http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10673906%5E26462,00.html
Carly Crawford
"THE underworld war will cost Victorian taxpayers up to $40 million.
Government agencies have so far spent $36 million ridding the streets of underworld figures whose costly criminal trials have not even started.
Police sources estimate more than $34 million has been spent since May last year in the fight, spearheaded by the Purana Taskforce, against organised crime.
And Corrections Victoria has spent $1.9 million managing the influx of gangland figures over the same period. "
