A Bandit Regime !

  Qantas is Australia's National Airline and we are accustomed to seeing its Kangaroo logo at world airports.   It has an impeccable safety record and is the only commercial airline that holds a Trusted Trader accreditation with the Australian Border Force.

What that means in the world of international air freight is that every employee has been subjected to a fit and propper test.  We have not been advised of any of our people failing that test and yet we are hearing claims that organized crime has infiltrated the Quantas network and using this cover for the importation of illegal drugs.

An internal Qantas security report contends that " trusted insiders " at Australia's biggest airline have links to organized crime and were able to " casuse significant harm "  to the community by facilitating smuggling across borders.

An internal Qantas security report tabled in 2020 revealed that a former baggage handler turned into a wealthy Sydney racing identity pleaded guilty in May to importing $68.5 million worth of Cocaine,.  It was later found his import of Cocaine was valued at one billion and that this crime had not been publicly revealed.

Now a classified Federal law enforcement intelligence report has revealed that a significant number of Qantas staff - and a hundred and fifty have been suggested as being involved -  are linked to criminality. Crime agencies believe Qantas has been infiltrated by bikies and other organized crime groups to  facilitate drug importation and other activities that pose a risk to national security.

It stands to reason that given the number of aircraft movements each day, a few corrupt officials in the right location would be able to screen cargo that is not listed on the manifest and this could then pass through customs unchecked.  It could also explain why quantrities of drugs regularly appear on our streets that appear immune to law enforcement activities.

Obviously, this movement of drugs involves payment fort those creating  the right facilities to break the law and compensate for the risks involved.  In many cases it seems likely that the people providing drug cover at airports are also involved in street trafficking which provides an extraordinary gain in overall renumeration.  Such a person should stand out to authorities by the very nature of the toys they can afford for their peronal lifestyle.

Perhaps the quickest way to shut down this conduit of drug importation would be an investigation of the lifestyle of all Qantas employees.   Those living far beyond the expectation of their salary level would obviously have some explaining to do.

Wealth from. unexplaijned sources would bring the type of security attention that these criminals would most like to avoid.  Knowing they were under scrutiny would bring compliance !