Published: September 13, 2020
The lack of resolution puts the criminal agency at risk that an indeterminate number of past special operations could be challenged
The validity of powers to force suspects in serious criminal investigations and their associates to incriminate themselves is in question after the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission quietly settled a challenge to its “special investigations”.
Despite a deal between the government and Labor to reinforce the commission’s powers against challenge, in August the ACIC withdrew summonses and notices to produce against one suspected associate of a crime syndicate for fear it would lose a landmark high court case.
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