CANBERRA nike air max 95 mens nz , Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Australia's National Anti-Gangs Squad (NAGS) has made more than 1,000 arrests since it was announced in 2013.
Michael Keenan, Australia's justice minister nike air max 95 womens nz , on Thursday announced that NAGS has made 1,068 arrests, resulting in 3 nike air max 95 nz ,365 charges related to organized crimes.
The squad makes federal law enforcement, in particular, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) nike air max thea nz , available to state law enforcement in an effort to combat gang-related crime with a focus on motorcycle gangs.
"We've been incredibly successful at doing that," Keenan told reporters.
"Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG) leaders are being driven from Australian streets as they feel the pressure exerted by law enforcement," Keenan said.
"These gangs are violent criminals who strike fear in the community nike air max 90 mens nz , both with their presence, and with the flow-on effects of the illicit drug trade they oversee."
In the process of making the arrest, NAGS officers have seized 7.2 million U.S. dollars in cash nike air max 90 womens nz , 5,700 illegal firearms and more than 170 kilograms of methamphetamine.
"We've worked very diligently to tear down these gangs. We've seized guns, cash nike air max 96 nz , cars, motorcycles and exotic animals," Keenan said.
Authorities have reported an increase in OMGC leaders fleeing overseas where they then try to control their syndicates in Australia from abroad.
"But the AFP-led NAGS is addressing this overseas risk nike air max 360 nz , by sharing with foreign law enforcement agencies the successful disruption activities that have been used in Australia," Keenan said.
"This will help our partners counter the threat of expanding OMCG activity in their country. Through the AFP's international network, the work of the NAGS will extend beyond borders and help disrupt OMCG activity on a global scale."
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SYDNEY, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Australian share market closed slightly higher on Wednesday against the gains in the banking and resources sector.
At the close on Wednesday, the S&P ASX200 index was up 7.9 points, or 0.14 percent, at 5,561.7 and the All Ordinaries was up 6.5 points, or 0.12 percent, at 5,653.6 points.
CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner told Xinhua the Australian exchange was a bit higher but basically flat as there were no broad movements in the market.
"The markets (movements) are now based on individual stocks," said Spooner.
"We did see further buying of the four major banks but today Telstra encountered some profit taking."
He added the broad movements on the Wesfarmers, Blackmores, and Westfield counters after announcing its results on Wednesday had stopped the index from rising further.
At the close, ANZ was up 0.56 percent, the National Australia Bank rose 1.09 percent, Westpac gained 1.12 percent, while the Commonwealth Bank of Australia jumped 0.83 percent.
BHP Billiton rallied at 1.61 percent, rival Rio Tinto advanced 1.57 percent while gold miner Newcrest was 0.04 percent higher.
Wesfarmers declined 2.18 percent while rival Woolworths rallied 0.50 percent.
Qantas gained 1.47 percent while telecommunication giant Telstra's tumbled 3.46 percent at Wednesday's close.
ISLAMABAD, March 17 (Xinhua) -- More than 30 terrorists and nine security personnel have been killed in Pakistan since the army launched a major operation last month, the military said Friday.
The military announced on Feb. 22 the start of the countrywide operation codenamed "Radd-ul-Fasaad," or "Reject Discord" in English, after a series of terrorist attacks that killed over 100 people in the country.
According to the army's Inter-Service Public Relations, the security forces also foiled a number of terror attacks during the operation, which still continues across the country.
Nine security personnel have lost their lives in the operation.
In one of the major raids, five terrorist were killed on March 7 when they were planning to attack a judicial complex in Swabi, a district in northwestern Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa province.
The intelligence-based operation targeted sleeping cells of the militants who were using their hideouts to facilitate the bombers for terror attacks.
Army spokesman Major Gen. Asif Ghafoor said in a statement earlier that the operation is aimed at "indiscriminately eliminating residual and latent threat of terrorism, consolidating gains of operations made thus far and further ensuring security of the borders."
NEW DELHI, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "a very good learner" who has acquired "in-depth knowledge" on every subject.
"Be it foreign relations or economy, Modi has acquired in-depth knowledge on every subject. One can win the election by a majority but you need consensus to rule. This aspect of PM Modi is very good," he said at a media conclave in the Indian capital.
Stating that Modi is "a very good learner," Mukherjee said that the prime minister has his own way of dealing with things and "we must give him credit for that."