Mexican and South American cartels penetrating Australian border security to import tonnes of cocain

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Mexican and South American cocaine cartels have corrupted the people who work at nearly every air and sea port in the country, within Australia’s border security regime, according to an underground figure who works with them. Highlights The former airport employee is a member of an outlaw motorcycle club. The former airport employee is a member of an illegal motorcycle club. He says the cartel hitmen and infantry are monitoring imports into Australia. Four Corners spoke to the man as part of an investigation into Australia’s cocaine market, which revealed that drugs in the country now than at any time in history. “The cartel will always find someone,” said the former Sydney airport employee, who is a member of an outlaw motorcycle club and continues to be involved in the drug trade. He said cartel has men here to corruptly facilitate the importation of tons of cocaine into country. “There immigrants, there are customs officers, they on the payroll. “I guarantee they are on payroll because some things come as a pallet from the airport and are put into ports as well. He said the cartel used bribery and intimidation to persuade people to work for them. “They’re not the only ones they have, they probably have a union in every state. Every airport, every port.” ABC is unable to verify underworld figure’s statements about the existence of corrupt workers within Australian border security regime. However, speaking on condition of anonymity, a senior law enforcement official confirmed that the existence of such cartel facilitators is a well-known fact among organized crime investigators. The Australian Border Force also launched Operation Jardena in late 2021 to target border guards who work covertly with drug traffickers. “The Home Office and the ABF have no tolerance for corruption or criminal behavior. The underground figure said that the cartel corrupts people through bribery and intimidation. “When I started… the cartel wanted to meet. To scare me in a way like ‘don’t make fun of us’. “[They say] we know all about you… we know where your family lives, you’re screwed, you have to start bringing him in.” “They brought the hitmen here and took their soldiers, their infantry, and businessmen who counted everything for them. “It’s a hundred, two hundred pounds and it’s worth four times that there.” The underground figure is a member of an outlaw motorcycle club and is involved in the drug trade. Australians are largest per capita consumers of cocaine in the world, and Australia is one of countries where it is most expensive to buy cocaine. While underworld figure does not name the cartel he works with, two most powerful Mexican cartels are Sinaloa and Jalisco Next Generation. He was working with them through an agent, a well-known Australian criminal who fled abroad after being targeted by the police here. The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission says it’s possible for Australia to experience a cocaine boom. “It’s likely that cocaine traffickin

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