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Paraguay rejects U.S. accusati
The Paraguayan government demanded Friday that the United States prove its accusation that Paraguayan police were protecting drug traffickers.
Paraguayan Interior Minister Rogelio Benitez told reporters that it was very dangerous to accuse people without providing evidence, according to reports from Asuncion, capital of Paraguay.
The remarks were directed at Gregory Beloney, the local chief of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration working at the U.S. embassy in Asuncion, who was referred to by Benitez as the source of the allegations.
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The Australian - Sydney,Austra
02 December 2008
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ONE hundred and sixty-eight serving members of Victoria Police have criminal convictions, it was revealed last night.
They have been convicted of offences including serious assaults, trafficking and possession of drugs, theft, perverting the course of justice and misconduct in public office.
Another 42 serving police have been cautioned or entered a diversion program over less serious offences.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said the figures did not include police found guilty of serious traffic offences.
The shock figures were provided to the Herald Sun in response to an inquiry made two months ago.
Their release comes as new laws making it easier to sack police are to be debated in Parliament this week.
The changes to the Police Regulations Act will strengthen the dismissal process for matters of not only criminal behaviour but misconduct, persistent poor performance and loss of confidence by the Chief Commissioner.
Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius, head of the force's Ethical Standards Department, said last night the criminal offence figures confirmed the force was getting better at catching and convicting members who did the wrong thing.
"The community can take some comfort from the fact that we are getting better at catching our own and holding those who do the wrong thing accountable," he said.
"We're also becoming more effective in holding them accountable in court."
Mr Cornelius said that in recent years the conviction rate for police charged with criminal offences had risen from just over 40 per cent to almost 80 per cent.
"This is a powerful message to the very small percentage of our members who do the wrong thing - that they will get caught and they will be convicted," he said.
Mr Cornelius said 16 of the 168 police who had either pleaded guilty or been found guilty of criminal offences had committed serious assaults.
He said 49 were guilty of theft and the other 103 included drug offences, administration of justice offences, offensive behaviour, soliciting for prostitution and being found in a common gaming house.
Mr Cornelius said there had been no incidents of Victorian police drink-driving on duty in a police vehicle in three years.
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