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Corrupt former officers are controlling syndicates in Victoria's police, relying on a gossip-based strategy to undermine reforms, the state's chief corruption fighter says.

In an annual report of the Office of Police Integrity (OPI), director George Brouwer described how corruption was operating with links to organised crime.

Although a very small minority of police were corrupt, they had adopted a deliberate strategy to undermine efforts to make Victoria Police more professional and accountable, the report said.

"Using extensive contacts that are embedded thro... Read more