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INDEX
21 Division (NSW Police) 66, 87, 94
Abbott, Cecil 94, 157
ABC, Lewis sues for defamation 200–1
Abela, Nicholas 154
abortion, illegal, police protection for 68–9, 117–22
Achilles, Operation 132
Adam, Frederick ‘Bluey’ 48–9, 119–21
Adelaide Advertiser 172
Adshead, Gary 233
Age tapes case 155–6
Agostini, Antonio 4
Ahern, Mike 209
alcohol trade, illegal, police protection for 27, 29
Allan, Norman ‘The Foreman’
as senior officer 84–7
authorises illegal phone taps 157
crime statistics reporting under 98–9
investigation clears 95 promoted by MacKay 66–7
relations with Kelly 72–3
Sydney abortion rackets 137
Allen, Dennis ‘Mr Death’ 142
Allen, John 241
Allen, William ‘Bill’
attains senior rank 94
granted a pension 98
heads gambling squad 90–1
interview with Lees 105
amphetamines 164–8
Anderson, Frederick ‘Paddles’ 68
Anderson, James 78
Anderson, John David 250
Anderson, Michael 250
Anderson, Walter John 149
Andrews, Nigel 154
anomie culture 3
Arantz, Phillip Neville 87, 98–9, 108
Argyle diamonds case 234
armed offenders squad (Vic) 243–5
Armstrong, Superintendent 27
Armstrong, Warren Earl 204
Arnold, Rupert 50
Ashby, Noel 246, 248–9
Ashton, Graham 248–9
Askin, Robert (Robin)
allegations against police sent to 92–3
in Arantz affair 98
NSW Police under 84–7
relations with Kelly 72–3
asset recovery legislation 42–3
Atkinson, Syd 138
Attwood drug storage facility 165
Austin, Brian 212
Australian Federal (Commonwealth) Police 111, 251–3
Avery, John 65, 95, 104, 216
Ayton, Les 145
bad-apple theory 5–6, 60–1
Bahnemann, Gunther Ernst Martin 191
Bailey, Raymond John 190
Bandido motorcycle gang, police infiltration by 256–7
Barbecue Set 89–90
Barker, Tom 53
Barnard, Police Magistrate 31
Bart, Operation 106–7
Bates, Harvey 92
Batman, Henry 26
Bax Task Force 222
Bayeh, Louis 93, 102
Beach Inquiry 122–5, 244
Beamish, Darryl 262
Beattie, Peter 213
Beck, Merv 89–90
Beerburrum mail robbery 189
Bell, Virginia 1–2, 218
Bellino, Antonio 206–7
Bellino, Geraldo 206–7, 212
Bellow, Geoffrey 272
Bennett, Colin 112–13, 181–2, 187
Bent, Thomas 32
Berman, Margaret ‘Peggy’ 119–22
Bigham, Trevor 48
Bikie Bandits robberies 189
Birdwood, General 44
Birkett, Norman 1
Bischof, Frank Erich 180–7
Bjelke-Petersen, Joh
acknowledges possibility of corruption 201
appears before Fitzgerald Inquiry 209
instructions on policing prostitution 205
Lewis backed by 210
on police education levels 193–5
prosecuted for perjury 211
resigns during Fitzgerald Inquiry 207
Black Dahlia murder case 146
Black Uhlan motorcycle gang 166
Blamey, Thomas 29, 43–8, 151–2
Bleechmore, RC 174
Blissett, R 98
Blogg, LJ 124
Boggo Road Gaol, prisoners released from 4
Bolton, Brian 189
Bond, Alan 228
Bonnette, Karl 75
bookmaking, illegal 57–60, 86, 186
Bottom, Bob 90, 155–7
Bottomley, Keith 4
Boulton, William 207–8
Bourke, Patrick 26
Bowen, William Fenton 117–19, 121
Bowman, Sally and Wendy 190
Bradley, Stephen 85
Bradshaw, Norman 119
Braidwood district inquiry into crime 23
Brammer, Mal 222, 224–5, 264
Bredmeyer, Justice 72
Briars, Operation 245
bribery, Royal Commission into 23–4
‘bricking’ 112–14, 148–9
Briddick, Philip 161
Brifman, Shirley
interstate operations 181–4
lies to Gibbs Royal Commission 186–8
officers named by 88
