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Federal police blamed for SIM
A CRUCIAL piece of evidence wrongly submitted in court against Mohamed Haneef resulted from a bungle by Australian Federal Police, not Scotland Yard misinformation, it emerged yesterday.
A source close to the British investigation confirmed that the mistaken claim in a Brisbane court - that a SIM card registered in Haneef's name had been found in the Jeep that rammed Glasgow Airport - had been made "at the Australian end", and was not communicated by British investigators. Haneef was subsequently charged with providing support for a terrorist act.
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Melbourne Herald Sun - Melbour
08 January 2007
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Watchdog eyes underworld links
VICTORIA'S police association has warned the state's police corruption watchdog not abuse its power in a new probe into links between officers and the underworld.
The Office of Police Integrity has confirmed plans for a widespread investigation into police corruption.
A News Ltd report today revealed the inquiry would be held later this year to investigate whether organised crime networks have been protected by corrupt officers.
Investigators would be able to employ a series of special powers to conduct its new inquiry, including examining suspect's bank records, gambling activities and travel records of police suspects.
But the Police Association's assistant secretary Bruce McKenzie said the coercive powers equal or exceeding any authority in the country should be used responsibly.
Last year, the association attacked the OPI's decision to hold hearings with accused officers, including members of the elite Armed Offenders Squad in public.
"The police association does not condone corruption in any shape or form, but we expect that our members' fundamental rights to fairness and natural justice would be upheld during this investigation," Mr McKenzie said.
"We certainly do not want a repeat of the deplorable manner in which the OPI denied these rights to our Armed Offenders Squad members last year."
OPI media spokesman Paul Conroy said the new investigation would compliment several current inquiries examining indirect links between corrupt officers and organised crime.
This includes the inquiry into former police informant Terence Hodgson and his wife who were found murdered after stolen police documents were leaked to the underworld.
An OPI probe fingered a police officer as an obvious suspect in the theft.
But Mr Conroy defended the OPI's handling of cases, including hosting public hearings of suspects.
"At the end of the day it’s important that issues relating to improper conduct involving police are made public, and so they are made aware of these practices involving police," Mr Conroy said.
"The public interest here is the overriding factor."
Police command said it would cooperate with any inquiry.
"Victoria Police will assist them with whatever investigation they choose to instigate," media spokesman David Spencer said today.
Asked about the extent of corruption in the force, Sgt Spencer said the organisation prided itself on ethics and had "undertaken several successful and well-documented investigations to deal with a small number of corrupt officers".
Among measures to deal with corruption included greater training of members in high-risk areas of corruption; increased awareness among officers of corruption issues; changes to procedures and increased supervision.
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