ~p~u.
the Police Department should, search and detain aay vducle
= in all cases, be forwarded to the or vessel in which hp reasoa- ro ation of suspected major
Dmbudsman fos examination ably auepects that there is any ~8 traffickers, is not recom- -
and if required by him, to the mended.
p~lice internal affairs branch of addiction, prohibited
for investigation and any neces- drug or prohibited ~lan~ BOUn~ $Ch@~~
sary disciplinary or other ao- 69. Either the Po~sons Act or _
- tion. the Crimes Act ahould be and r~WAfd~
amended, as the Police Depart-
63. To modernise the appli- ment proposes, to maks it clear ' ~s� Drug b�unty echemee~
cation procedures for search ~'1~ether statuto or private
warrants, and Co enable olice any police officer haa which ~romise ry rewards foi
p power to stop, search and de- informauon leading to con-
investigating suEpected drug t~ ~y person whom he viction of dru
trafficking or ot6er offences to reasonabl sus ecta of havin 8 traffickere,
move awfftl in exi ent situ- y p g should not be introduc.ed~ pra -
Y B or conveymg any drug of addi~ moted or ancoura
= ations, and to alleviate the need tion, prohibited drug or pro- Bed.
for warrantless seazches, tEgisla- hibited plant. 76� No ameadment should be
tion should be enacted; as the made to the Poisons Act to
P~olice Department proposes, ~ Electronie ~tablish a system of rewards
- permit search warrants to be for the supply of information
obtained by telephone or two- intereeption leading to the conviction of
way radia 70. The Police Depaztment a~8 h'affickers.
However, to minimise the should withont delay comstence ~nto~er$
risk of abuse, this procedure to utilise fully its powera under _
should not be used unless a ~e ~istening Devices Act 77. Amendment of the Poi-
genuine emergency exists, it (r1SV~ to intercept non-tele- sons Act, as the police Depazt-
phonic communications espe- ment proposes, to render
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' immune ~ from examination by ~ommission of offences under ~
courts or the defence reports or that Act, is not recommended. �
documents produced within tha
Police Department or r~t~~~a fines
by it in any official capacity ~S� Z'he maximur~ fiae in re.
relative to any prosecution spbct of indictable offences
under that Act, u not recom uader the Poisons Act should
mended. 1~e ~nci'eased from SSO,OOp to ~
- 78. Amendment of We Poi- a2~~~� _
sons Acx, as the Police Depart- ~ 86. Tbe introduction of le~u. -
tiea authorising "meana in-
ment proposea, to prohibit the quiries" to investigate Uie finan- � '
disclosure of the names of � ~ial posidoa and dealings of '
informers in any prcumstances convieted major drug traffickers,
-1n_.the oourae of prosecutioa' with a view to makiwg imposition .
~ under tbat~a~.
ct, ~s not reconi- and rocovery of fines more ef- -
_ ~ mended. . fective. ~s not recommended. ~
Compulsory Goods in custndy ;
disclosure Of SOU~C~ 87. Extension of the ~goode '
79. The Poisons Act, as the in custody" p~vision in Section I
Police Department proposes, 527C of the Crimes Act to ,
ahould be� amended to make it cover'situations where the pra ~ ~
an offence for a person found ceeds of drug trafficking have ~
in illegal possession of divgs to . been placed in an acco~t such '
refuse or fail to disclose the ~ a bank, buildin~ society,
name and address, if knoq+n, of credit union or solic~tor's . trust ~
- the person from whom he account, is not recommended.
obtainad the drugs, the place 88� ~e Poisons Act should '
- from which he obtained them, be a~?~pdecl to empower a !
and such other details as would ' court, upon convictioa of a ' I
_ assist in the identifieation and Person charged with an offence '
location of thatperson. . under that Act, in addition w j
881~ Penalties of imprisonmerit and ~
fine otherwise. {~mvided, to ,
S0. No amendment should be order execution agamst - '
�made to the Bail Act, 1979,, to (a) property held by or on
prohibit the granting of bail, behalf of that person which has ~
or to create a presumption beea. obtained or ~paid for ~
against bail, for persons whether wholly or in pazt as the
charged with ' drug-trafTicking result of We commission of that
dffeaces. ~
Senfencing �ff~�": ;
81. No amendment should be ro~ ~y ~~nt (eg bank, ;
madn to` the Poisons Act to building society, credit union, ,
increase the terms of imprison- solicitor's trast or other similaz
ment prescribed under that Act account) kept in that person's
82. Penalties for simple pos- narne or on his behalf where an
session or use of nazcotic drugs amount hes been credited to ~
should not be reduced. that account, as a result of the . '
83. Amendment of the Poi. '
sons AcE to reswcture penalties commissian of that offenca I '
by creating greater spedificity ~
of punishment, whether ~n tn~ . Contidential~ty
form of mandator,~ minimum 89.~ Legislation s6ould be in- ~ i
sentences or a rigid and graded troduced which, subject fo i
tariff of penalties, is not recom- speci~ed exceptions - ~
_ mended. (a) makes communications ~
i
- FOI'f@~fllf@ between a drug abuser and ~
84. Amendment of the Poi- ~S treatment facility staff !
_ sons Act, as the Police Depart- ~nfidential, and prohibits dis- '
ment proposes, to provide for ~~osure thereof; and
forfeiture of vehicles (including (b) protects from disclosure ~
- planes, boats and motor the records of that facility in
vehicles) used to assist in the respect of communications with,
. and testing, examination, diag-
- nosis and treatmeat of drug ~
abusers.
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Williams Commission Interim Report
- Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD ir? English 8 Nov 79 p 10
- [Textj [SYDNEY MORNING HERI~LD editorial insert: "In October 1977, the Federal
Government established the Austra.lian Royal Commission into Drugs, under Mr Jus-
tice E. S. Williams of the Queensland Supreme Court, to inquire into the;
["Extent of and methods used in the illegal import, export, production of and
- trafficking in drugs.
["Source of drugs and their destination.
- ["Extent of illegal drug use and diversion of drugs lega,lly obtained to illega,l
use, and drug misuse."]
The Australian Roya1 Commission into Drugs, unrier Mr Justice E. S. Williams, -
has urged a new approach to the fight aga,inst drug trafficking.
The commission has pra ~t stat~d� - -
duced an interim ie~Ott, "There is litt(e doubt that the 1here is Considerable and =
- tabled in Federal Parliament Narcodcs Bureau has developed iacreasing distrust of tho Nar-
into a highly efficient enforce- C�t~~ B~eau among oth~r law
on Tuesday, in which the enforcemeat bodiea. For some
ment agency. Probably the
_ main recommendation is that years past relationships betwan
- the Federal Nazcotics Bureau most significant measure aWail- ~e Narcodcs Bureau and the
abk in this regard is the aub- ~monwealth Polia, wpecial-
_ Ue disbanded. stantial increase in . arrests, ~y at the top levds, havc been
The Government has accept- p~uuons and quantities of ~a, but now reladonahips
drugs seiud over f~a ~ast aeven
cd this proposa~. between We Nar~odcs Bureau
~ 'fhe Royal Commission's y~~~~ and State 'police ate bad in
_ final report.is expected to be In addi6on thb bureau has many places.
established an outatanding repu-
rcleased bcfore the end of the Within the judicial system,
ycar. tation for efficiency, integriry g~aerally speakin~, the Narcot-
and techniqua development
An edited vcrsion of the ivithin overseas and local en- i~ B~eau's reputation for effi-
- interim report follows, ciency is lower than that of
fbrcement agencid, other
'fhe commission's view is State police.fordes.
that the 1968 iaitiative which Gov~cnment departments and
established the Narcotics ~e judiciat apratem." � The bureau spends too much
Bureau has faileci. A completely Tho commission hes obtaincd, time defending itseif and its
different initiative is now neces- ~ a pi~ of3rug~r- ~c ng in ~a8~�
sary to improve the national ef- Auatralia from ita consideration T6e Bureau's recent seizure
foc�t against drug trafficking. of evidence contained in some figurea reflect failure in its de-
Dlr Justice 'Williams goes on 24.Q00 pages of uanscript and clazed aim of detecting major
to say that public criGcism of 990 exhibits. lt is the consid- traffickers, especially in heroin,
thc burcau would compromise ered opinion of this commission and leaving lesser operalions to
thc national effort against drug ~az~ " the attention of State poliCe. In
abuse. Many hard-working and The Narcotics Bureau is not a 1977 and 19~8 over 90 per cent
dedicated officers inevitably, higt?ly efficienf enforcement of Narcotics Bureau heroin
but incorrectl~_ ~c!ould . be. agency. aeizures were of less than ]00
thougfif to be su6jeot to criti-- Increases in arrests, prose- ~~s. Seizure of quantities less
cism. cutions and seizw�es of drug than S grams re~resented over
The secretazy of the be- have often occurred with littie 60 per cent of its aeizures in
partment of Business and Con- or no Narcotic Bureau assist- 1978 and 70 per cent in 1977.
s~mcr Affairs, Mr M,. A. Bes- ance. The existence of the bureau
]ey, o~ November 17, 1977, tha 5ome of the lazgest seizures as an"elite" force withia. the
~ first day of the commission's in receent years attributed in the Buresu of Customs has, not-
sittings in Canberra presented media to tha Narcotics Bureau withstandir.g some admirable
that department's first submis- have in fact occurred without initiatives ic has talcen, contrib-
sion to the commission. any real assistance from the uted to morale problems in
Narcotics Bureau. other areas in the Bureau of
~ Customs.
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The NarCOtics Burcau has the zeat and efficiency of its of-
depleted other arms of the fiars, be bound to fail in the -
Biveau of Cnstoms of re- world�of tociay. Your 1Varc,otics Bureau is highSy ~
sources. regarded in several places
. T6e Narcotics Bureau is not Tb~e are: throughout the world?" . '
a cohesive force with h~gh First, the Narcotics Bureau is Mr Bates replied: "No, I i
morale and pride in its accom- founded on an iasufficient � Would not be tuo modest be� .
plisfunents. There is con~id- legislative base. It is unrealis- cause that is'w6at I belie~~fbe,
erable frustration and bitterness tic to restrict an enforcement Posi~ion to be, that it is n��
among many Narcotics Buteau body to acGon against ~m_ Sarded most 6ighly. ,
�fficero� whom tt?e commisaion pcuted drugs traffickers in The commissioner was prob- ~
regards as dtdIcated and leea AUSG'dI13 a0 not usually , ably no different from many ~
_ agents, observe any specia~isation. People in ihe community who � 1
- The training of NarcoGcs knew little of the Narcotia ~
Bweau officera lsaves much to ' Second, it has become apparent Bureau and who derived mosC '
be desired. persons who, , by any of that litde from the media. ;
standazds, would be classified An effort was made to deler�
Too much centratised control as criminals are now deeply mine how officers of the Nar-
impairs thc bureau's operational engaged in the illegal trade in cotics Bureau were regarded. An
efficiency. In this, the use of drugs. Tho Narcotics Burea?i
the Public Service structure for staffed b attempt was m~de ts compz;e
a police a enc and lack ot Y Public servants has them with State police. in in-
8 Y ban. endeavouring to deal vestigational skills such as the
effective leadership aze princi- with criminals, usually in- conduct of investigations, the
- paily to blsme. telligent and often dangerous questioning of suspects and tho '
Career opportunities for ~iminals, and in doing so, giving of evidence in court.
Nu'cotics Btu~eau o~cers are too � h~ positively resistrd an~ A minority of judges put the
restricted, assistance from Com- !
monwealW police. Narcotics Bureau officero they
The Narcotics BuTeau has � had secn in court oa a par with '
traded upon a~flattering media Third, the total stafi of the State police officers. � !
imagb but has maiatained great Narcotics Bureau is far too ~ The majority of judges put
aocrecy ' upoa matters whic,h amall. In 1969 when it was the Narcotics Bureau officers
. might conaivably tarnish that reorganised a~ a. separate welt helow State police officers.
image. T6is . commission :bo- unit, it consistcd.of 33 opera- ?he only fair conclusion is Lhat
lieves that very ofkn the aecro- tional of~ar~ and 10 clencal ;
cy is ma~ntained less for o erar su the bureau does rrot enjoy any- ~
p pport ataff. The buresu atill thing lil,e the reputation in judi-
tiona! socurity thaa for self pro- does not number 200 persone ci:it circles that it believeg �it ~
tection. yet it is endeavouring to ful- enj~};s.
The Narcotic,s Bureau has _fil a very large rola The commission has con� '
demonstrated itxlf overly se- The Narco6p 8ureau claims cluded that this judicial criti. i
- cretive in its dealings with other that the aim~le remedy for any cism is wcll � based in iU appli� ~
agencies, its departmental 'defieiencies it may have is to cation to the Narcotics Bureau ~
superiors and tlus commission. increase its ataff, powers and as a whole. �
'The discharge of Australia'a l0~~ Tba ~ommission ro- ~'}~c .Narcotics Bureau cqn. '
intemational responsibilities J0�~ a'~~~ ~~u tains too much inex erience.
does not requin .the Narcotics �p�uOD~ ~mpound the p �
Buroau as presenUy consGtuted. prob3em, not aolve i~ An effective police agency. ,
The more that State and Which is what the Narcotics
Narcotics Bureau �officers territorial oli Buresu tri~s to be, cannot be
have in the maia been recruited P~ caa be encour- conducted within the frame-
from G~stomi preveaGve offi- a8ed to work in conjunetion work of the Public 3ervice. One ~
cers but their experience is an ~'i~ Fuleral enforcement deficiency of � the Narcotica ' ~
_ insufficient prachcal training a8~ncies, the greater use Bureau which flows frotq~ , tht I
for today's investigators of drug Australia will be making of its piiblic Service structurc is too
- trafficking. exis'ting resources to combat the much central office conlrol.
The survcillancc functions of ~g ~~f~~' ~
the Customs Burosu's Coaslal ~At present; noC only is ~?her deficienciqs clused ,;by '
Air-Sca Operational Support there aubopdmal co-operation Publio Service structwe are; ' '
Group (CASOS) should be con- forces but lhere are Conatraints on securin
ducted by the llepartment oE ~ elements wluch posidvely pro- g~ f
mote non-co-o retaining staff, ~
Transpurt's Australian Coastal peration. ~ Discipline, and �
SurveiUacno CenVe. Thcre is no The commissioner must con-
need the Bureau of Customs to . cede that whon the commission ~PPropriate administra,tiva '
h t~eatod cliQerently from, other commenced ho was favourably Pra~dures.
c~cp~'tments u"sing tfie services disposed towards the Narcotics ' ~
of that centra . Bureau. Durin the evidence of ' ThO Commission recommends ;
_ 7'hcre ;~re three important Mr H. E. Ba es, head of the ~at: . . ,
gcnerll rcasons why a Narcot- Narcotics Bureau, on November A.N OPTION be ~
ics Bureau ~s presently con- ~Z~ 1977, the commissioner members of the ~VNarcotus
situted would, irrespective of said: "Would you be too Bureau to remain with the
modest to a~tree with me that Bureau of Customs or to join
the Federal Police For~e on
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terms at least aqual to those
presrnNy enjoyed. For this pur-
pose it may be necessary �to -
relax police entrance quali-
fications of, for example,
stature and age.
A CRIMINAZ drug ~}n_
telGgence cell be establish1ed
nationally and in each S`~e.
The national ~riminal drug~n.
telligence cell ahould b~ admini-
steral by the Federal police, It -
ahould comprise o~cers ' aot
anly from Wat force but~ ako
from the Buresu of Customs,
fmm State and tertiWrial police ,
e1Lr'g
n~e~ prgam'eation t a
d
from We CammonwealW De.
partment of Transport.
THE ENACT11qENT of iif?i- -
form legisla6on agaiast dnig
traf~ckin6 by the Com-. -
monwea]th, the States and We
territories. '
~ ROLE and objectives
of the Bureau of Customs in
. relation to drvg enforcement be
restated a~ that of intercepting
cLvgs at the Customs barrier. ,
_ ~ESOURCF.4 of tho Bureau
of G~stoms be upgraded for the
P~rPOse of fulfilling its restated
_ role. The expertise of Wose
members of the Narcofics
Bureau who do not elect to join '
_ ~ the Federal Police For~e will'be
� immediately availablo to a'ssist '
' in this upgrading. ' �
DRUG~ MONIT'ORING cella
be aet up nationally and in ~ach
- State and terrirory to callect
and monitor all data relevant to
' drug abuse.
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~ . AUSTRALIA
FUR'I~R REPORTAGE ON ROYAI, CON~IISSIONS' INVESTIGATIONS .
No Proof of a Heroin 'Mr Big' -
" ~Kelbourne T!~ AGE in English 7 Nov 79 p 6 .i
[Text] ~
~A~t oe~atn~ion ' !toria and"
,f ~'!ee Rayal C~a~tifis~'roa+ amounts. ot h~ ' -being aent ~ro
s'yane~yr fo : ,
foand ao . evidencc of . a� ,~~y~~ h~~gh. . � distributioa and that heroin ~
- ~o~ ~~n~j au NS'~V, Victoria and ; ' ~nPorted to Sydney went ,
" Sonth Anstralia, ; to Victorta an@ at timea to~�
W'leile moat oi the heroin:; ~ . Sauth Australi~.
soid in NSW came hom; ~eroi,R b
c;o~iiaa~ling~9~n � Justice Woedward
Asia'a ~otd triangle there ~~~p~.qg Asian furpi,, ~id New South Wak~ � ~
was no evidence to suggest -ip~q~ ~,hich waa im., ~addicks
~hen was one person ~~n ~~n~~ t a ore than
~ dtarge of ib importation ~a for sale at : shop in~~ ' b~ro~ Year so .
Sydrtey? o~vned �by a member- .
ieeto Auafntia, We report a
f ~ o~~t~A. . He ~emphasised that be-
~1� cause much of the heroin
TM ~urMturs arriv~d in
"
I
t w
o
a
b b e w
r
o ng t
Q ~ gn~e ~,hen one men~- ~ 1iAp�~ed lnto Austra- '
describ~ the internal dis- . lia by both organised
t ~
i
b
u tion e t h
e
roin in Ws s~id to ha
v
e h a d a groups . and individuals '
Sta~e a~s being ia the hands ' ~~?1 deal going.: wIth s', passed through BanRkok, i~
o
t one or even a sma l l num- � officer. was necessary to have an � I
ber of independrnt tightly ~ A member ot the groupr . ~ e~cient police reprasenta. ~
oontrolled permanenUy 14Ir Colie CourMey was . ~ tion there,
establishad groups," ~ it sr~sted in August 1977 by Bqt the Australian Nar- ~ ~
said ~ dru8 s~Nad police ~vho cotics Bureau officer thete ;
Mr. Justice WoodaraM` tound a halfbu~ace bag of had no transport, ofTica staH ~
'ss'~ that if many of the drug ' heroin in' hi: flat, the re. . or assistance ot any kind.
jroaps had one thing in - P~ ~d� . 'Z7~is level~ of Australian
' .~non it was iack of ex-: 14Ir. Just~a Waodward nPreseatatton is inadequate
ix
pertise. : said: "In one sense he waa ' A~x1 shortsighted and will ~
_ 'T~eir epe~atbns are ha� ~+trrested for the wrong ~ not be much improved bY I '
- Mt~ed by mist~kes aad inep~ thint ln that he was not t~e proposal as noted in the ~ ~
btude; grandiose and im- ~bar8ed +~7 a major import- ~ss to post another such
pnctiable plans . are made ~ er of bulk heroin but o~icer to Bangkok ducing
. man~? ot which never reach ~irtwllY aa a strett deal- , l~" Mr. Justice Wood� . i-
� ttuiUon; m~ny of the parti- ; ~e: � ward said. '
cipanb are or become ad- �'Caurtney waa never ~ ~e auggested thet the ~ i
dieted whids, ap'srt from charged with respect to his ~'~u be expanded to 1n� ;
~nything etse, limits their import~tion achvities clude a smail protessional i
apacity Tor efficieney." indeM they seem to have � �>~~t of oft'icers with appro�
Mr. . Justice Woodward not been known to enforce- : W'iate faalitiea. I
named six organisations as ment agencies:' : Another group named a
having, been involved in But the it~volv~ed in heroin activity
judge warned :~yBS~ ~e "5inclair" group '
importmg aed disCribuEing that 'tftere was a real pos- consisting of Mr. Wiiliam . ~
herom in Australia. sibility nationally organised Sinclair, Mr. Warrea Fel-
He aaid many of the mem-. drug � syndicates c o u l d~ l
o
w
w
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a u l . H
a y.
b e
r
s o t t
h e g r o
u p a w
e r
e i n, ~ e
m
e e ~
~ail but had been char T
he' ~mmission~ ward.
~ ~ had heard ~ evidence ~ that: T~he throe were arrested ~
!or the wronE thin&. .~J iherola=. nnAortedt ~ato � Vie.: ,fit Bat~kok, oa.October, 11.~
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oaeeanl~8.4~~'
- ~s at ~aot,~.'~: ~0~'
~ ~ ~~s the ypLano~~ay
~ Lowe, CoHigm and MlQigan
, OlgnQieitionl. ,
- . Tl~e coromiseioa was told � .
~tbat ~ beroin~ :wa; s impotted.,
Iato '/lustralit~ By`means ~rn~'
cludiAB ]ight airc[aft laed� ~
~
~~Ia~ ~h ~fatsgi � ,
bottans~ aud shippint coa- �
tainers. , ,
_ ~ . WImessea told ~ the eom�� �
'misslon they swallowed ,
plattic bags cuntaining the
drug while ot~hers tried to
: oonceal it inaide their
bodies.
- Mr. Justice WoodwaM ~
said that only about 30 per .
~t ot heroin imported into '
Anatr~tlia was detected by i
customa agents. The law en-
torcement of heroin during ~
the past four years was n~ -
' mgtter for concern. ;
"L'a? enforcement has � -
~ been of limited e}fect. The.
heroin� prablem is still~
~POVY3Da. rbC.,.~a!...~:=~... ;
,
More Details on Secret Society ~
;
Melbourne TI~ AGE in English 7 Nov ?9.p 6. ~
- CText] . -
.,.ti 'freq~ientiq�'used'`~the. name' Bruno ' tion oi the htvotvement of inent-' _
A secret ~ Calafirian orga- ~ ' Tnmbole, although he 'denied any bers of the Sergi family, Barbero ,
~n1S1t10II lII the Riverina $asoo~ac~on~ w;cn matijuana ia . family. Trimboli family and other
generai ~ Griftith people involved in com-1
tOW,ll Of Griffith was NI Itave expressed my conclw panies and 8nancial dealings with;
named as ~being in con- sion ttwt Robert Trimbole �was the each other. -
principat figure at ~ the retailing In cases where �there were peo- '
trol of the cultivation aud end of the marijuana chain." ple of identical names, Mr. Justice ,
traffiekin of ~ mari uana ~~r. Trimbol~ ~vaeone of a num� Woodward named their occupa-
g ~ i~er of Griffith�based Calabrians tion as, for example, , Antonio �
~in New $outh~ Wales. - named by Mr,'Jusiice Woodward Sergi (the Winery).
� as having a direct link with the Ne said organisat~onal funds : ~
Mr. JustiCe Woodward � Honored.Society growing and seli= '~e from .
na~med the gr0up as . ing marijuana. � Gamblinq ~wins: From horsea,
_ L'Orrorata SOCiet~ (th@ � "Robert Trimbole was nominat~ ~aup, roulette or cards. ;
HOnOied SOCiety~ oi NDtBn- ed as the first grower of mariJu- ~ Gifts: Funds said to have :
ghita (Calabrian dialeCt ~ana at GriASth. However, it ap- been received from deceased es-
pears that he only remained in ~teS in Plati, Calabria, or
meaning the �Honored amounts claimed as simple g3fts ;
SOCiet Browing. side for about 18 of money by, members of s ,
_ Y)� ~ months, then moved into the dis= f~i,y. .
