<p>The CIA’s  escalating heroin smuggling operations had been disrupted in Europe, they had to find a new way to deliver the large quantity of heroin the expanding USA market now required.  They found it.  Through Australia using police officers as couriers.    </p>

The CIA’s escalating heroin smuggling operations had been disrupted in Europe, they had to find a new way to deliver the large quantity of heroin the expanding USA market now required. They found it. Through Australia using police officers as couriers.

<p>The CIA’s&nbsp; escalating heroin smuggling operations had been disrupted in Europe, they had to find a new way to deliver the large quantity of heroin the expanding USA market now required.&nbsp; They found it.&nbsp; Through Australia using police officers as couriers.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

New smugglers on the block.

From the 1950’s, through to the Queensland Fitzgerald Inquiry in 1987, and beyond, corrupt police and politicians managed a criminal empire.  This podcast is a glimpse into how this empire evolved into a global organised crime network, spreading death and destruction by their trade in drugs and weapons.

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From the 1950’s, through to the Queensland Fitzgerald Inquiry in 1987, and beyond, corrupt police and politicians managed a criminal empire. This podcast is a glimpse into how this empire evolved into a global organised crime network, spreading death and destruction by their trade in drugs and weapons.

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