Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Crims join hands to rake in profit / [Australia] Herald Sun, [28 Sep 2004

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,10900022%5E661,00.html
Keith Moor
"RIVAL crime gangs are putting their feuds aside in their quest for vast illegal profits.

Intelligence gathered by the Australian Crime Commission reveals once warring factions are now more interested in making money than fighting.
Gangs with ethnic backgrounds are forming alliances with ethnic groups that were former enemies.
The trend emerged during a worldwide intelligence trawl by the commission as it compiled a national criminal threat assessment that identifies many of Australia's Mr Bigs and their associates.
It provides details of long-established underworld bosses as well as younger criminals keen to muscle in on the action. "