dimmo
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Originally posted by phase_dancer
If local authorities knew of their plans that far ahead, why not wait until these people have been arrested in Australia before sharing details with Indonesian police?
If local authorities knew of their plans that far ahead, why not wait until these people have been arrested in Australia before sharing details with Indonesian police?
Firstly, what exactly did the authorities here know? I mean police work often isn't a sure thing. It's not like they had their itinerary '10am fly out, next day meet Mr Wok at the Red Eagle Inn to pick up 8.xkg of heroin'. They might have informers telling them bits and pieces, who knows. They obviously needed them monitored in Asia. IFF the AFP were to actively monitor them in Indonesia, they would have to notify the Indonesians of that anyway. I would suggest that the AFPs ability to carry out such operations (despite what any of you think) is much more limited than we imagine. I think the AFPs presence in Indonesia in an operational capacity is next to nothing.
As it stands, with Indonesia monitoring the group for the two weeks that they were in Indonesia, even then they didn't figure out how or when they got the heroin. I think making arrests up the chain is important here, also. How would you expect the AFP to go, acting in a foreign country, full of foreigners (to us)? If we were to do it, the Indonesians would be invited to help.
Merely my opinion, but I believe we should be putting pressure on these countries to change this inhumane practice of barbaric punishment.
Easier said than done. You'll find one of the main reasons these penalties for drug crimes is the temptation is so high, the drugs are so cheap and easily available BUT the countries are so poor (and badly managed) that they do not have the resources to pour into anti-drug departments that match other countries. They make the penalties as harsh as possible as a deterrent, to cut down their leg work. Even as it is now (with the risks the way they are) a lot of drugs would be going through Indonesia.
We certainly shouldn't feed them victims.
That's an extremely simplistic view, and one that cannot be brought into issues involving world policing.