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VICTORIAN police are trying to force the key informer in the prosecution case against slain Melbourne gangland figure Mario Condello out of witness protection, despite fears he could still be a target for a revenge underworld hit.
The attempt to involuntarily terminate his place in the witness protection program would leave the informer, who can be identified only as "166", without the new identity and relocation he was originally promised by police in return for giving evidence.
166's real identity is widely known among Condello's former criminal associates.
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Sting operation allegedly show
Officials suspended 11 police officers in New Delhi after a hidden camera caught them apparently taking bribes from illegal liquor manufacturers, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
The police officers' suspension comes amid an intense debate in India over the role of sting operations — which have multiplied dramatically as media groups battle for ratings — in fighting entrenched corruption.
Authorities are considering temporarily banning a TV news channel that last month aired a "sting report" claiming to uncover a prostitution racket inside a New Delhi school.
Police arrested a teacher, the target of the sting, only to release her days later because they believed the reporters fabricated the entire story. The reporter was arrested and charged with criminal conspiracy.
However, the case involving alleged bribe-taking by police was apparently filmed by a private citizen.
A tape showing the incident was sent to the New Delhi High Court, which ordered police to investigate the officers involved, said police spokesman Rajan Bhagat.
Bhagat gave no further details on the contents of the tape or on who sent it. However, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported that the incident was filmed by a real estate agent, Chetan Prakash.
"I am on a mission," the paper quoted Prakash as saying. "I am fighting a system where corruption has now become a way of life."
The paper said Prakash had exposed corrupt police officers several times before. Prakash could not immediately be reached for comment.
Police are often singled out as particularly corrupt, and poor Indians routinely complain they have to bribe the police to get anything done.
An international anti-corruption group in 2006 ranked India toward the middle among the world's most corrupt countries, an improvement from 2005 when it ranked among the bottom half.
Sting operations are also common in India, especially as the ever-growing media — there are now more than 100 24-hour news channels — becomes more cutthroat. The intense competition has led to more aggressive reporting and deeper investigations, analysts say, but also to more dishonesty and shadier tactics.
Genuine stings have a long record of success in India and have uncovered corruption at the highest levels of government.
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