http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/a...d-about-drug-network-probe-20100514-v24b.html
The ANZ Bank says it is "completely shocked" by a police investigation into an alleged drug trafficking network operating out of its Melbourne offices.
Australian Federal Police have launched a probe into the alleged narcotics syndicate running out of the bank’s debt collection department.
Fourteen staff who worked in the bank’s former city offices in Collins Street, and later when the department moved to Dorcas Street in South Melbourne, have reportedly been linked to the alleged syndicate.
ANZ spokesman Stephen Ries said a number of staff linked to the investigation had left the bank "some time ago", but he would not elaborate on why they had left, or if they had been sacked.
"We have been completely shocked by this matter and everyone at ANZ is incredibly disappointed at the matters the police are looking into," he said.
"We have zero tolerance on these matters and none of the staff linked to this investigation are with ANZ any longer.
"We’re treating this matter very seriously and have been doing everything we can do to assist the police but because it’s now in the hands of the police and the courts we’re unfortunately limited as to what we can say."
Mr Ries said he could not comment on allegations that the bank’s internal email system had been used to deal drugs, and that the staff had left the bank over allegations of inappropriate use of the email system.
Search warrants are believed to have been issued on ANZ offices and the homes of staff members linked to the investigation, and computer records seized.
When contacted about the drugs probe, an Australian Federal Police spokeswoman said a 30-year-old man had been arrested for allegedly importing the drug 4-MMC, commonly known as meow meow.
However, she could not confirm whether the man was linked to the ANZ Bank
Victoria Police is not involved in the investigation.
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The ANZ Bank says it is "completely shocked" by a police investigation into an alleged drug trafficking network operating out of its Melbourne offices.
Australian Federal Police have launched a probe into the alleged narcotics syndicate running out of the bank’s debt collection department.
Fourteen staff who worked in the bank’s former city offices in Collins Street, and later when the department moved to Dorcas Street in South Melbourne, have reportedly been linked to the alleged syndicate.
ANZ spokesman Stephen Ries said a number of staff linked to the investigation had left the bank "some time ago", but he would not elaborate on why they had left, or if they had been sacked.
"We have been completely shocked by this matter and everyone at ANZ is incredibly disappointed at the matters the police are looking into," he said.
"We have zero tolerance on these matters and none of the staff linked to this investigation are with ANZ any longer.
"We’re treating this matter very seriously and have been doing everything we can do to assist the police but because it’s now in the hands of the police and the courts we’re unfortunately limited as to what we can say."
Mr Ries said he could not comment on allegations that the bank’s internal email system had been used to deal drugs, and that the staff had left the bank over allegations of inappropriate use of the email system.
Search warrants are believed to have been issued on ANZ offices and the homes of staff members linked to the investigation, and computer records seized.
When contacted about the drugs probe, an Australian Federal Police spokeswoman said a 30-year-old man had been arrested for allegedly importing the drug 4-MMC, commonly known as meow meow.
However, she could not confirm whether the man was linked to the ANZ Bank
Victoria Police is not involved in the investigation.
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