Annual Report - COMPLETE - Australian Crime Commission

Overview of Key Activities
The ACC’s third output aims to disrupt and deter serious organised crime through
investigations into federally relevant criminal activity, in collaboration with partner
law enforcement agencies.
The ACC proactively involves itself in criminal investigations that are strategically
selected to enhance Australian law enforcement capacity. Each investigation
aims to combine the ACC’s coercive powers and specialist expertise with partner
agencies to:
• disrupt and deter criminal syndicates from committing offences;
• enhance the ACC’s intelligence in areas of crime to further benefi t partner
agencies;
• identify key organised crime groups and individuals, and their associates;
• identify interaction and connections between criminal groups in Australia and
internationally;
• identify assets obtained with proceeds of crime and money laundering activities;
and
• identify areas of possible law reform or other relevant information.
The ACC forms joint or cooperative task forces, domestically and internationally,
to investigate serious and organised crime using its coercive powers and specialist
capabilities.
In 2003–04 the ACC continued to devote considerable resources to, and achieve
successful results in, investigations approved by the ACC Board.
Performance measures
The key performance measures under this output in 2003–04 were:
• Number of investigations conducted and allocated by the ACC Board;
• Value of proceeds of crime forfeited;
• Use of coercive powers;
• Achievement of objectives of investigations;
• Number and signifi cance of arrests and charges arising from investigations; and
• Collaboration with partner law enforcement agencies.
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OUTPUT 1.3: INVESTIGATIONS INTO FEDERALLY RELEVANT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY