| Description |
1 videocassette (VHS) (45 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| Series |
Four corners (Television program)
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| Summary |
A decade ago detectives from the Victoria Police drug squad came up with a new weapon in their war on the dealers. It was called, prosaically, "Controlled Chemical Delivery". To help them track down clandestine laboratories, police obtained the precursor chemicals used to make methylamphetamine - speed - and sold them to criminals, via informers. The aggressive new strategy yielded results. Speed dealers who fell for the sting were busted and jailed. But the Victorian Ombudsman describes the policy as "an unmitigated and foreseeable disaster". Huge amounts of chemicals were "lost", and converted to speed. And some officers became corrupt, selling drugs and chemicals for their own private benefit. For more than two years the Victoria Police's "Task Force Ceja" has been gathering evidence and laying charges. But its operations are veiled in secrecy. No one knows who it's investigating, or when it might conclude. |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of ABC-TV "Four Corners" broadcast March 8, 2004. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
| Credits |
Producer: Sarah Curnow ; Editor: Alec Cullen ; Executive Producer: Bruce Belsham |
| Performer |
Reporter: Jonathan Holmes with Nick McKenzie |
| Notes |
No rating given |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Amphetamines -- Victoria
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Drug traffic -- Victoria
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Police corruption -- Victoria
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| Author |
Curnow, Sarah
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Cullen, Alec
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Holmes, Jonathan
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McKenzie, Nick
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Belsham, Bruce
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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