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Cops raid CFMEU headquarters
Victoria Police said 3 people were arrested as detectives executed warrants in a widening probe into alleged corrupting-benefits offences and other crimes.
- On Wednesday, police raided the CFMEU headquarters in Bowen Hills, Brisbane, while Taskforce Hawk detectives executed multiple raids in Victoria, resulting in three arrests in a cross-border corruption investigation.
- The cross-border operation involves Queensland and Victorian detectives investigating allegations that union officials were corrupted, revealing how efforts to uncover crime in the Construction Industry have become a borderless effort.
- According to search warrants, authorities allege officials sought to corrupt a member of a registered trade union; detectives investigated allegations of secret commissions, fraud, and drug trafficking at the union.
- A CFMEU spokesperson stated the union "has been made aware of a police investigation this morning and will cooperate fully," with suspected offending allegedly occurring in Queensland and NSW.
- The Queensland commission of inquiry into the CFMEU is due to resume next month, with these raids expected to inform that ongoing inquiry and the coming Victorian royal commission.
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Police raid Queensland CFMEU headquarters in cross-border operation
Police raid the Brisbane headquarters of the CFMEU as part of a cross-border operation involving Queensland and Victorian detectives and allegations that union officials were corrupted.
·North Sydney, Australia
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