Mr. Justice Woodward said evt- ' nibution of. the crops. The grow- ~ I,pe~st .Including ihoee aAede .
dence was qiven that a man nam- ~ng operation was then taken over by telatives and friends which in
ed "Bruno" was "either one of by the Sergi family at Griffith, ~e :'circumstances coula"not be"
the principals. � or at ieast their with Anfonio Sergt being des- ~
field representative". ~ cribed as 'the operator':' ; r~rded as legitimate. ;
He said: "in evidence, Robert In his report, Mr. Justice Wood. ~ ~~sh flow: Cash deposited ,
~Trimbole admiUed that~ he . had ward- went inW lengthy explan~,., into banking accounts of the per- ~
~ aoas investigated. a?~: ~
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F~ ~,a~ wooav~re''~Ia ~r. Judtice Moodward ie~~a~; ; uan~ ~ ~ c~b~. ~ ~ ~n,ae ~
' tunds peaked at about the same ' M1'� '~II1~01e's betting with both t three were born in Sicily.' Genot
time, every year following the � ~~e T~ and Sydney bookmaket~i ~d ,1Vice
harvesting ot crop~ in FebruarY- , ~Daniei Cf'Shaa. y Mr. Justioe Woodward s a i d
March. ~ The report showed that d?ufe~^~
a 12-month period trom Auguat, ` ItalIens bo[ havin ~ re e ved fu~nds
"Thl~ tlow of tund~ was not 1878~ W AuBn~t. 1977. Mr. Tr~m� 8
interrupted $reatly by the police b ol e inveated a222,6?~ in a TA$ i from the estate~ of deceased
_ ni
ds at Gri f
Rt h ear ly m 1 9
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l a t i v
e s i n P i a t t t e n d e d w t
a a
~ In fact~ peaks in the flow ot fund~ ' credulity.
increased substantially in 1974 Mr. Justice Woodward said: I ~~Mews witie comniis-
- and~ 1975. Funds again Increased do not accept that Robert Trim- sion invesu acon. it w8s assert-
~ la 1977 in a similar pattern to '~le"s alle~ed bets with the reg~a g
tend bookmaker. Daniel O'5hea ~~t~ the deceased person~. in
~ ~ that shown in 1974. "~eTe genuine and I believe that . tt?is instance, had accumulated
'?he Calabrian cannabls growers they were part of, a pre-aaanged . their wealth from such unlikely
; who operated in and around � . ' occupations as the father
~ 12UAdClIAg . OpE2'8t1011 . workin f ~
Griffith, with their marketinR out- ~ r~~ said thaE between B or. a rich man and ~
, lets in Sydney, were and probably the mother putting the aalt
still remain, the larEest growing Januar}~, 1974, .and December. in cheese ..~'At least two beno-
- : an d mar
ke ting opera tioa ia t h
e 1~
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b r
o t h
e r a n d a sis ter~
' State." , number of � cannabis crops � dis- Francesco Bar.baro. (Farm 1760.: .
covered throughout Australia by G~~
Mr. Justia Woodward empha- � ) and Giuseppina SerRi
. police were some 22 ptantations (Farm .1775~ ~tioth livin
bised the system of laundering Which resulted in the anest and S~n Grif- - ,
. money by the society. � tith~ claimed to have received ~
� "Company structures, `loans' ~rBing of 45 persons of Ctlalr, . y}g~ppp each , fmm the Barbaro ~
' irom friends and relatives, pur- descent. estate ln Plati. From admissions '
ported partnerships,., 'legacies' A breakdown of these urest~ on records of interview, tMere are
Front deceased relatives, gambling ftB~~s revealed: at least six chiidren in the .Ber-
'wins'. cash payments to trades- ~ 1~rentytwo were' 6ora in the � baro family. ' , I
aun and the intermingiing of ' village ot Plati~ Calabria. ~ "Statements oi thte kind tend
- iilicit funds with legicimate earn- Eighteen were bom elaewhxre to ta~c credulity when it is real-
ings were techniques used by, in Calabria. ised that Government informs-
- members of the organisation to � Two were Australian-born of tion sources put the average
- .launder mone~! acquired fram ; .~abri~ p~~~, � yearlg incomc for this area of �
;drug-nlated act~vity." ' were born outside Cala. . Calabria at ~,526." the judge said
bi1e. but were arcested on� plaata- ; � . . _ . ~ . .
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' � � loek of flats, ~
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Ear~y Warning an Calabrians +
Melbourne THE AGE in English S Nov 79 p 1 i
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[Report from David Elias]
[Text] The secret Calabrian society named in the Woodwa.rd ~ommission report
on drugs has been operating in Melbourne since the end of World War II.
The Honored Society was entrenched in Victoria 15 years ago when a secret re-
port to the Government warned tha,t if the society went unchecked it could mo-
nopolise the Sta,te's orga,nised crime.
The report was written in 1961F after a 4 1~2-month investigation by US narco-
tics investigator Mr. John Cusack, a man said to nave played a part in break-
ing the notorious French Connection.
" Mr. Cusack warned the Gov Cusack, who ~~vas 'helping' the large=scale ieceipt and dis-' -
_ ernment that the society was ~ ~e Victoria Polia aftsr �the out- tributioa oF stolen ~oods."
capable of taking over every break ~ oE shotgun murders and He said their members included -
faceE of or anised crime in a Waundings ln the Victoria Mar- shrewd, haFdened criminals wi[h
g , ket, named several members of extensive records of commercial
'25-year peciod. the society in his report: He also crime and violence ,in Calabria or -
Since he issued the warning, said they were connected with Australia or both. -
Federal and State police have the control by extortion of the "Wi;hin the nest 25 pears their
fought an almost hopeless war . main flow of the State's produce. lar e cash resources and stron -
'n;ainst an estimated 300 mem- The men he named and now arm tactics wili eventually enab e ~
bers in Victoria, anocher 500 in atNer members of the same fami- them to develop monopolies and -
Neti~ South Wales and smaller ties are stil} on open files in :he large profit in such fields as labur
groups in every olher Australian State and Federal poiice forces. racke:eering, wholesale dis[ribu-
State, according to police sources. The report was written when- tion of alcoholic and sofc drinks
Ac least 20 Meibourne families Sir Henry Bolte was Premier. A , the importation of olive oil,
are cn a special Comonwealth apokesman for Mr. Hamer said� ~amato paste, cheese, the baking
Gov2rnmerit "watch list" because he knew nothing of it. and distribution of Italian b~ked
of their ass~ciation with the so- He said it was unlikely the' g~ds, the vending machine
c:ety. ~ Government, ii it had the report,.
Pederal police have compiled` would ever publish it. � business, the monopolistic owner- -
family� trees and ~iscovered that Mr. Hamer was not available~ ships of night clubs and taverns, _
must oi the families are linked for comment. musical recording and record dis-
. by mar?iage in an effort to keep In his report to the New SoutH tributing companies, model and,
:he soc�etv tightly knit. Wales Government on Tuesday, ~eatrical booking agencies, buiid~
Tte Griffith arm of the society, Mr. Justice Woodward linked ~he u?8 road construction compantes. -
which con~rols a large part of the � Honored Society with the control in Griffith, the society was able
- NSW marijuana trade and has of drugs around Griffith. .the ~ move into narcotics and at
been accused of beir.g responsibie murdet of anti-drug campai~ner least one farriily is known to own
for the disappearance.of anti-drug Mr. Donald ~iackay and the ;963 and operate Meibourne massage
- campaigner Mr. Donald ,Y[ackay Victoria Vlarket murders. parlors and hotels, according to
in 19ii, is wedded ~u the ~let- Mr. Cusack's 15-year-old report Police.
bourne families, the police sour- said: 'The Calabrian L'onorata
ces said. Societa .is well encrenched in Aus- '
But effons to stamp out. [heir~ tralia. It is already engaged in
accicities have failed because of excortion, prostitution, counter-
restrictions on manpower and feicing, sly . grog, breaktng and � -
mnnev, the sources said, � entering, illegal gambling and the
'I^~e Austr~ian C~deral Polwe ~ Smuggling of aliens and smati~
force, ;~�hich haS DGN' been given ' erms. ~ (,,Qlff~rH
the ~�ork of the na.*cocics bureau, ~ "Within the n~~ct 2a years if; '
has estima;ed that i~ would cost unchecked, the society js capable:
t~~xw) a dap ?.o keep one man ; ' of diversificacion into all facecs o#+ ~~10NEy
under c~~r~�eillance. organised crime and legitimateJ ~ ~
AS �here are severat hundred business.
members In Australia an efficient "Ti~is could very well include' '
iun�c;llance operation would cost ; narcotics, organised g~mbling in- ~ ~
m~l~ion9 of dollars a year, the rluditrg Che corruption of racing,' ~ z,
police sources said, . , i :[oo~tball, etc., oraanised usury and . Z~ ~
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Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 7 Nov 79 p 13 ~
[Text] S S
A dru rip which centred Cannabia in NSW since at least "The bulk of the monoy ha~
on three brothers from the 1972~ when their brother Yous- been transferred ovcrseas in
South Coast had made con= 81~ "'a6 817~~ 'n connxtion cash. .
vrith Wa discove of about 200 "There seoms to have been
siderable sums of money for kilogtaroe of camabis ia a no 'effecdve way to prevent
at le8st six years and overaeas travellers carrymg , a ~
smuggled the money ~ver- 1'ouseif left Auatralia in Sep- auitcaae of cash, and, in ihe ;
Seas, Mr Justice Woodward Y~~aun
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said. He is believed to be in I,eba. taken to dispose of tha moi?ey;' ;
Tho Elchaar Group involved � he said. �
Yowsif Antonios Elchaar, now Mt Iustico Woodwazd aaid Mr Justice Woodwazd found
living in Lebanon, George EI- ,M~udg~ee8 and ~G u burnPlwere volved
indrug traff
cking in the ~
chaar~ of Gray Strat, Woon- .~~~~ttt with a~vell or x Wollon on South Coast 'area
ona, and Nani Ekhaar, oP B~ d B s-
Princes Highway, Woonona. ' Progradt to cultivate and dis- were Edward Paul Filipetti an� '
Their cousins, Chosn Bchar- �bute marihuana. his mot6er Nella Clara Filip~tti. .
rani, -of Park Road. Bulli, and He .said Wat although there T6e Filipettia, of Noble
- Salim Bcharrani, of Moore could be no doubt that very Aarade, Lake Heights. near
Street, Campsie, and � a sixth considerable sums of money Wollongong, "for some years
man, George �Issa Nehme, aE ~'ere made wer the years there have been distributors in tho
Albion Park Rail, wcre also in- ~'as little evidence of the sums Wollongong area of drugs,
involved. nnci all
volved. � p~ P Y Indian hemp," the
But the atreet value would ~udge said. ~
bfr JusYice Woodward said be in the rauge of millions of He found that they had
that Hani and George Elchaar dollars, with a diminished re- evaded incame tax and received ~
had been involved in thc com- turn to producers and dis~ Social Security benefits without ~
mercial cultivation and sale of triburors," he said. legal en6tlemenG '
Role of Syndicate in Heroin Trade . ~
Sydney TF~ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 7 Nov 79 p 14~ . ~
[Text] Heroin trafficking is crude and disorganised in NSW but the emergence ~ ~
of highly organised crime in the $59 million-a-yeax maxket is inevitable, says
Mr Justice Woodwa.~d.
The ecoIIOmy of t118 n T'he evidence shows that Syd- . in getting ~he drugs into the
heroin market and the lack h' 18 ~O naU�nal centre for
country.
heroin diatribu~tion and tt~e �'"It ie clear on the evidence
of intecnal structure "lend ma or heroin groups aze based that tbere is no au
themselves to the emergence ia ~ydney. heroin importadon~
aad d
at
_ of an otganisationally mona ~'~~1, the aix heroin im- ' tribation is in the handa of one,
polistic cnme syndicate." ~ uC~g b~ g~nq~ury ~ or cven a sma11 number of per-
were more in the na:ure of ~an~~Y ~t661iahed groups.
He did not aecept that a Mr ."No `Mr Hig' was diacovered; '
Big" dominatea the market, nor ~~ge confederations of individ- nor wea there evidence of a
that large heroin rings protected ua18 than organisa6ons. small number of controllin fi
by police or poliGcians exist. "Generally, importing groupa, ures or of the g g~
in. order 'to be successful, need prerequisites of
The structure of the l~eroin monopo~ietic control:'
trade is crude but effective, to aad to� be tnrsted by ~
with disorganisatioa and lais- � tb~ Principal dealers in the It was fira?ly eatabliehed that ,
sez-faire competitan between 'event that they wish to dispose Suppuu� ~a Thai~and or else- .
of heroin in bul~. w!?ere would sell to anyone pro-
wholesalers. "Grou s need not be large P~'~ to pay.
This may account for its wn- p
tinucd succeu because dis- and no epecial ingenuity or in- ~
ruption of one organisation has telligence ie'~required to succeed ,
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_ Vast amounts of capital aro Si~nificant imports are mAde
not required and a heroin im- by mdividuals, oftea under a
porting venture costing $SO,OUO acheme where a group of ad- ~
would likely return more thnn dicts pool resources and send
_ $1 million. one of their number overseas to
While dismissing the exist- buy the heroin.
ence of largo heroin rings and `"The complete elimination of
tha involvement of "some an operative chain would 6ave
American criminal syndicates," no effect oa the state of the
he says that the longer a group consumer market," he says.
operates the greater ita potendal There are uadoubtedly suc-
to refine and aophisticate ifs cessful heroia-importing ,groups
_ operations. not identified by the commis-
"Becauee of the huge profits s~on and it is not unrealistic to
generated, auccesaful and unde- assume that some of them are
tected groups aze faced with making million-dollar profits
having to invest funds in either annually.
