The following is excerpted from the 27 November 2013 edition of the St George & Sutherland Shire Leader.
A new corruption taskforce will start work before Christmas to "weed out" criminals among the government's Customs and Border Protection agency.
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said the taskforce was designed to catch "the few" corrupt customs officials, following a series of scandals involving agents and their links to drug importation and outlaw motorcycle gangs.
This article is available in its entirety at:
http://www.theleader.com.au/story/1936272/taskforce-set-to-tackle-corruption-within-customs/