Annual Report - COMPLETE - Australian Crime Commission

Table 4.6: Output 1.3 – ECN arrests and charges
Measure Total
Arrests 75
Charges 198
Many ECN operations were conducted in collaboration with partner law enforcement
agencies. Examples include: Operation Kallisto - a joint Northern Territory and ACC
investigation which led to the restraining of assets totalling $950,000, including three
properties, one bank account five motor vehicles and one motorcycle. The ACC’s
coercive powers revealed evidence of unrelated offences which could not have been
obtained through ordinary police methods. Operation Boothia was a joint ACC and
Queensland Police investigation in August 2003 which led to the seizure of 2.6
kgs of cannabis (believed to be part of a 40 kgs consignment), a small amount of
amphetamine, cash, scales, heat sealing equipment and growing instructions. Further
arrests were made in January 2004.
An additional output under the ECN Determination was the identification of a need for
law reform to more effectively address the issue of ECNs. Proposals for reform include
amendments to permit the commencement of prosecutions under Corporations Law
and to the Victorian Fisheries Act to include indictable offences in circumstances of
serious criminality.
Figure 4.5: ECN arrests and charges by month
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