~ legal or illegal activity." "In fact, it is almast an inevi-
Legal businesses provide table oonclusion when it is con- '
means of laundering money, sidered We Si~rclair group had
and the co-existence of legal at least half a million dollats in
and illegal activity is fundamen- less tLan 12 months of opera-
tal in a move towazds organi- tion.
sational superiority or monopo- "Md herein lies the daager,
ly control. for within t6ese ~oups t6ere -
Although use of illicit money must exist potential for organi- �
for legal businesses has sational, monopoliatic crime
occurred in marihuana traffick- syndicates."
ing organisations, there is no Business expertise is growing �
- evidence of it in the heroin rapidly and the ease with which
- trade. fnnge opaations may hide ille-
Hecoin trafficking at any gitimate comm~rce behind a
given time "seems to be in the legitimate front ia accelerating
hands of several classes of ~~ngly,
people - the small groups It is not unrealisdc to post-
which form and smuggle in a ulate growing numbers of law-
couple of ounces at a time; the yers, accountants and oihers
_ amateur carrying a kilo througl~ with the skills needed by syndi- -
in an overnight . bag and . cates in both legal and illegal
the more organised goup's who business to give their services at
have a method and pursue it premium priccs.
until they are caught" Ti~e evidence is that this has
He says that some of the six not happened to any great
heroin importing and dis- exteat.
- tribating organisations exam- �
ined by the Commission brought But it can aid wi~l if a suf-
in large quantiGes of heroin, ficiently motivaled group steps
perhaps as much aa 25 kila on to the natucal void m the
grams at a time. present market structure. This
"One of them regularly im- mus� not be allowed to hap- _
ported at this level and effected P~�
wholesale distribution through- There ia alab aonle danger
out NSW, Victoria and South that a nationat drug crime
Australia." syndicate may emerge, he says.
= Report Not Yet Available to Public
Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNIlVG HERALD in English 7 Nov 79 p;~.3
[Text] Copies of the NSW Royal Commission into Drug Tra,f'ficking report will
not be immediately available to the public.
Only 300 copies were printed for distribution to Members of Parliament, Govern-
ment depa,rtments, other States and the med~.a yesterday.
_ A spokesman for the Premier said it would take some time to have the report
- printed by the Government printer for sale through the Government sales office.
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- Heroin Unlikely To Be Checked '
~ Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 7 Nov 79 p 14
[Text] '
New Federal Government aorst risked s ldw-ltvel participadon. -
checks at~ unlikely to affect the "~mplicated achemes using priyate
~ 8ow of heroin into Australia sig- 1~`~0�~�~e~.~. ~t~tb~u~e
nificantly iui the mqdium-term, ;~,ag;~;~o b~t hardly uem necea. ~
Mr Justice Woodward said. sary," he esid.
llle al im "I received c.onviacing evideace~
S P~~~~ of heroin ra which I do not propose W describe,
quired "no special intelligence or in- of the use of containas for smuggliag
genuity" and the Bureau of G~stoms drugs, Containers move about SO
intercepted probably' less than 10 per per cent of Australia's noa-bulk import
- cent of the heroin imported. ;
New measures to make saturati0n "Containers are not subject to '
checks of selected aircraft and to con ~~h pr~~ ~ AusValia. The � "
tinue rand~m checks were not likely problem they present is common to
to redua We supply o~f heroin. to the govemments around the wald." ' '
illegal market. There were obvious steps to stop
None of six heroia-importing or- heroin suppliee crossing Australia's
ganisations investigated by the com- borders, but that waa entiroly in the
mission "aze known to t~ave had their hands . of the Foderal Government.
imports intercepted at the point of Whila some capital was required,
entry". vast arnounts were not needed, �
"Indeed, in their critical role of One venture by a witness code- '
helnin importers they were never dealt named "BL" in May, 1978, whicb � '
with at all," the report said. probably cost at the most $50,000, -
Police attention was attracted to would have returned more than $1 '
them usually ia the context of possess- million to the organisers if successful.
ing heroin or using it. Of the six orgaaisaiions investigated, ;
The most eff'ecdve counter to drug in no case was the whole organisation ;
trafficking was to intercept the drugs destroyed.
at . the earliest possible stage, ideally 'I'he organisation which came closest ~ ;
at the point of entry. mto complete destruction was prob- ;
- But Mr Justice Woodward pointed ably tt~e "Sinclair" group. The Thai.
out the relative ease of importing police, acting op information supplied � '
heroin. Some Australian addicts went by the NSW Police, arrested William ;
overseas, bought from the first rick- Garfield Sinclair, Warren Edward
_ st~aw~ driver they met, carried it back �~ellows and ' Paul Cecil Hayward on
= to Australia in a pocket. of a suitcase October 11, 1978, and took possession
and then sold direct to local nsers. a suitcase containing 8.4 kilograma
. The more sophisticated ventures of heroin. ~ '
minimised entry risks in many ways. ;
perhaps by "false" compartments, The Sinclair group was different ' ;
inside knowledge of CtisWms pro- from other imponation networka in ;
cedures or even by usi~g ~c "~tupid or th'at-
. gullible" as couriers. None of the major participants were
"Even if detected such people have or became users, nor were part of !
little or no knowledge of group the "drug sub-culture."
- acdvity aad in any case aze expead- It was an mcursioa iato importatian .
able." and distribution by "professional" '
Importing the drug concealed, in criminals, most of whom have
freight or cargo, was another technique tended to avoid direct involve~ern .
for avoidiag interseption which at in dtis area in' the past.
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ileak Re~O:esentation in Thailand
- Canberra Tf~ AUSTRALIAN in English 7 Nov 79 p b
_ [Text] ;
`~~THE `~~'edeTal "Narcotics ' in~ their sccivittes in` ~1lusiea~'sa; ~ ~
Bui'eau'S represeatation ln BY KEN NOOPER ~ but were hampered by lack of in-
Thailand is described b the formation from Thailand.
y Australia's effort in Thailand be- EvenWally. the NSW police
Woodward report as inadequate cause the Federal Narcotics sent two officers to Banakok to
artd short-sighted. ~ Bureau .aRent there was in=' Bet information.
The bureau has one agent in� scructed nat to give iniormation 'Phe judge says: "It is a criticism
Bangkok and he � has no trans- ~ Lhe commission. of. failure of the Federal
- port, office staff or back-up as- The~ judge says: "One thing Narcotics Bureau to provide an
- sistance. that did become obvious in Thai- adeguate information flow to
Mr Justice Woodward warns land was that. although both ~ose in N6W who need it.
- that Australia ~ must co-operate Thai authorittes and the interna- .�What is needed in Bangkok is
with the United Nations and with ~ tiona! community of drug en- a small, professional unit of en- � -
American and Thai forces in forcement officers regarded the forcement officers, v?�ith back-up
- Thailand and that' the Federal Australian officer as being able sWff and transportation.
Narcotics Byreau must pass on and energetic, they were well �What is needed in Australia is.
- information to Australian State aware that he had no transport, an adequate assumption of its re-
forces. ' office stafi or back-up assistance sponsibilities by the Federal
In contrast to Australia's effort. , of any kind. � Narcotics Bureau and a willing-
the U.S. Drug Enforcement "This level of representation 3s ness to attend to the requtre-'
Agency has spent S6 million in inadequate and short-sighted:' ments of co-operative investiQa-
fi~�e years in Thailand to support . Mr Justtce Woodwazd says the Lions with State #~olice forces:' ,
its force and gather intelligence inadequacies of Australia's eacist- Summing up his findings on the -
to break heroin smuggling rings. ~ng system were illustrated by the world's heroln suppty Mr Justice
� In addition, the U.S State De- anest in Bangkok in October Woodward say~s that. in spite of -
partment has spent S3 miilion~to 1978 oi WiUiam Garfield Sirlclair, all the work being done by en-
proride patrol vessels and corn- Warren Edward Feliow~s and forcement agencies and the UN,
municatior.s networks to help tl:e Pgul Cecil Hayward on charges of there is no reat prospect of a
Thais combat Wie heroin trade. possessing heroin. ' nduction of heroin smuggling
Mr Justice Wood�ard says he At the t~me the men. were arres- ~frnm tl~e Golden Triangle to Aus- .
was not able to evaluate ted. NSW police w~ere in~estigat- tralia in the immediate f~ture. .
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[Editorials "Hard Line on Drugs"] . � , ;
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, [Text] Tf~ LONG, ~ firmly phrased and well- " missioner,-'~I~ir Justice Williams, and Mr ;
~ argued report of the NSW Royal'Com- . Tustice Woodwazd in form~ing a joint ,
� NSW-Commonwealth Task Force.
~alission into Drug Trafficking will take i
a ood deal of di estin , but t~ose ThG NSW Royal Commissioner makes ~
S g ~ no concession to those who advocate a
interested should find � the. effort well. softer official attitude to the use of �
, .'spen~ Mr Justice Woodwazd confirms marihuana. He das not agree with the
what is generally known - that drug South Australian Royal Commission's `
, abuse is growing and that the problem recomraendation, made last May, that the . ;
is increasin one associated with im- private use of marihuana should be le;al- ~
8~Y � ised. He rejects the view of the NSW
ported drugs an.d traf~cking in them. This Attorney-General, Mr Walk~r, that peoule ~
being ,~the case, co-operation tietween~ : :hould be allowed to grow marihuana . ,
- -State ~`and Federal Governments is ~ P~~~ ~n their back yards for their own
absolutely essential. It is therefore quite � nse. As a policy concept, he says, this � i
,ahocking to ~nd~ that Mr Justice Wood- is "divorced from reality and cannot be ~ ~
wazd's investigations were hampered by seriously considered:' And divorced it is. !
an almost total lack of co-operation from Those who hymn the joys,. or at least '
� the Federal Govemment and its agencies. the aIleged relat~ve ` harmlessness, of ~ i
There were hints of ~ this ~ during the :marihuana oughx to read his long and � _
� ~eomm'ission's hearings, but it was difficult careful assessmeat of tbe arguments on ~
to believe that, ~ in due course, Canberra ~ both sides. � ~
would ~ not come to the party. It is no ~ In essence; he says that no recom- .
longer difficult to believe. Mr Justice mendation can, `.`with conscience," �be. ~
~ . made for le alisin the use of marihuana; ~
- Woodward s acid. comments about ~he S 8 ~ .
~ Commonwealth -"few better ways of ' the dangers "far outweigh the argued ; ;
avoiding oiving assistance to an invest- advantages:' As for decriminalisation,. a
.igating Royal Commission than that different concept, this "does not direct
,offered could be devised" - leave no itself to the more serious and sinister , ;
doubt on that score. The only redeeming ~ ,problems .of the ~llegal marihuana ;
feawre of the Federal Government's market-place." Therefore, on balance, it i
�disgraceful obstructionism is that it did would probably be "against the overall : ~
not prevent "an advance to co-operative generai interests of society" - clumsily .
effort" by the Federal Royal Com-, , pu~ but the meanin~ is clear. Mr Justice ' ~
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- ''~iloodward's~ terms of �reference~ were, of . t~~~ ~ afi excellent -case for t6is~'
. course, limited to law enforcement and ~ ~ and tha Government seems certain to
associated areas, and he was criticised accept it and legislate accordingly. Othee
within si~c months of.his appointment for recommendations, covering a wide.field~
concentrating at that stage only on will involve the Government in a fair~
marihuana. ~ amount of . expendituro, but the~ cost
"One of the most vociferous critics;' he ~ sbould not be ~rohibitive. The NSW -
aays, "was the Council for Civil Liberdes, ~ Police Force, w~th a few ~ conspicuous
which, when given the opportuaity by . individual exceptions, comes out of the
letter to make submissions to me, ignot+ed inquiry reasonably well - it "does what
the invitation." Obviously he had a lonely ~ it does diligently and well:' Mr Justice ~
~ tim~ in the absence ~ of "helpful sng- ~ ~ Woodward does Aot accept the "sensa- _
' gestions" either from the Common- ' tional `Mr Big'-like theories nor those
wealth or ariyone else apart from his ~ of.largo heroin rings protected~by police
own staff - about how to make his or politicians:' But he warns of the
inquiries. But no one can complain that danger of "an almost inevitable emer- .
his nport concentrates solely on mari- gence of much more highly organised
~ huana. Far from i~ It contains many crime than has hitherto been pnsent
recommendations, and Mr Wran's state- in this State." Hence his hammering ~
~ ment yesterday suggests that no time will insistence � on the need for much closer ~
be lost in implementing sdme of them. Commonwealth-State co-operation. 1fie
The most spectacular involves increasing Federal Govemment should, for a change,
the maximum penalty fqr drug trafficking pay attendon; it will be.culpably nmiss
from $50,000 to $200,000. ~ : if it ignores his strong recommendations.
National Coordinated Effort Urged -
Canberra THE AUSTRALIAN in English 7 Nov ?9 p 8
[Editorials "Fighting National Crime Nationally"]
[Text] MR ~~Justice Woodward's iecoirr '"~If could be argued that Mr JustiEe' ~
:meqdation that a single crime intelli= ,;,.Waodward's proposal.does not go fat~
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COLOMBIA
F-2 DIRECTOR COL MIGUEL MAZA MARQUEZ LAUDED
Bogota EL ESPECTADOR 3n Spanish 13 Sep 79 p 2-A
[Text] Thanks to an effective ~ob of investigation the F-2 of the National
Police was able to confiscate the largest amoun~ of cocaine ever to be found
in the hands of drug traffickers and to capture numerous members of a gang
which of course has solid international connections. Col Miguel Maza
Marquez, director of the F-2, ~nder whose supervision the successful operation
took ~lace, was congratulated yesterday by Julio Cesar Turbay, president of
the Republic, through a message sent to Brig Gen Pablo Rosas Guarin, director
_ general of the Police. As may be recalled, one of the goals to which Colombia
- is committed is prec~!sely the fight against~the traffick of drugs, a task
fur which it has received offers of cooperation, especially from the govern-
ment of the United States. The strike which was carried out on Tuesday
against a gang of traffickars who were in possession of 800 kg of cocaine, ~
does great credit, in the words of President Turbay, to the National Police =
_ and its investigative bodies. -
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director of the F-2.
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COLOMBTA
CERVANTES ANGULO AUTHORS BOOK ON THE MARTHUANA TRADE
Bogota EL TIENIPO in Spanish 21 Nov 79 p 9-A '
[Text] Journalist Jose Cervantes Angulo yesterday announced the publica-
tion of his book "The Night Of The Fireflys" ("La Noche de Las Luciernagas")
which deals with aspects of the marihuana trade in this part of the country.
- Cervantes Angulo contracted with the publishing ~ouse Editotial Plaza y ,
Janes for publication of his book which wi11 have an issue of 5,000 copies
and, as he said, "will expose a series of irregularities and the birth
_ of a new social class in Colombia." _
The book, which will contain 350 pages, was written utilizing evidence sup- ~
plied by the most important official organizations engaged in the struggle
- against the growing and trafficking in marihuana, said this Barranquilla '
correspondent for the daily newspaper EL TIEMPO. ~
The locales selected for this literary work, which will be published in
- the second week of January [1980]; were: Barranquilla, Santa Marta and
Riohacha, the three most important cities affected by the ma~ihuana traffic.
According to Cervantes Angulo, "The investigative work took one year and I 1
saw, together with several other journalists and a photographer, the affected ~
areas where the marihuana is cultivated."
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The cities of Barranguilla, Santa Marta and Riohacha have become the three
_ most important centers for the distribution of marihuana due to their
geographic locations.
_ The greatest production of marihuana is in this region, lo~ated scarcely
- 800 kilometers to the north of Bogota, and where the military patrols have
discovered ar.d burned thousands of tons [of the drug]. �
"In the book," [he says,] t�I tell how the marihuana mafia operates in Colombia
and how they have come to manage huge fortunes."
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BRIEFS
- DECErIBER DRUG AR?FSTS--Col Alven VEga Rodriguez, narcotics director of the _
Public Security Ministry, has announced that the authoritir~s will start ar-
resting known drug traffickers effective 1 December. He said they will not
be released. until next year. These are vagrants who pay 180 colones fines
when arrested for vagrancy and then return to the streets, he said. Vega
= Rodriguez noted that the authorities are trying to prevent them from getting
involved in any offenses during the holidays. He added that there are two
large areas where marihuana is producedi one from San Isidro del General
_ to the northern border and another from Gupi~es to Rio San Juan. For this
reason the authorities are working very hard to block the drug traffic, which
means roads may be closed, as we have already announced. Police are carrying
out raids in San Jose, particularly in Central Avenue and in other places
where there are crowds. [Te~t] [PA291604.San Jose Radio Relo~ in Spanish
- 1200 GMT 29 Nov 79 PA] . ~
DRUG TRAFFICKER ARRESTID--fihe narcotics department of the Public Security
Ministry has arrested Romulo Miguel Leon.Huertas for drug trafficking in -
San Jose Central Park. The authorities found 2 ounces of marihuana and 1 -
- gram of cocaine in~his possession. He worked in the drug department of the
Health Ministry, where he stole cocaine, morphine, heroiny LSD, codeine and
other drugs. [PA01221U San Jose Radio Reloj in Spanish 0100 GMT 1 Dec 79 PA]
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MEXICO
INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING BAND RAIDED ~
Mexico City EL SOL DE MEXICO in ~panish 21 Oct 79 p 10-A ,
[Text] The Federal Criminal Police yesterday broke up an international
band of drug traffickers and arrested 13 of them in the city of Guadala3ara.
However, there remain to be apprehended another 20 ~embers of the gang,
which is operating in Colombias Mexico and the United States. .
They were arrested for crimes aga3nst health and were taken from
Guadalajara to the PJF [Federal CriminaZ Po?ice~ cells in the Federal
District, where they were interrogated by agents of the Narcotics
Division of t~e Office of the Attorney General of the Republic. ~
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The Army participated in support of the federal body in the apprehension _
of the criminals. ~ ~
Those arrested were engaged in buying, selling, preparing, transporting
and distributing cocaine, heroin and marihuana, it was unofficially
reported at the Office of the Attorney General. '
The transfer was carried out with the greatest discretion, which was . ~
imposed on various officials of the PGR ('Office of~the Attorney General].
This information leaked out when representatives of three news media were ;
present at the time of the transfer of those arrested to the cells. i
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We were informed confident~ally tteat the corresponding investigation had~
not yet been initiated, because when the transfer was carried out, a ~
considerable number of policemen were working intensely on the agpre- ;
hension of the other drug Craffickers, scat~ered throughout the border
zone and.in other parts of the country. ;
The zones oL-;operation were located in the states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo ~
I~on and Baja California. Some of the drug traffickers wro are in the ~
~ cells were apprehended in Ti~uana, others in Nuevo Laredo and from these
cities they were transferred to Guadala~ara and subsequently to the !
Federal District.~ !
In Colom~ia, they acquired the drugs, especially cocaine, which, together
with heroin, Chey processed ia a clandestine laboratory whicYn they had
established in Guadalajara, Jalisc!~. ;
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BAJA CALIFORNIA~COCAINE RING RAIDED
Mexico City EXCEISIOR in Spanish 16 Oct 79 p 26-A
[Article by Rafael Medina and Victor Payan: "150 Million Pesos Worth
of Cocaine Seized in Baja California"]
_ [Text] Pure cocaine worth ]50 million pesos was intercepted by agents
of the Federal Criminal Police at a tourist camp ground in northern Baja
- California.
The confiscation of the drugs took place immediately after Commander
Clemente Moreno Hernandez had carried out an investigation related to an .
international gang which was transpor2ing drugs in luxury yachts from
this location to the United States. ~ _
Steve Curzis Zalabak was arrested at kilometer 45 of the Tijuana-Ensenada
highway when he was transporting 12.5 kg of pure cocaine in hidden com=
partments in a.Ford van. The drug trafficker, 34 years old, a native of
California, revealed that he was delivering the drugs to Ste~e Bigler
and Pat Passeeheim, both Americans, at sea, off the coast of the Cantamar
tourist camp, where they were waiting on board the yacht "Maurader" [sic].
Pat Passeeheim, the owner of a handicrafts firm in California, an~ Steve
~ Bigler, also a wealthy industrialist, for 2 years have been buying cocaine
brought from Colombia by Steve Curtis.
When Co~manler Clemente Moreno found out the location of the yacht, he
went with a group of agents to the spot, but when the crew of the yacht
noticed that they had been discovered, they started,.the boat's engines
and fled. ~
The federal agents anci-the coordinator of the campaign against drug _
traffic`~Xing, Carlos Aguilar Garza, req;iested the intervention of the
Mexican.nav~ii,and a boat pursued the yacht with negative results'~'since
~ the fugitive~~s entered U.S. waters.
The OfFice of the Attorney G~neral of the Republic and th~a Mexican navy
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requested the intervention of the U.S. authorities ta apprehend the
drug traffickers and to confiscate the yacht "Maurader" [sic]. ~
The investigations were conducted by order of Carlos Aguilar Garza, after
_ Curtis Zalabak revealed that the cocaine was delivered to the port of
Ensenada by Carlos and Oscar Jimenez, of Costa Rican nationality, at the
Hotel Bahia in that port.
The f~deral agents are looking for the two drug tr�ffickers throughout
the state since it is presumed that they are still there and traveling in
a Volkswagen Combi van, cotfee colored, with Florida plates.
The Jiminez brothers are natives of Santa Barbara, California, and they
also have a criminal record for cocaine trafficking which extends back
two years.
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~
_ TRAFFICKING RING CAUGHT, MARIHUANP. SEIZED
Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in Spanish 2 Nov 79 Sec B p 3
[Text] A devastating, productiv~ action against the organized drug traffic
was carried out by Federal JudiCia? 'rolice agents wha, with the aid of inem-
bers of the Mexican National Army assigned to the Eighth Military Zone with
headquarters in Tampico, Tamaulipas, descovered several marihuana planta-
tions on the Mamaleon and San Rafael communal lands in the municipality af
Tula, Tamaulipas, and at the same time seized 19 tons of cannabis indica,
confiscated 10 weapons of different calibers and several small trucks, and
captured five presumed drug traffickers. ~
Those under arrest answer to the names of German Dimas Nino, Refugio Chaires
Barron, Matilde Garcia Llamas and Catarinao Padilla Alonso. Other indivi-
duals ar~ being investigated but, sin~.e it is not yet known whether they
- are blameworthy, their names were not given by the Office of the Attorney
General of the Repulbic. ~
Alfredo Aaron Jimenez, coordinator of the Federal Public Ministry agencies
in the states of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila and Tamaulipas, notified EL MANANA
yesterday that, at dawn on Wednesday, a contingent of federal agents and army
forces made a surprise raid on the aforementioned communal lands, because
they had been given a tip that the latter contained large marihuana planta-
tions.
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The results proved positive, because the land on the communal farms was filled
with marihuana plants which, when cut, yielded an approximate weight of ~.7
tons.
In several houses on the communal land~, slightly over 2 tons of grass were
seized, part of it ~lready packed and the rest still in the raw state.
They also proceeded to confiscate 10 weapons of different cali~ers which the
members of the underworld were using to guard the drugs.
During,the operation, German Dimas Nino, Refugio Chaires, Ebodio Chaires and
Matilde Garcia were ar.rest. The latter was responsible for distributing the
- cann~bis indica seed, and also served as a contact between the growers and
buyers.
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A late-model 1979 Ford pickup truck with San Luis Potosi number plates and a
1973 Dodge without plates were seized.
The antidrug operation carried out by the feder3l agents detailed to Tamau-
- lipas was considered highly important by the Office of the Attorney General
of the Republic, because, as was commented, the "communal farmers" previously
mentioned concealed their illegal activities with agriculture, planting,
cultivating and harvesting huge.shipments of marihuana, which they later
exported for sale in the northern part of the United States.
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MEXICO
LONG JAIL SENTENCES FOR DRUG TRAFFICKERS REPORTED
Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in Spanish 31 Oct 79 Sec B p 3
[TextJ A total of 15 drug traffickers indicted in six trials heard in the
- third d~strict court w~ere given jail sentences for their guilt in committing
crimes against health in various degrees. The terms to which they were sen-.
tenced total 91 years in jail, distributed among all of them.
Authorized personnel from the aforementioned court reported that, in connec-
tion with trial No 47-78, Ricardo Serna Lopez, Vicente Davila Ramirez and ~
Arturo Garza Longoria were sentenced, and each will serve a 6 year prison
term.
All three were arrested at the "Las Rusias" communal farm in the municipality
of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, where they had 600 kilograms of marihuana ready to
be exported.
In other proceedings, Oscar Vazquez Moreno, Jose Angel Diaz Moreno and Fran-
cisco Melende~ Borrego were convicted, The first individual will serve.a
7 year jail term, and the other two will be jailed for 4 years.
Nicolas Solano Arellano, who was cited in trial 95-979, will serve a jail
sentence o� 7 years.
The source of the report stated that, in connection with trial No 216-978,
Raul Enriquez Sarinana, Daniel Baiz Hernandez and Humberto Salas Mireles
were convicted; and the first individual will serve a prison sentence of
5 years and 6 months while the other two will be jailed for 5 years and 3
months.
The drug traffickers Ricardo Calvillo Rixley, Juan Jose Tamez Garcia and Mar-
tin Rodriguez Briones will serve similar sentences of l years in ~ail.
Finally, it was reported that Jose Guadalupe Ubaldo Carlos a.nd Ramon Oliv-erio
';i,Perez Hino~osa were sentenced to 7 years in 3ai1 for their participation in
~dzug trafficking.
