Corrupt west African nations 'running global crime'
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Global mafias are using corrupt nations in west Africa to run their syndicates and the area is now a ''hole in the wall'' in the international fight against organised crime, says the former head of Britain's top police unit.
William Hughes, the former director-general of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, made the comment in an address to an organised crime conference in Melbourne yesterday, in which he called for more international co-operation in tackling transnational crime.
''Organised crime is already starting to be - and will in future become - the most serious issue for democracies and governments, and their ability to control their states,'' he said.
Instead of relying on domestic law enforcement to tackle a global problem, countries needed to include organised crime in their national security strategies.
In 2008 the then prime minister, Kevin Rudd, released a national security strategy and included organised crime as one of its concerns. But critics have claimed there has since been little action to support the rhetoric.
Of some nations in Africa - though Mr Wright chose not to name any - he said: ''Their infrastructure is broken, corruption is rife, it's endemic in many of them, and what we're seeing is enclaves of organised criminals - Colombians and Venezuelans, Russians and Asians - getting in and exploiting the government and law enforcement''.
William Hughes, the former director-general of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, made the comment in an address to an organised crime conference in Melbourne yesterday, in which he called for more international co-operation in tackling transnational crime.
''Organised crime is already starting to be - and will in future become - the most serious issue for democracies and governments, and their ability to control their states,'' he said.
Instead of relying on domestic law enforcement to tackle a global problem, countries needed to include organised crime in their national security strategies.
In 2008 the then prime minister, Kevin Rudd, released a national security strategy and included organised crime as one of its concerns. But critics have claimed there has since been little action to support the rhetoric.
Of some nations in Africa - though Mr Wright chose not to name any - he said: ''Their infrastructure is broken, corruption is rife, it's endemic in many of them, and what we're seeing is enclaves of organised criminals - Colombians and Venezuelans, Russians and Asians - getting in and exploiting the government and law enforcement''.
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