Qantas Seeks Details on ‘Disturbing’ Criminal Gang Report
- Report says as many as 150 employees linked to organized crime
- Australian airline says hasn’t been told about investigations
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Qantas Airways Ltd. has asked Australian law-enforcement agencies for details of an intelligence report that is said to suggest the airline has been infiltrated by organized criminal gangs importing drugs.
Qantas wrote to the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, the Federal Police, Border Force and Aviation and Maritime Security after Nine Entertainment Co. publications said an intelligence operation called Project Brunello found potentially 150 employees had links to organized crime.