100 crime gangs walk our streets / The Australian, 3 Nov 2004

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11273257%255E421,00.html
Jeremy Roberts
ALMOST 100 organised crime gangs are operating in Australia and 10 of those pose a serious threat to society.

Family value ... there are plenty of Sopranos-style gangs working in Australia.

The first audit of organised crime, by the Australian Crime Commission, has uncovered a total of 97 organised crime groups in Australia.

ACC intelligence chief Kevin Kitson told an international policing conference yesterday the top 10 groups had been deemed "high-threat" and posed a great financial and violent risk to the community.

"It's clear that the top 10 organised crime groups do achieve a significant financial return on their investments, they do impose threats of violence (and) they do engage in corruption and intimidation,"