The Government should focus its search for crime syndicates operating across borders on the big end of town, not the wharves, according to the MUA."There's no Mr Bigs down on the waterfront," said Sydney Branch Secretary Robert Coombs. "Those days are gone. They're all in business suits in city skyscrapers or chartering ships and containers. And the ship's they are bringing in are hiding behind flags of convenience, so you just can't track down their owners."
The Maritime Union has not been the only ones warning the Government about deregulating the coast and allowing more of these ships onto the coast. Flag of Convenience shipping has a long criminal record for drug smuggling, gun running, people smuggling, environmental and labour abuse and now terrorism.
Only this April the Australian Strategic Policy Institute warned the government of the risks involved in employing foreign seafarers on the Australian coast.
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