AFP Bungle leaves potential policemen who infiltrated dangerous crime networks exposed to revenge mafia

A group of undercover police officers who have infiltrated in some of the most dangerous crime networks in the world just to be forced to hide when their coverage was potentially thrown, they threw the general lawyer asked for protection.

Agents advocate for help to say that their former employers, Australian Federal Police, have prevented the case and have failed to ensure their safety from mafia who do not think anything to kill suspicious informants, the less the undercover police. .

In a rare look in the world of undercover police operations, the former police officers say that they and their families were exposed after discovering that the assumed identities could have been compromised and then left without “exit strategy” or story to give the scams to suddenly disappear suddenly from their rooted positions.

“The deep infiltration by the Australian underground on the major targets of crime organized in Australia should not have been taken into account first and foremost without adequate output strategies, ensuring that we are over the seas for a long time.” , an agent said.

“It was a half -baked plan to implement us without any real consideration of our real life when it comes to the end,” they said.

The Australian Association of Federal Police (AFPA), acting for agents, wrote to the Federal Prosecutor General, Mark Dreyfus and AFP Commissioner, Reece Kershaw, for help.

The president of AFPA, Alex Caruana, asked the undercover agents to obtain the appropriate safety measures they deserve.

“Their service under high and provocative risk conditions, together with their unwavering commitment to protect our country, and communities require this attention and intervention,” wrote Mr. Caruana.

The unprecedented situation has also aroused a series of professional standards investigations in four AFP Senior Police Officers, accused of incorrect conduct in the way they managed a risk assessment and threats for agents who found that there is a “Expected” or a certain threat, but then ordering a later “body of work” evaluation that reduced the threat for only “Possible”.

In a letter to the AFP Commissioner, AFPA said he was “advised by a senior AFP member involved in the” body of works “of incorrect conduct, malpraxis and weak work standards during his production.”

The general lawyer was previously requested to investigate the treatment of undercover police operators by the common parliamentary committee for applying the law, because the committee did not have the power to investigate individual complaints or to examine sensitive materials.

Undercover agents have taken measures against AFP in the compensation scheme for the detriment caused by defective administration, to cover the international relocation costs for them and their families, the loss of wages, survival and security costs.

Agents that have infiltrated more than one crime group at the highest levels – several times – for years in various locations in the country now say that Australia is no longer safe for them.

Agents claim that the only thing AFP has done is to install security systems with a panic button in their homes, which does nothing to protect them if they have a meeting outside their homes or while they are with their families.

The spokesman of green justice, Senator David Shoebridge, said that these agents put their lives on the line and when they desperately need help, they were abandoned.

“They ask new identities and keep their families safe and this involves a little more than to offer a panic button,” said Senator Shoebridge.

“What they ask, will disrupt their lives, but experienced officers ask for something like this only if it really needs.”

Senator David Van, who drew the case in the attention of prosecutor General Mark Dreyfus, said “I think all Australians with a good heart would be outraged by the treatment of these agents by AFP, they are certainly.”

“The lack of care and action of the AFP can only be explained by the desire to provide funds to protect them – it is led from a fiscal point of view,” said Senator Van.

“The security of these members has not been taken seriously and this is a sufficient reason to suspend the undercover program.

“It is questionable that members should think much and hard before going undercover, potentially putting it in the path of evil.

“If AFP is too heartless to remedy this situation, the Attorney General must act urgently. If Minister Dreyfus fails to act, if any harm faces these brave police, the responsibility clearly lands on the shoulders. “

The agents say “above all … what we want is the responsibility for the incorrect behavior that happened to be discovered and our safety addressed by AG. Finally, AFP is not a mature enough organization to lead such a great risk effort. “

A classified review of the AFP under -covered program at the end of 2023 by Deputy Commissioner of AFP retired, Frank Predergast, showed that he was compromised for years of systemic failures, outdated technology and inadequate security.

Since then, AFP has said that the undercover program has been revised since then.

A spokesman for AFP has stated that he is evaluating threats and risks for current and former members of the undercover program and applies adequate security attenuation.

“Currently, AFP has not identified any direct threat to these former members,” said the spokesman.

“Throughout the 22 years of the program, I have never had an undercover operator physically affected throughout their duties.”

The Attorney General was contacted for comments.