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~ MEXICO
FARMERS' DRUG GROWING BLAMED ON POVERTY
Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish 6 Nov 79 p 5
~ [Text] "The prol~lem experienced by the.people living in the mountains, in
the areas of Sinaloa, D~srango or Chihuahua, is social rather than moral or
economic; because the majority of those individuals are suffering the con-
sequences of a lack of facilities for education, health and sanitation,
as well as of those of making a living; and hence they are forced to commit
' ilZegal actions: � �
"It is not that they are being excused, quite the contrary; but th~y must be
seen and heard, and their misfortunes understood, in order to assess in all
.their dimensions, the problems of the families residing in the rugged moun-
tain areas bordering the aforementioned states."
The foregoing statement was made by Cruz Lopez Garza, coordinator for Zone
06 of the Permanent Campai~n ~~'gainst the Drug Traffic being conducted by
' the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic; who noted that both
hunger and sacial neglect are the two main causes for the fact that these
_ people engage in planting; cultivating and harvesting drugs.
He added that many of those arrested for illegal activities did not realize
the risk that they were taking; and hence their culpability is rather unjust,
but is in accordance with the laws, which cannot make any decisions other
than legal ones. ~
And, to prove this, he took the reporter to,the lockup of the police entity, ~
where he had an opportunity to talk with three persons (two minors, and a.
Tarahumara Indian) who, upon being asked why they had been arrested, said
that it was because they had been found with poppy seed in their possession,
or else because they had been taking care of a plantation of the same crop.
When asked about the identity.of the individual who had given them the seed, '
their lips were sealed; but they opened them again to answer the query as
to why they had de'i:ided to work outside of the law. That answer was: "Our
families are hungry."
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The campaign coordinator told the reporter that he realized that many of
those who corr~nit this type of illegality do not know and could no~ even
imagine how much is earned by those who lead them into {t; exposing them
directly ro bearing t.he blame, while they ar~ left only poverty for their
- survival.
Lopez Garza ended by saying that this is why the Office of the Att~rae~ Gene-
� ral of t~e Republic is now devising an in�rastructural plan to be implement-
ed in all the neglected areas throughout the country, to prEVrnt this kind ~
of action from continuing, which by no means benefits the indivi.ciual, but
rather degrades him and hurts what is most sacred to him, namely, his liber-
ty.
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BRIEFS
_ ~RUG TRAFFIC CLAIMED MINIMIZED--As paxt of his routine activities, the head ~
_ of the Federa7~ Judicial Police, Raul Mendiola Cerecero, paid a visit here,
and expressed satisfaction at the results accrued by that entity, not only
here on the border, but all over the country as well. He stressed the fact
that the new systems which have been used have brought splendid results, so
much so that the drug traffic has been minimized, as have other criminal
activities. `1'he police official said that the constant liaison that is -
maintained among all the forces makes it possible to alert each unit, and -
to keep abreast of each incident, something which has been ~eflected in
, effective strikes. Mendiola Cerecero returned to Mexico City yesterday, _
~ after concluding a brief inspection tour of the border area in Nuevo Laredo.
[Text] [Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in Spanish 27 Oct 79 Sec B p 3J 2909
TON OF MARIHUANA SEIZED--San Luis Potosi, 4 November--In a swift "~ommando
operation," which began here and ended in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Federal -
- Judicial Police agents seized a ton of "lamb's tail" marihuana (the highest
j priced) worth 10 million pesos, and captured nine persons wha were riding
in a Mercury car with Tamaulipas license plates. The FederaY Public Minis-
'try agent, Lauro Miguel Garcia Atilano, announced that the vehicle was be- '
~ ing driven by Felix Araiza Urib~e and Dante Ruben Sanchez del CastillQ, and
_ was discovered by federal agsnts on the Mexico City-Laredo highway, beyond
the limits of Soledad Diez Gutierrez. A few moments earlier, the agents
had szapped three cars in which smuggled goods were being transported. Upon i
searching the Mercury's trunk, they found nothing; but when they looked for ~
. the gas tank, they noticed.that it had been removed, and, when they took off ~
the bolts, they found that it had a false bottom. Later, they discovered ;
- about 1 kilogram of marihuaha itaside of it. They suspected that this con- -
cealed a larger amount; becau~e to load a car with 3ust 1 kilogram of drugs, '
witfi so many risks, was not worthwhile. [Text] [Culiacan EL SaL DE SINALOA ~
in Spanish 5 Nov 7'9 p 6] 2909 -
PILL TRAFFICI~ERS CAUGHT--Roberto Vazquez Santiago, age~ 29 and the son of ;
the old "ill-pus~er" nicknamed "La Lucy," turned out to be far better ~han
she at the odious activity of pill trafficking. He was captured yesterday ~
by agents of the special services, with 55 pills of the type known as "Tu-
cionex" in his possession, which he was seZling (and he managed to sell ~
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thousands) for 45 pesos apiece. According to the recollections of former -
investigative agents, his m.other and instructor in these activities, sold
each pill for 3 pesos at the most, in her best times. Police Inspector Jose
Refugio Ruvalcaba Munoz repurted that Vazquez Santiago was captured as a
result of the roundups that have been made recently in Bella Vista, the
purpose of which is to curb the rampant crime and vice that have been stif- -
- ling that area. Roberto, like his ~other, has always used that district
north of the town as a center of operations. It i_s where the members of
that dangerous family of poisoners of the public were born and have always -
lived. In his written statement, the individual in custody said that r~e
tiad been engaged in trafficking in toxic pi71s for some time, and that he
made periodic visits to the southern part of the republic to obtain supplies
_ of the commodity. He purchased the "Tucionex" pills for between 5,000 and
_ 10,000 pesos on each trip, and haci al�ways carried them here without any
' great difficulty. [TextJ [Ciudad Juarez EL FRONTERIZO in Spanish 3 Nov 79
Sec E p 8] 2909
COCAINE SEIZURE IN NOGALES--Hermosillo, Son. 18 October--Pure cocaine,
with a value of more than 16 million pesos on the drug black market,
was seized today by agents of the Federal Criminal Police, who also
arrested five drug traffickers who make up an international gang with
contacts in Colombia and the United States. The drug seizure, as well -
_ as the capture of the criminals, was carried out in Nogales, in this
city and in Culiacan, Sin. Arrested were: Jesus Rivera, Reinaldo Serrano
_ Moreno, Arturo Lugo Lugo, Benito Bejarano Ganzalez and Tadeo Matzukumoeo -
. Perez. Some 7 kg of pure cocaine, originating from Colombia, were s~ized
- from them, which they i.ntended to introduce into the United States. The
= agent from. the rederal Public Ministry in Nogales, Son., Humberto Garcia
de Alba, said that the drugs and those arrested remained at the dispo-
sition of tiie Office of the Attorney General of the Republic. [Text]
_ [Mexica City EXCELSIOR in Spanish 19 Oct 79 p 27-A~ 89~6 .
MARIHUANA SEIZED IN VERACRUZ--Coatzacoaloos, Ver., 19 October--The
, Federal Criminal Police, assisted by troops from the 24th Infantry Battal-
ion, arrested five drug traffickers and seized a ton and a half of marihuana
- at La Perla ranch, in the municipality of Hidalgotitlan. Those arrested,
from whom they took two submachine guns and eight 38 caliber pistols, were
Rosalio Gonzales Jaimes, Mateo Mota, Rolando ~,opez Reyes, Gaudencio
Hernandez and Estanislao Mario. The agent from the Federal Regublic
_ Ministry, Pedro Diaz Herrera, pointed out that the criminals were trying
to set up at the aforementioned ranch a clandestine laboratory to process
drugs. In the vicinity of the ranch, he added, they also discovered a -
clandestine landing strip. [TextJ [Mexico City EXCELSIOR in Spanish
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NICARAGUA
BRIEFS
ADDICTS, TRAFFICKERS HELD--According to Francisco Garmendia, second in command ~
at the Sandinist Police Central's drugs and narcotics section, all persons ar-
rested for possession of marihuana or other drugs or for suspected [possession ~
or use] of drugs will have to spend a minimum of 7 days in ,~ail while investi- ~
gations are being conducted. If.not found guilty during that timP, the person ~
will be immediately released. Garmendia also announced marihuana traffickers~ I
found guilty will be sentenced to 1 to 4 years in one of the free zone's '
new jails. In conclusion he s~id youths who are just addicted to drugs, but
- do not traffick :~n them, will be retained in special rooms at the Sandinist '
Police Central where they will be rehabilitated through political and other =
types of lectures. [Text] [PA29030~ Managua EL PUEBLO~in Spanish 21 Nov 79
p3 PA]
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ALCOHOLISM, DRUG ABUSE CAUSE FOR CONCERN
Salisbury THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE in English 16 Nov 79 p 4
[Article: "Drug Abuse--The Unwanted Import"J
[Text) Of t~e twin 20th century social problems--alcoholism and drug
abuse--only the former has given.Zimbabwe Rhodesia serious cause for con-
cern in recent years. -
With th~ imminent opening up of tha country to a freer movement of people
~ and goods, will the smuggling of drugs of the "hard stuff" variety begin
to impose on the country's medical, industrial and social welfare resources,
the same kind of strains that it does in many countries of the Western
wor ld?
When Financial Gazette put this question to the Drug Squad this week the . -
answer was a cautious, "We don't think so."
"For one thing the.Blacks who are traditional dagga smokers, do not normally
go for drugs like heroin or cocaine. For another, the youngsters of this
country as a whole are so sport-orientated that we don't see them suddenly
_ getting a craving for these drugs," said a spokesman.
He thought there might be a problem with the return home oF some of the
. young people of all races who have been living in Continental countries
like Switzerland or Holland where drugs are freely available. They might
bring the habit and the demand for "hard stuff" back wittn them, but their
' influence, it was hoped, would be relatively minor.
Meanwhile, a depleted Drug Squad consisting of eleven people, is kept busy `
keeping a check on the smoking of dagga. During the period March to the
end of August this year, 733 arrest5 for "possession".(involving 78 kg of
dagga), and 95 arrests for "supplying" (irvolving 5 kg) were made. '
"If we had ~ore staff, I've no douki~~ these figures would be much higher,"
said the spokesman. Moreover, ta2 area now covered was merely Greater
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Sai.isbury instead of the whole of.Mashonaland (including the TTL's where
"dagga farms" are known to exist). ~
- The introduction of road blocks had accounted for a large number of arrests, '
he said, and also for the greatly increased quantities of "grass" seized. '
= The Drugs Squad works in close co-operation with the Drug Dep~ndence Coun-
cil, to which first offenders are nearly always referred.
Mrs Elizabeth S~amps, the Council's acting chairman said her callers were
usually be~~ween the ages 18-24. Most were dagga smokers, but other common
- addictions included tranqu~.'lisers such as valium, and codeine-based cough
mixtures. Fairly coQUaon, too, is an addiction ~o the "sniffing" of paint
thinners.
Because it often takes months, even years, to rehabilitate patients, the I-
Council is hoping soon to take larger premises--perhaps a house--whe.re
patients can be helped to overcome their problems.
"What I call success is re-ir.troducing peaple to societ~, so that they are ~
able to have.a happy relationship at home, and are able once more to hold ~
down a job," said Mrs Stamps. ~
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ZArII3 TA
DRUG ABUSE REACHES ALAkMING PP,OPORTIONS
Lu~aka TIMES OF ZANIBIA ir. English 11 Nov 79 p 1
~Text~ _
DRUG abuse in Zambia has tlic hi~h -in dence of dag~a
reached alarmin~ pmportions snwldnQ~ puticululy among
witt? medlcal authorlttes Y~.
- ~zPnssin~~veconoeraabout "We ue ~dmitdaQ nat le~s
the number of people beln~ thm 12 ta for about three
hospitsdised at Chainama Hills weeb ~~~t+e~ttee we make
Hospital for treatment. them outpstieats l~or about s~
"Drug abuse in the country montlu fa ordor bo be fuUy
will become very serious in cured," h~ ~aid.
about two years if the autho- Dc Chawla raid thz hoapital
riries don't take ur8eat only recommended rare case~
measures to arrest the situa- tor drua takiar 1(cences but
- tion,,' warned medi~cal su~er- ted , out tTiete ~as ao -
intendent at the hasprtai, ,~u
~~Mtlcatlon to tecotnmend a
Dr Sudarshaa Chawla, in perwn fot da~a ~mok~nQ.
Lusaka yesterday. He tdd: ' We oaly re�
He said his hospital was commeadp~ople to tate drua:
admiiting not less t}u~ 12 like awrphlne aad alcohol ~f
people every month for treat- their livea ue threatened," he
ment. ~
Among the worst addicts are He called for ooncerted
secondary school and colle~e e~torb to educate addlcts
students, said the doctor who about the hermtul e$ecb of
added tlut the n~mber could dru~s ii the ~ituaHon was to be -
be MQher than .12 a moath contt+ulled~ ~ddln~: "~ffotts
since other patienta wtre should be directed at atoppiaQ
beina atteaded to by aitf~e+ent the arowln~ of da~a," .