on Sundown murders 190
police involvement with and death of 77–9
Bright, Sir Charles 173–4
Brisbane Courier-Mail 152–3, 198, 199–200
Brooks, William 36–40
Brophy, John O’Connell 46
brothels, illegal see prostitution
Brouwer, George 106–7, 248
Bruhn, Norman 54
Bulger, Allen 211
Bull, Brian 105, 229
Bunning, Matthew 170
Burgess, Harry 206, 210
Burns, Gary 82
Burton, Alan 75–6
Button, John 262
Byrne, Thomas 147
Caccamo, Vince 223–4
Caldero, Michael A 144–5
Callaghan, Anne 41
Callaghan Conspiracy case 41
Callaghan, Terence 41, 43
Callinan, Ian 203
Cameron Royal Commission (Vic) 33
Campbell, Fred 195
Campbell, Gary William 183
Campbell, Robert 200
cannabis, illegal trade in 161–3, 233
Capri, Operation 239
car-stealing racket 75–6
Carney, Thomas 82
Carroll, Ian Revell 12
Ceja Task Force 109, 168–9
Cessna, Roy 92
Chaffney, Frank 63
Chalkley, Thomas 15
Chartres-Abbott, Shane 245
Childs, Walter 55
Chinese Gambling and Immorality, Royal Commission into 23–4
Christie, John Mitchell 33–4
Christie, William 17
Chuck, Joe 58, 63
Churchill, Larry 103, 218
Clark, Terrence 189
Clarke, John Edward ‘Ratty Jack’ 77
Clauson, Paul 201
Coates, James 45
Cobra, Operation 129–36
coercion into corrupt practices 264–5
Cole, Col 101–2
Collins, Anthony 162
Collis, Peter 76
Coman, Walter 91–2
Comanchero motorcycle gang 256–7
Commission of Inquiry into Possible Illegal Activities and Associated Police Misconduct see Fitzgerald Inquiry
Committee of Eight 188
Commonwealth and New South Wales Joint Task Force 156
Commonwealth Police see Australian Federal (Commonwealth) Police
Condello, Mario 127
confessions, obtaining 112–14, 144–55
Confessions of a Bagman 209–10
Connor, JD 188
consorting squads 56–7, 130
Conte, Victor 206
Cook, Kimbal 101, 103, 215
Cooke, Edgar 262
Cooper, Jack 189
Cope, Judge 31
Cornelius, Luke 248–9
corruption
five stages of 1–13
international attitudes to 7
means of controlling 258–69
Corsair, Operation 257
Corset Gang 160
Couzens, Peter 246
Cowan, Malcolm 83
Cowdery, Nicholas 157–8
Cowper, Charles 18, 21–2
Cox, Dick 90
Cox, James 20
Cox, Russell ‘Mad Dog’ 11–12
Cox, Stephen 168–9
Crabtree, William 94
Crank, John P 144–5
Creed, Colin 11–13
Crime and Corruption Commission (WA) 236–7
Crime and Misconduct Commission (Qld) 212, 239–42
Crime Commission (NSW) 254–6
crime statistics, manipulation of 87, 97–8
Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) 150
Criminal Interrogation and Confessions 146
Criminal Investigation Branch (NSW) 65
Criminal Justice Commission (Qld) 209, 212
Criminology in Focus 4
Crookes, Gary 217
Cross, Stella 151
Crossley, Peter 213
Cunningham, Lovena 154
Cutmore, ‘Snowy’ 54
Dale, Irene 187
Dangerous Liaisons 239–40
Darlinghurst Gaol 19–20
Darlinghurst Police Station 82, 89–90
Day, Lloyd Edward 70
Day, Tony 102
de Marco, Joanna 91–2
Deak, Ferrenc 101
Delaney, Colin 81, 83–4
Demol, Duncan 218
detective divisions see also names of police forces
gaming investigations 29
London Metropolitan Police 32
Longmore Royal Commission on 32
training for 49
Dethridge, Judge 42
Devine, Tilly 68
Dickie, Phil 199–200, 206
Dillon, Col 206
Dilorenzo, Anthony 222
Dixon, David 180, 221, 266–7
Dixon inquiry into police corruption 185
Domican, Tom 102
Donaldson, Ray 217, 219
Donnelly, HR ‘Bill’ 46–7
Don’t Tell the Chief 246
