Australia: Leading NSW Law Firm To Be Investigated Over Cocaine Culture At Firm

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2 years ago

February 27, 2023

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The Daily Mail reports on the firm that cannot be named…..

A leading law firm is being investigated over accusations several of its workers used drugs, blackmailed colleagues and propositioned peers with sex at an office party.

The NSW firm, which can’t be identified for legal reasons, has been dragged into the spotlight following a criminal trial of one of its lawyers.

The lawyer had been charged with serious criminal offences and was taken to court by one of their peers before they were found not guilty.

One of the lawyers had just attended a formal ceremony where they were admitted as a lawyer at the NSW Supreme Court, The Daily Telegraph reported.

The court heard they allegedly organised for cocaine to be supplied to their colleagues to celebrate their recent admission just hours after the ceremony.

Senior staff gave evidence alleging drugs were used by colleagues, and peers engaged in sexual acts during office parties and social functions.

The court heard one lawyer was allegedly caught doing cocaine off a microwave plate and sharing the drug.

A worker went into the office the following day with their children to do some work.

The court heard they allegedly found a cocaine encrusted $20 note, before wiping it down and allowing the kids to spend the money on pizza.

The court heard another lawyer allegedly propositioned their colleagues with sex during one of the parties.

Another lawyer allegedly planned to blackmail a colleague because she wanted their job, the court heard.

The court heard the lawyer allegedly told the colleague to resign or they would tell their partner about their alleged illegal behaviour.

The judge said the lawyers would be referred for investigation by the NSW Law Society and the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner.

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Shipment of grapes entering Canada hid massive stash of suspected cocaine

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3 weeks ago

November 3, 2024

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More than 600 kilograms of suspected cocaine — roughly the weight of a concert grand piano — was discovered inside a shipment of grapes intercepted by border officers earlier this month.

The seizure took place on Oct. 15 at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont.

A spokesperson for the Canada Border Services Agency says an investigation is underway with law enforcement partners.

The agency declined an interview and said it doesn’t comment on the status of ongoing investigations.

CBSA hasn’t provided an estimate of the street value of the 615 kilograms, but earlier this year estimated the value of a cocaine seizure less than half this size at $6.5 million.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ambassador-bridge-cocaine-grapes-1.7368639

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UK: Drug dealer caught with imitation gun and cocaine after swearing at passing police car

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October 19, 2024

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Miguel Mota, 18, was stopped by neighbourhood police officers after he shouted abuse at them and then tried to run. In the video above, the officer can be heard saying “You’re bringing attention to yourself by saying ‘f**k you’ as we drive past you”.

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Dad of Brit facing 60yrs in US prison for ‘trying to smuggle £3.5m in cocaine’ insists she is ‘only guilty of stupidity’

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October 15, 2024

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THE DAD of a Brit beautician facing up to 60 years in jail in the US after allegedly smuggling £3.5million worth of cocaine has insisted she is “only guilty of stupidity”.

John Hall, 59, defended his daughter Kim, 28, after she was detained at Chicago’s O’Hare airport as she was waiting for her connecting flight to Manchester.

The dad said she was offered the free holiday by people she met on an earlier trip to Portugal.

And he insisted all she is guilty of is “stupidity and naivety” as they desperately wait for news.

John said that she is “petrified” – and that at first she could barely speak to her family through floods of tears after the arrest.

The dad is convinced that Kim would have been “forced” to carry the drugs “without a shadow of a doubt”.

John told The Sun: “She’s not a drug smuggler.

“She was told that it would be money she was carrying. They got her phone and threatened her family and that’s why she did it.

“She’d been to Portugal with a friend and met people over there who contacted her when she was back saying they were into real estate in Mexico and she could go for a free holiday.

“Her friend declined but she said she would go.

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/31038866/dad-brit-drug-mule-cocaine-prison/

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