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| Subject: Great: Crime syndicates and people smugglers are involved in widespread rorting of OZschwitz work and student visa programs Sun Jun 26, 2016 11:33 pm | |
| Crime syndicates and people smugglers are involved in widespread rorting of Australia's work and student visa programs, according to whistleblowers and a former top immigration official.
The claims come as the immigration department is facing more than 100 allegations of corruption, including suggestions that some immigration officers may be supporting the rorting, a Fairfax Media and ABC 7.30 investigation can reveal.
Immigration chief Michael Pezzullo has referred 132 cases of alleged corruption involving immigration officers to the under-resourced federal law enforcement watchdog in the past 12 months, more referrals than the watchdog has received in any year since its creation in 2006.
The revelations point to a failure to deal with endemic crime in Australia's visa system involving some licensed migration agents and education providers, and a thriving cash-for-visa black market.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/corruption-and-crime-syndicates-threaten-australias-border-security-20160622-gpp72z.html |
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