FRONTLINE police will be forced to become “carbon cops” under the Government’s blueprint to cut greenhouse emissions.
The Herald Sun can reveal Australian Federal Police agents will have to prosecute a new range of climate offences.
But they are yet to be offered extra resources, stretching the thin blue line to breaking point.
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“The Government is effectively saying to us, ‘Ignore other crime types’,” Australian Federal Police Association chief Jim Torr said.
The group had been trying for months, without success, to discuss the issue with Climate Change Minister Penny Wong, he said.
Interpol has warned the carbon market will be irresistible to criminal gangs because of the vast amounts of cash to be made. Possible rorts include under-reporting of carbon emissions by firms and bogus carbon offset schemes.
“If someone is rorting it by even 1 per cent a year, we’re talking about many, many millions of dollars,” Mr Torr said.
June 11th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Carbon cops? Yeah . . . as if . . .
June 11th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Gaaah! Where does it end???
It seems to me that this will also be coming to our shores soon enough! The Obamination of the Obamanation!
storky Reply:
June 12th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Needn’t worry. EPA already has a Criminal Investigation Division of the office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training.
June 12th, 2009 at 2:56 am
Breathing out too much carbon dioxide….go directly to jail ,do not bla bla bla.NWOis struting i’ts stuff-up.
storky Reply:
June 12th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Well, you do waste the oxygen.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:01 am
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June 14th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Por eso en barracuda pretendemos dar la oportunidad Barracuda