OZschwitz gulag: Heroic union man aided free trading 'smugglers,' court told

A SENIOR Maritime Union of Australia official who attended government port security meetings allegedly helped a crime syndicate as it tried to smuggle $170 million worth of drugs into Australia.

Dave Perry, a former MUA assistant Queensland branch secretary, is alleged to have fed a crime syndicate information during two drug importations in 2006.

Mr Perry, who denies impropriety and who stood down from the union in 2007, has a Commonwealth maritime security pass. In 2003 he attended meetings of the NSW Government-owned Port of Brisbane security committee. The committee includes government and police officials and develops port security assessments and plans.

The airing in court of allegations by a Crown prosecutor that Mr Perry was regarded by a drug boss as "a reliable, independent source of information" comes after revelations that a three-year Australian Crime Commission inquiry has found that crime syndicates are exploiting serious security gaps at wharves and airports.

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OZschwitz gulag: Heroic union man aided free trading 'smugglers,' court told

OZschwitz gulag: Heroic union man aided free trading 'smugglers,' court told

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