The Australian Federal Police is working with Home Affairs, telcos and other agencies on how best to “deliver a stronger punch into the dark web”, commissioner Reece Kershaw told a parliamentary committee today.
“The amount of, whether it be from guns to drugs to child abuse material that you can access within minutes, it’s not good at all for the health of our nation. It’s quite disturbing,” he said.
“We want to disrupt that.”
“We’re not alone – the rest of the Western world has a real issue,” he told the committee.
“It’s not so great in some of our other (neighbouring) countries nearby, which is interesting in itself, but (offenders) have certainly taken advantage of those vulnerable communities offshore.
“I think it’s a real threat to the fabric of our society, young people being damaged through all of this.”
Police are also readying for an expected increase in organised crime once coronavirus restrictions ease around the world.
“We’re taking advantage of this COVID-19 and we’re coming after all these groups,” he said.
“They probably don’t realise – and I’m probably giving away some of my strategies here – but we’re going to … turn over every rock, dig underneath it and do whatever we can to prevent and disrupt these particular syndicates.”
© AAP 2020
Source: 9News
