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• About the CCC
  • Role of the CCC
  • Accountability and leadership

    • Commissioners

      • Mr Alan MacSporran QC — Chairperson
      • Mr Sydney Williams QC — Deputy Chairperson
      • Mr Marshall Irwin — Ordinary Commissioner
      • Ms Deborah Holliday — Ordinary Commissioner
      • Professor Anne Tiernan — Ordinary Commissioner
    • Chief Executive Officer and Senior Executive Officers

      • Ms Jen O’Farrell - Chief Executive Officer
      • Ms Sharon Loder — Senior Executive Officer (Crime)
      • Mr Paul Alsbury — Senior Executive Officer (Corruption)
      • Detective Chief Supt. Cheryl Scanlon APM - Executive Director, Operations Support
      • Ms Carolyn Bradley — Executive Director, Strategy, Innovation and Insights
      • Dr Rebecca Denning — Executive Director, Corporate Services
    • Appointment of commissioners, senior executive officers and senior officers
  • Our History

    • Year 1: 1989-90 - Establishment of the Criminal Justice Commission (CJC)
    • Year 2: 1990-91 - First full year of operations of the CJC
    • Year 3: 1991-92 - Refining and developing its operations (CJC)
    • Year 4: 1992-93 - An organisation vital to the interests of all Queenslanders (CJC)
    • Year 5: 1993-94 - An effective instrument for the improvement of standards in public life (CJC)
    • Year 6: 1994-95 - To promote justice and integrity in Queensland (CJC)
    • Year 7: 1995-96 - A focus on cultural capability, reform and education (CJC)
    • Year 8: 1996-97 - Public sector and police probes (CJC)
    • Year 9: 1997-98 - Amendments to the Criminal Justice Act: increased external oversight, transfer of the organised crime role (CJC)
    • Year 1: 1997-98 - Establishment of the Queensland Crime Commission as a value-added law enforcement response (QCC)
    • Year 10: 1998-99 - Project Sunbeam shines a light on indicators of corruption (CJC)
    • Year 2: 1998-99 - Queensland Crime Commission’s first full 12 months of operation (QCC)
    • Year 11: 1999-2000 - 10 years of the CJC
    • Year 3: 1999-2000 - Identification of an early ice epidemic, Internet-based criminal paedophilia (QCC)
    • Year 12: 2000-2001 - Investigating major allegations of electoral fraud (CJC)
    • Year 4: 2000-2001 - A proactive, intelligence-driven approach to major multidisciplinary investigations (QCC)
    • Year 1: 2001-2002 - Creation of the CMC: A major step forward for Queensland law enforcement (CMC)
    • Year 2: 2002-2003 - The Scott Volkers case and significant legislative amendments (CMC)
    • Year 3: 2003-2004 - CMC Inquiry recommends creation of Department of Child Safety (CMC)
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• Fighting crime
  • What the CCC investigates

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  • How the CCC fights crime

    • Recovering the proceeds of crime
    • How proceeds of crime are recovered using the confiscation schemes
    • Investigating major crime: use of the coercive hearings power
    • Drugs in Queensland

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  • Results

    • Case studies

      • Operation Altana
      • Operation Gloss
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      • Operation Lithium
      • Operation Lightning
      • Operation Storm
      • Operation Warrior
      • Other crime case studies
    • Property crime
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• Investigating corruption
  • What the CCC investigates

    • What is corrupt conduct?
    • What the CCC does not investigate
    • The Devolution Principle
  • How the CCC investigates corruption

    • Procedures for dealing with complaints about corruption
  • Report corruption

    • Whistleblowers and public interest disclosures
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    • Police misconduct
  • Police misconduct
  • Results
  • Taskforce Flaxton
  • Operation Belcarra
  • Past investigations

    • Case study: Timesheet fraud leads to criminal conviction
    • Case study: Research fraud
    • Case study: Corruption in vehicle licensing puts public safety at risk
  • Operation Windage
• Corruption prevention
  • Corruption in focus
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    • Corruption allegations data dashboard - Glossary
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  • Corruption reports and case studies
  • United against corruption: Joint communiqué from Australia’s anti-corruption Commissioners
  • Corruption in Queensland: perceptions and prevention
  • Communiqué: CCC Chairperson and Directors-General to collaborate on corruption prevention in Queensland
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