Operations Department Review 2002 - å»‰æ”¿å ¬ç½²

corruption case investigated by D Group during the year
underscores the fact that container depot staff in Hong
Kong are susceptible to corrupt approaches by both local
and Mainland criminals, whose goal is to steal empty containers
and sell them to Mainland users. The investigation
led to the prosecution of a container depot employee and a
tractor driver for conspiracy to steal containers from the
depot, the latter being
responsible for transporting
the stolen containers
to the
Mainland. The container
depot employee
was additionally
charged with corruption
offences. At the
time of writing, the
two await trial at the
Refrigerated containers - at a premium on the "black market" District Court.
The following are examples of other cases investigated
by D Group during the year :
Caught in the act
It is rare that acts of corruption are witnessed,
particularly by law enforcement officers. An exception
occurred in a D Group case in which an employee of a
printing company had received bribes totalling $126,000
from the director of a transportation company in return for
facilitating the award of business
contracts. Acting on
intelligence, ICAC officers
witnessed a corrupt transaction
between the two suspects
in the director's car.
Both men were arrested after
$6,000 in banknotes changed
hands. At the time of
writing, the pair await trial at
the District Court.
ICAC officers arrested suspects after witnessing the payment of a bribe