. doctora. � Dr Cluwla ~tteraed tlut
Dr Chawla ~ttributed the dru~ addicb should not fal
- scour~e to uncontrolled da~a a~h~med to ~o to hoapital fot
"farmittg," raoatly in back� treatme~ if st all they wanted
- yards, especiaUy thoae of the to be cured. ~
sprawlinQ alu~aty compound~. Meaawhile, Dr Chawla said
- L9~ye' the Goverment waa ~oiDg to
t~ establish two rchabilitatian
He added that kck of stilf antres, cosdnQ thousaads of
lo~al actloa had contrlbuted to Kwachs for mental. j?atients in ~
~ the No~thera Provlnce ne:t
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DRUG ABUSE ON INCREASE
Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 18 Nov 79 p 7 ~
(Text] Police Inspector-General, Mr Crispin Katukula, Yaas urged the public -
to report to his officers anybodq found cultivating or being in possession
o~ dagga .
- The appeal comes in the wa~ce af a disclosure by medical authoritie~ that
' drug abuse has reached alarming proportions in the country.
Chainama Hills hospital medical superintendent, Dr Sudarshan Chawla, last
week reported that more than 12 people were treated for drug addiction every ~
month. ~ '
- Secondary school and college students were some-of the worst addicts, he said ~
and blamed uncontrolled dagga "farming", most?y in back-yards of shanty com-
pounds. `
Dr Chawla complained of lack of stiff legal action to curb dagga smoking.
- Mr K~,~ukula said police would co-operate with anyone who had information on
- dagga p~ddling.
He disagreed with Dr~Chawla's contention that the problem had been aggravated
k+y weak legal penalties against culprits. -
. "We have arrested people found cult�ivating or being in posse,ssion of dagga
_ and they have appeared in courtE and fined or given ja~.l sentences~. '
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ation from members of the public to arrest the situation."
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FEDERAL REPUBLTC OF GER'MANY
NEW LAW ON CRZMTNAL PENALTIES FOR DEALING PROPOSED
Hamburg DER SPIEGEL in German 5 Nov 79 pp 244-2k6
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[TextJ Those in Bonn want to stem heroin traffic with a new
n~arcotics law with stiffer penalties. Experts doubt the
chances for success.
~ "0 just, refined and powerful opium, you possess the key to paradise," once
raved Charles Baudelaire, the drug-addicted poet. If Minister of Health
Antje Huber has her way, these flowery words would have pu~t the bard behind
bars.
Threat of punishment--a fine or imprisonment af up to 3 years--for public
praise of drug misuse is one of the innovations in Antje Huber's draft for
- an amendment of the narcotics law that was passed last week by the cabinet.
The main points of the reform are as follows:
The maximum penalty for serious drug offenses is to be raised from
10 years to 15, the minimum penalty from l to 2 years;
Persons accused of drug addiction who volunteer for a detoxifica-
tion program can count on reduced penalt3es;
Members of dealer gangs.can be given reduced penalties "if they
- voluntarily impart their information to an official agency so that crimes
of other gang members are prevented." ~
With the aid of new paragraphs and increased p~nalties, the federal govern-
ment is attempting to stem the tidal wave of hero3n. This year more than
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600 West German ~unkies will giv~e themselves the mortal shot--almost 200
more than in 1978 an~l almost double the number of deaths in the United
States, ~here the number of drug deaths is steadily declining: More junkies
, die in Berlin than in New York.
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_ It cannot be doubted that the ~'RG has meanwh~le becpme one of the largest
drug markets. Last year the drug-hunters secured some 190 kg of heroin,
400 times as much as in 1970. ~
Experts disagree on whether the new legal 3nit3atives w~11 have success.
_ Once '~efore, 8 years ago, pol3fiicians attempted to scare dealers and con-
sumers with harsher penalties--without success.
"In spite of (the previous) increase in penalties," the explanation of the
reform bill curiously states, "delinquencies continued to increase." To
be sure, the Bonn people intend to take a more differentiated approach
this time around. Professional dealers are to be treated more harshly, ad-
dicted consumers more leniently. .
- Thus, t;ie sale of dru,~s for profit to ~uveniles, the. supplying of drugs
resulting in death and the import of narcotics "in not small amounts" are
_ to he treated hencef.orth as felonies rather than misdemeanors. "The dealers
will behave differently when they have to count on 12, 13 or 14 years in
= prison," hopes Gerd Pfeiffer, president of the Federal High Court.
Experts of the drug scene consider Bonn's intent to divorce the addict who
is prepared for theLap;~�from the criminal scene as a correct beginning.
To be sure, this suggestion is opposed by the CDU/CSU, whose alternative
draft anendment to the narcotics law wants~to place penalty above therapy.
_ Even a person ready for therapy will, according to the Union plan, "be
subjected to a penalty whose length is especially suited to resocialize the
- delinquent drug addict."
The coalition draft does not differentiate between hard and soft drugs.
Such a differentiation has been demanded, for example, by the Young Demo-
crats, who advocate the legalizing of possession of small amount~ of hashish.
Such attempts are also opposed by most drug experts. For example, Munich
drug therapist Dr Helmut Waldma~n argues that hashish is not a physiologic-
, ally, but certainly a socially intro~uc*_ory drug. Hashish and heroin scenes
are said to be in close contact--wherever hashish is sold, heroin will
indubitably come into play also. "The separation of soft scene from hard
scene cannot be ar_hieved by legal liberalization," states Berlin's drug
commissioner Wolfgang Heckmann.
Waldmann considers Bonn's idea to make a gloxification of drug abuse punish-
able by law to be "window-dressing" and a"sign of total lielplessness,"
_ although the Health Ministry reasons that this would "push culpability into
' the forefront." Bonn's draft, Waldmann argues, would "overburden the ~udges;"
- he sees in it an attempt "to prod with legal means in a field that is properly
a disease."
But even where the drug scene is not a disease but a business, drug fighters
do not hope for too much from Bonn's draft, especially not from the increased
penalties threat.
Berlin drug commissiuner Heckmann said that the drug business "involves such
= large sums that a few more years will hardly be a deterrent."
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FEDERAZ REPUBL~C OF GERMANY
TMPROVED CUSTOMS INSPECTIONS FOR DRUGS SOUGHT
- Hamburg DER SPIEGEL in German 5 Nov 79 p 18
~ [Unattributed article: "Narcotics: Herold's International"]
[Text] Horst Herold, hunter of terrorists,,was milit~ant. He planned to
"make war at the Dardanelles"; he wanted to erect "a wall" at the Bosporus.
Thus spoke the president of the Federal Criminal Police Burear~ (BKA) to the
' Interior Committee of B~nn's Bundestag.
The strong words of the highest German criminal officer are directed at the
drug smugglers who for years have inundated the FRG via the "Turkish Connec-
tion" with ever-increasing amounts of heroin from the poppy f3elds of the
Middle East.
Together with Interior Minister Gerhart Baum, Herold has been developing
his defensive plans. Customs, Federal B~~rder Police and the BKA, together
~ with the American DEA narcotics agency ;;Drug Enforcement Administration),
are to ~oin in building an information system that is designed to moni~or
all smuggling paths well beyond the Balkans. In a vast office in Wiesbaden
or Paris, specialists are to coordinate the computer systems of the various
countries and thus keep the international dealer rings under surveillance
around the clock.
For example, should an FRG border post submit information on suspects,
the tip would be clarif3ed and evaluated "within a minute" (according to the
BKA concept) on a worldwide basis. Not only the special data banks of the
criminal bureaus of the Laender, the BKA and the EDD files of FRG customs
_ are available, but two additional data systems uf the Americans (yearly
expense of 35 million dollars) will provide background analyses. In the
_ future, colleagues from the criminal police of Austria, Yugoslavia, Romania
and Bulgaria are to be brought into the "~oint information center" (Herold's
words). Ultimately, even terminals on the Black Sea are conceivable. Last
week Baum and Herold traveled to Belgrade to make their plan attractive to
the Yugoslavs.
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Above all, the BKA wa,nts to sub,ject the da~7.y ~~.apd a~ txans~t txucks and
the cars o� guest workers to contxo~. A cot~ceptual mode~. env~.sions an
internat~anal div~.s~.on of labox. 8ulgax~ana, ~ox examp~.e, would alternately
search all Volkswagens crossing the borders, the Austriana a11 trucks, the
Bavarians all campers.
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COCAINE USE INCREASES IN FRANKFURT DRUG SCENE
Hamburg DER SPIEGEL i.n German 12 Nov 79 pp 13~+-135
[Article: "Narcotics: Death With Charley1�]
[Text] In the opinion of narcotics agents, the FRG is -
facing a ne~r . drug ~,rave : cocaine~. An ana~ysis by
- Frankfurt police detectives is providing an insight
into the "coke" s~ene. ~ ~
According to Priends, he "liked to make the dolls dance" in the "Dorian
Gray" discotheque near the Rhine-Main Airport. Occasionally, for his own
- amus~ent,?he rented an entire suite in the Plaza Hotel in Frankfurt. And
sa~etimes, because he belonged to a certain circle and it was expected of
him, the son of a Hanau businessman would take drugs in stereo: an in~ection
~ of heroin in the arm, a pinch of cocaine through the nose.
Now he died in accordance With his station. The young man from a kell-to-do -
family was found dead near Mosbach in Baden, on the passenger side of a
Jaguar, with a.n overdose of narcotics in his boc~y.
~ Almost classic ~as the drug career of a 2d-year-old casuel laborer in
Frankfurt. As a public school student he smoked ha.shish, when he was 18 he
_ took heroin, f"inal~y he tried . coke. It led him to ne~w heights .
- '~'When the fixe~ experienced his first cocaine shots, "the feeling was much
- more intoxicating than it was when taking heroin." He experienced a"flash
lasting for several minutes,".he ~ad a"strong urge to be active and talk."
After continuing the in~ections, according to the description he gave to
= the police, he was experiencing "more as~d more fear, I had hallucinations."
Those who get high on cocaine or~~die from it include both snobs and caeual
laborers. A stuc~y by Frank~zrt police detectives indicates what kind of
_ people may be susceptibl~ to the deadly stuff: prostitutes sad stewardesses,
fixers and film producers, homosexuals and Sunday painters--according to
Knut Stroh, director of the narcotics department, "the palette is more
varied than in the case of heroin."
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- According to an ana~ysis of the Frankfurt coke market, "snow," "Charley," ~ _
or "C" as a stimulant is no longer restricted to musicians lacking
inspiration or tired part3rgoers. Pe~er Loos, chief police comtnissioner in
_ Frankfurt, stated that the narcotic "covers almost the entire subculture"
down to the fixer colonies. ~
_ Estimates by police detectives indicate that the amount of cocaine that has
been sniffed or in~ected to date is only a fraction of the amount of
heroin that is consumed. But the ttumber of cocaine seizures is rising
rapidly. In Frankf urt alone, during 30 police actions as much as'8.8 kilograms _
have been seized this year until the e:~d of October. Last year there were ~
only 10 incidents involving 1.6 kilogra.~ns for the entire year.
The Frankfurt scene has been notorious on several occasions when new
manifestations of narcotics crimes were involved. And drug experts are ~
predicting�that the information about cocaine cons~ption is apparently a -
signal for a development which will s pread through the entire FRG: The middle- ~
- class drug is spreading fast and affecting the worlc3 of ~uvenile addicts. ~
It appears that fears of the Bonn Ministry of the Interior will be coni'irmed i-
- as to the danger that "this narcotic" will lead "to an intensification of the !
drug situation."
German narcotics agents were alarmed at rising cocaine imports from Sou~th
Ainerica, above al~ cheap merchandise from Bolivia. With increasing frP:~uency
- drug inspectors were intercepting letters containing a few grams or couriers
carrying a few kilograms of the crystal fine powder. Initial in~armation
indicated that the shipments were destined primarily for better addresses.
In the United States, which has.been, deluged with this narcotic from South �
America for yes.rs, coke addiction has been a national epidemic for some
time. Among the victims who died of an overdose of cocaine or a mixture of
- cocaine and other drugs are 15-year-old girls and 45-year-old men, almost as
_ many blacks as whites. . .
When s~meone dies of coke in the r'RG, it is still an isolated incident among ~
the many victims of heroin. Deadly is the mixture of heroin and cocaine--
a game spreading on the Franl~furt drug scene. An example is the mentioned ~
incident involving the son of a Hanau business~an.
In the meantime there are addicts who "will take anything they can get their '
hands on" (Loos}. The Frankfurt study revealed furthermore that consumErs _
of cannabis and pills are also ausceptible to cocaine. They consider heroin
too risl~y as the next step in their drug career.
In addition there are addicts who use cocaine because they want to get rid
of their heroin addiction. Most of the time they become hooked on both o~
them. In addition to the strong physical withdrawal and deterioration symptoms
- of heroin us e--shaking, a strong urge to vomiting and rashes--a definite
psychic dependence is added, including hallucinations.
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; This ha~,pened to a Frankfurt fixer who bought 1/2 gram of cocnine for D6: 80
on the "hashish meadow" in Bockenheim Park; within 20 minutes he gave _
_ himself two in,jections and thsn, according +,o his description to police
detectives, he saw "behind a bush first one and later two or three policemen
in uniform." -
- The coke user "changed locations in the park three times but the police
_ continued to :ollow me." Even later, at a meeting of homosexuals, he s aw
_ "male persons, offic ers of the Frankfurt narcotics depaxtment"--as it turned -
out later, all of it was nothing but visions.
`~he powder~ according to information gathered by Frankflzrt police detectives,
"is also entering the strip." In the past, pimps were primarily responsible -
' for making youn~ girls dependent on heroin and then pushing them into
~ prostitution; now "high-class prostitutes" (Loos) are voluntarily taking
a.dvantage of a characteristic of cocaine: the stimulating gffect on the -
libido.
The "wonder drug," as it was called toward the end of last century and -
praised in medical ~ournals and which Sigmun d Freud sent to his bride to make
- her "strong and vigorous," is helping prostitutes to en,joy their work. They
like to approach men because as a prostitute related to the police, "I seem
to be able to perform."
On the oth~r haaid, however, doctors huve found that potency in men decreases; -
continued use of cocaine promotes perversions and homosexual acts--according
to police detectives another reason wt~y coke is used more frequently in
homosexual bars.
- Ch~.rley also caus es dea~th behind closed doors. A police detective ~ho had ~
secretly made his way into a snuff spot near the Frankfurt railroad station
faund cond~.tions very simxlar to those during prohibition. Following an -
a.~reed-upon si~;nal, the window was opened and a key was thrown down. Upstairs _
was a convivia.l group and "everything was there"-according to the oPficial.
~nong the group were an unemployed writer who had procured the snuff and a
stewardess who told the police that it was "customary" in this clique "to
~ take coke."
- Circles like this one still consider cocaine a harmless substance. Narcotics
- A~ent Stroh stated that "young people" find their way into these circles,
- "they simply inhale the stuff and are not 8.blet to control it." And the
officials noticed that it is paxticularly fashiona~le to inhale coke through
the nose using a rolled-up 100-mark note.
_ Addresses for bi.~yers of "C" are already distributed secretly beyond
Frankfurt. Police detectives were watching a coke supplier in the city and
noticed the arrival of cars from all kinds of possible areas. Said Agent
Stroh: "It is scattering more and more."
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- F~.DERAL REPUBLIC OF GFEiMANY
POLICE SEIZE HEROIN ~WHOLESALER' IN riUNICH
Munich SUEDDEUTSCfiE ZEITUNG in German 2 Idov 79, p 17, p 18
_ [Article by Thomas PQuenster: "Sandals as Hiding-Place for Heroin"] -
_ ,[Text] On Tuesday a 59 year-old Persian was arrested on ~
E`ttstrasse. Iie has been known to narcotics agents since
the beginning of the 1970's as a"wholeseller" of hashish. '
_ After he had been caught in Austria, carrying 500 kilograms -
_ of hashish, and sentenced to a 5 li2-year prison term
he apparently switched to harder drugs: The agents
confiscated 370 grams of heroin. The arrest of this person
brings to 70 the niunb er of dealers caught in Munich ~ust
= durin~ the month of October.
T~Then a~ents of the Land Bureau of Criu~inal Investigation found out that an
_ "old acquaintance," the Iranian citizen Farrokh T., was in Munich, they
- searched hotels and boarding-houses in Munich until they were able to
_ locate him in a boarding-house on Herzog-Heinrich-Platz. Durin~ an extended
- period of surveillance they noticed that he established contacts with meny
suspicious persons. The agents concluded that Farrokh T. had to be in
possession of tiot merchandise.
On Tuesday evening T. wanted to go to a meeting on Lenbach platz. He parked
his car on Lttstrasse, a few meters from police headquarters. Here, agents ~
�inally made their move. In his pocket the Persian had a small plastic bag
containing lE0 grams of herain as well as a forged passport that he wanted
- to us e for identification. But when agents called hi.m by his name an d also ;
- showed him a photo of the f'ugitive, he admitted his identity but stubbornly !
refus ed to give his address.
A search of his room in the boarding-house quickly revealed the reason for -
his refusal. The heel oP a sandal was cut open. The visible hollow space '
indisputably showed traces. of heroin. The sec~~nd shoe appeared to be
"harmless"; at least, even the most meticulous search could not establish
any kin d of manipulation. When, as a matter of precaution, the heel was
cut open anyway, an additional 190 grems of heroin were discovered.
Apparently the narcotic had been placed inside the shoes duriag the manu-
= facturing process. T. finally admit;;ed that he had bought the prepared
sandals from a"specialist" in Istanhui.
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SIX ARRESTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Paris LE MONDE in French 25 Cct 79 p 12 ~
[Article by Claude Regent)
[Text] Lyon--An important drug traffic network operating between Iran and
France was dismantled on Tuesday 23 October in the Valence and Romans (Drome)
region. Investigators from the regional service of the Lyon Criminal Investiga-
_ tion Department, from the Narcotics Office and from Customs Inquiries, made
six arrests, including a former member of the guard of the shah of Iran, who
recently got out of prison. These six persons (whose identities have not been
revealed) were brought before the examining magistrate Wednesday morning.
The complicity of a Valence forwarding agent who was familiar with the fir~an-
cial obstacles, Etablissements Mon~aner, twice made it possible fox 2.2 tons
of hashish to pass into France,-along with 20 kilos of heroin. However, only. a
few kilos of hashish and a small amount of heroin were seized. The investiga- -
tors estimate the entire traffic to be S to 10 tons of hashish. Five execu-
tives of the Montaner firm were questioned. Truck drivers were not involved -
in the traffic, which seems to have been organized by the management team of
Etablissements Montaner.
Trucks had been specially equipped with false fuel tanks. Three of them were
seized. From Valence the trucks were driven to Belgiwn or Holland, or even
Switzerland, where the merchandise was delivered and then distributed through-
out all of Europe.
_ The Cri.minal Investigation Departm~nt is letting it be understood that other
arrests--of "big shots"--are likely within the next few days, and that the af-
fair is undoubtedly interconnected with the pastis being trafficked, which
cost the lives of three persons several weeks ago, also in the Valence region.
In fact, ane~thole was discovered in the home of one of the persons questioned.
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FRANCE
TRAFFICKERS, ADDICTS ROUNDED UP IN CALVADOS -
- Paris LE MONDE in French 3 Nov 79 p 12 ,
[Article by T.B.; "Four Thousand Heroin Doses Sold in Nine Months"] ~
_ [TextJ Caen--"If justice can forget you, drugs won~t fail you." When he thus ~
concluded his closing argwnent in the proceedings that followed the Caen
_ "drug party" of 29 January, Jean-Francois Perie, surrogate prosecutor for the
_ Republic, saw correctly. Less than three years later one of those accused at
- that time, Dominique Doignies, 26, has just been arrested, with four other ~
- persons, by the regianal service of the Criminal Investigation Department at ~
Caen. In nine months the small network has sold nearly 4,000 doses of heroin
in the region. In January 1977 Dominique Doignies had helped to transport in
_ his automobile the body of one of the two drug addicts who died of an overdose ~
in the studio rented by Vincent Girault, the son of the mayor of Caen and sen-
ator (UDF [French Democratic Union]). (LE MONDE, 6-7 February 1977.) On the i
- following 10 August he was sentenced to ten months in prison, suspended. Lik~ i
all the accused in this affair, Dominique Doignies took drugs himself. He was
_ a drug addict and a trafficker at ths satne time. Early this year he settled,.
with a friend, Marie-Jose Anrioud, 25, in a peaceful house at Courvandon, near
Aunay-sur-Odon (Calvados). Very soon, many comings and goings intrigued the
little village of 220 inhabitants. The police then watched the house. Sever-
al days ago they questioned the two tenants and three of their regular visitors.
Starting with the five of them, ~hey had set up a network that extended over
all of Lower Normandy. Dominique Doignies was the wholesaler. Twice he suc- '
ceeded in procuring SO grams of heroin, for a total of 60,000 francs. The
drug, after it was cut to 60 percent, was then sold by the consumer-sellers. :
The police estimate that in nine months the members of the network divided up ~
almost 3,000,000 francs in this way. Only Dominique Doignies was placed in
_ custody. According to the services of the Cruninal Investigation Department, -
this is the only heroin-selling network in the region. N~thing here is comparable
to what is happening in Marseillesor Paris. Heroin addicts manage to supply -
themselves abroad or in the Parisian region. ;
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DOGS TO BE USED FOR DANGEROUS DETECTION
Athens ELEVTHERQTYPIA in Greek 5 Oct 79 p 3
[Text] ~'he government is not able to keep a check on the channels '
through which narcotics are being transmitted to Greece, aclmitted
_ Minister of Public Order Balkas yesterday. And a reliable source
connected with the public-security authorities gave the infozznation
that between the years 1977 and 1978, imports of narcotics into Greece
have increased by about 49 percent.
In connection with his stressing the spreading use of narcotics, Mr Balkos
refers again to the law draft with which the security authorities are to
be provided with trained dogs "in order to begin the pursuit of narcotics
smugglers."
- And whereas Mr Balkos maintains that this bill "has been completely
depoliticized," he admitted in the statements which he made yesterday _
that these dogs--besides being used in searches of soccer fields, for
the detection of narcotics, and far the discovery of wanted criminals--
will also be used for the "detection of weapons." -
Imgorts of`,narcotics into Greece increased 49 percent between the years
1977 and 19;8, as is evident from the increase in the confis~a~ed quantities
of narcotics.
This was acknowledged yesterday by a reliable source connected with the
security authorities, while Minister of Public Order Balkos said that
"in fact, an increase is being seen in the importing of narcotics, and
_ this is because it is not possible to check the tens of thousands of
suitcases of the tourists who come into Greece, nor the thousands of
private vehicles, in order to discover any small or large quantities
of narcotics which might be brought in."
The minister admitted that a search effort to track down and detect
the narcotics which foreigners are bringing in to Greece is almost
- impossible, because the suitable resouxwes do not exist, and above all
- because the ratification is being delayed of the above-mentioned bill,
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with which the security authorities are to procure trained dogs in
searchinq for and locating narcotics, as is done in almost all the
countries in the world.
If we had these dogs, the matter would be very easy, s~ressed the -
minister, because when they are sixitably trained, these dogs are able
to locate the.specific suitcase or the specific private vehicle which
is carrying narcotics, anc] even the spot where these drugs are hidden.
This bill, added Mr Balkos, is ready for ratification, and "in fact it
_ has been completely depoliticized, inasmuch as it now provides that the
dogs will be used only: a. for soccer fields, b. for the detection
_ af narcotics and weapons, and c, for the detection of wanted criminals,
. who will be located from the scent of objects which they have left
behind at the scene of the crime.
No other use of these dogs is provided for by the bill in the form which '
it now has, added Balkos, and thus it cannot happen that use will be
_ made of it for political purposes, against political meetings, marches, ~
and so forth.
"The only thing now left to do," concluded Balkos, "is to have the bill passed I
as quickly as ,possible by the Chamber of Deputies, so that the security
_ authorities can be provided with these dogs as soon as possible and
so that the pursuit of criminals and especially of narcotics smugglers
can begin."
"The merchants of slow death have dangerously extended their activity
among the young children, both outside the schools and even within them.
This issue does not admit of any delays, and society must defend itself
immediately and energetically."
_ This is stressed in the statement made yesterday by the president of
the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr Efraimoglou, who welcomes
and praises the initiative of the minister of Pducation in connection
with the instituting of courses at all the levels of the educational
system which are in the nature of seminars on social guidance (campaign
against smoking and narcotics, and so forth).
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FIVE KIIAS OF IIEROIN CONFISCATED, TWO ARREST~ ~
Rome~L'UNITA in Italian 29 Sep 79 p 5
[Text] Milan--TwQ persons--Agostina Crespiatico, 1+5 years of age, fram
Milan, and ~omolo D'Arcangelo, 38 years old, who lives with her--were
axrested yesterday,and.4.7 kilograms of pt~re heroin were seized by investiga-
tors at th~ conclus~.on of a vast operation conducted by the police's antidrug -
corps in collaboration with the narcotics squad of the MilP:n police head-
quarters. The value of the drugs would be about 6 billion lire.
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