D’Orazio, John 237–8
Dovey, Tracey 238
Doyle, Brian ‘The Cardinal’ 71, 78, 88, 94
Driscoll, Linus ‘The Pom’ 77
drug trade
amphetamines 164–8
cannabis 161–3, 233
heroin 168–9
police involvement with 159–78
Drug Traffic 180
Drummond, Doug 211
Drury, Michael Patrick 140–1
Dugan, Darcy 71, 74
Duncan, Alexander 48–50, 117
Duncan, Assistant Police Commissioner 187
Duncan, George 83, 263
Dunn, James 38
Dunn, Ray 115
Dunn, Tom 45
Duy Le 168–9
Dwyer, Noel 206–7
Dyrenfurth, Eric 268
Eade, Wayne 1–2, 218–19
Eagle, Operation 90
Eagle Task Force 257
early-intervention counselling 263
Ebert, Michael 134
Edwards, Cyril 76
Egan, John Wesley 159–61
Electoral and Administrative Review Commission (Qld) 209
Ellund, John 224
Evans, Richard 8, 51–2, 63
Ewing Royal Commission (NSW) 53–4
Fabian, Robert 52
Faher, Deborah Joy 135
Fahey Liberal NSW government 215–16
Falconer, Bob 232–3
farewell dinners, mixed attendance at 72–3
Farran, Reginald 69–70
Farrell, Frank ‘Bumper’ 82, 263
Federal Bureau of Narcotics (Australia) 92
Fellowes, William 40
Ferguson, Ian 168–9
Fergusson, Donald
apparent suicide of 78–9
in Mellish case 85–6
in Olympic rowing squad 62
involved in abortion protection racket 69, 138
mentored by Kelly and Krahe 71, 74
Fergusson, George ‘Monkey’
cross-examined at Royal Commission 64–5
internal inquiry conducted by 59
MacKay’s support for 62–3
promot
ed to sergeant 53–4
Filthy Rat 105
Finch, James Richard 138–9
Fitzgerald, Gerald Edward ‘Tony’ 203, 213–14 see also Fitzgerald Inquiry
Fitzgerald Inquiry
events leading up to 179–203
Herbert’s evidence to 149
on corruption levels in Queensland 10
operation and results of 204–14
submissions to 261
Fitzroy, Mabel 44
five stages of corruption 1–13
Flannery, Chris 140–1
Flannery, Robert George 115
Fletcher, Steve 4
Florida, Operation 223–4
food and beverage industry 6–7, 27, 29
Ford, Jack 119–20
Ford, Norman ‘The Doorman’ 190
Fosbery, Edmund Walcott 22–3
Foster, Cliff 252
Fowler, Graham ‘Chook’ 103, 217–19
Fowler, Walter Rufus 41–3
France, treatment of suspects in 147
Fraser, Andrew 167, 169
Fraser, ‘Mad’ Frank 6
Fraud Enforcement Agency (NSW) 218
Freeman, George 74–5, 79–80, 91
Funnel Creek murder case 149
Galbally, Frank 119
Galea, Perce 72, 88
gambling
in NSW, Beck takes action against 89–91
in SA, corruption associated with 36
in Victoria, attempts to police 29
gang violence in Melbourne 164–5
Gao, Jamie 270–3
Garland, Edward 71
Garton, William 69–70
GDU7 (witness) 1–2
George, Morres 139
Germany, treatment of suspects in 147
Getting Justice Wrong 157–8
Gibb, Peter George 123
Gibbs, Harry 207
Gibbs Royal Commission 182–8
Gibson, Carl 213
Gilchrist, Marion 52–3
Gipps, George 16–17
Girling-Butcher, Tim 100
Godber, Peter Fitzroy 9
Golding, James 39–40
Goldsmith, Ian 12
Gordon, Bob 199
Gore, Kevin 77
Goyne, Lorraine 133
Gray, William 172
Grierson, William ‘Billy’ 226, 230–1
Grigg, Neville 82
Grose, Francis 15
Guardsman Task Force 165
Gudgeon, Maxwell 161–3
Gudjonsson, Gisli 146
Gulbranson, Norman 78, 187
Gun Alley 46–7
Gun Alley murder case 37
Gunn, Bill 199, 201–2, 204–7
Gymea, Operation 222, 254
Gypsy Jokers motorcycle gang 178, 230–1
Hackett, James 71
Hadgkiss, Nigel 216
Haines murder case 145
Haken, Trevor 217
Halkett, Craigie 30
Hall, Alan 200
Hall, Richard 76, 266