Scores of valuables such as mobile phones, laptops, and cameras left behind by passengers on plane kept by Qantas staffs routinely. The Sunday Telegraph stated that Qantas staffs conduct staff auctions to distribute those unclaimed valuables. Despite passengers are allocated with respective seats and leave contact detail to the company, but Qantas does not actively return those lost items. Qantas only sending its passengers to describe their lost items and mostly let its customer's wish to be disillusioned. They defend that passenger may possibly take away any valuables left behind in seat pocket.
However, Qantas hold staff auctions for those lost items and alleged part of it are endowed away for a philanthropy such as Salvation Army and Mission Australia in Sydney.. Ironically, Mission Australian spokesman denied the allegation and said they had not received any donations from Qantas for years.
When told of the denial from Mission Australia, Qantas said it had been donating the items to other charities.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Laws to target unexplained wealth
New laws come into force in South Australia this month, aiming unaccountable wealth related to syndicate.
From August 29 onwards, the laws will take effect and allow courts to deprive any wealth that a suspect can not explain. Attorney-General John Rau says the laws are formulated with intention to tackle heinous criminal activity by targeting the profit gained of those activity.
The new laws differ from the Criminal Assets Confiscation Act 2005 by allowing state to confiscate proceeds of crime with no need to prove the defendants engaged in criminal activity. Unless, the defendant has solid evidence to verify those wealth is acquired lawfully.
Also, the new law allow police to ask for relevant information from people holding money in accounts for others and apply for a warrant to search and withhold anything relevant to identifying, tracing, locating or quantifying a person's wealth.
The laws will only enforce against those who meet certain criteria, say for instance being suspected of a serious offence, being subject to a control order, or on justified reasons of engagement in crime.
From August 29 onwards, the laws will take effect and allow courts to deprive any wealth that a suspect can not explain. Attorney-General John Rau says the laws are formulated with intention to tackle heinous criminal activity by targeting the profit gained of those activity.
The new laws differ from the Criminal Assets Confiscation Act 2005 by allowing state to confiscate proceeds of crime with no need to prove the defendants engaged in criminal activity. Unless, the defendant has solid evidence to verify those wealth is acquired lawfully.
Also, the new law allow police to ask for relevant information from people holding money in accounts for others and apply for a warrant to search and withhold anything relevant to identifying, tracing, locating or quantifying a person's wealth.
The laws will only enforce against those who meet certain criteria, say for instance being suspected of a serious offence, being subject to a control order, or on justified reasons of engagement in crime.
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