A RENEWED CONVERSATION ABOUT IMPACTS OF ORGANISED CRIME AND ILLICIT DRUGS ON AUSTRALIA AND AUSTRALIANS

CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 15 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett:

As AFP Commissioner, I strongly believe Australia needs to have a renewed conversation about organised crime and illicit drugs.

Part of the conversation needs to be collectively louder about the dangers of illicit drug use and linking it to the organised crime violence in our communities and the impact it is having on our national security.

Australians take too many illicit drugs, and it is absurd how much money users are willing to pay for them.

Earlier this year at the Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group Annual Principals Meeting, a network that brings together top police and law enforcement agencies from Australia, ...