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00:10Tonight on Border Security
00:12I collect gadgets
00:14This is one unhappy passenger
00:16Everybody's f***ing well, give me my f***ing shit and let me go
00:19F***ing check it out
00:20But he pushes officers too far
00:22A massive hunt for evidence
00:25Our main person of interest has used these rooms as part of his office space
00:29In a huge operation to catch illegal workers
00:32We've located about 40 Chinese workers
00:35I'm suffering fever
00:37And why is the doctor's wife suddenly so sick?
00:41I'm sorry for this
01:01Customs and Border Protection officers are always on the lookout to ensure prohibited items
01:06Don't cross the border
01:08Today, this passenger has just arrived on a flight from Thailand
01:13Where he's been busy shopping
01:15This is a laser pointer I take it
01:17No, it's like a disco thing
01:19It's like all these lights come up, shine up
01:22We will check it
01:23We'll have to check the strength
01:24Because if they're over a certain wattage
01:27What do you look at me like that for?
01:28Like I'm lying there?
01:29No, no, no
01:30It's just I don't really go to disco
01:31I don't really go to disco
01:32So, you know
01:33Yeah, but like
01:34You know you're giving me that smile
01:35Apart from the gadgets
01:37The passengers brought back a serious attitude problem
02:06It's early morning
02:08And immigration investigators and compliance officers
02:11Are preparing for a surprise operation
02:14On a chicken processing factory in Brisbane
02:17The AFP are going to secure the premises for us
02:20At that point we will commence a search of the premises
02:23Investigators
02:23Your role is to search for evidence
02:25To support a possible prosecution
02:28What we're referring to there is the employment of either unlawful non-citizens
02:32Or people in breach of their work visas
02:34People who don't have appropriate work rights
02:36The Federal Police enter the building
02:39While immigration officers wait outside
02:42The employees who've been working the night shift
02:45Are ordered to stop work
02:46And they comply with the officers
02:48The Federal Police have exercised a warrant
02:50We've located about 40 Chinese workers at work
02:54Boaning chicken
02:55We're just about to brief everyone in relation to plan of action
02:58We don't know how many of them are going to be of interest to us
03:01AFP at the moment they're going through
03:02They're just making sure everyone's safe
03:04Be ready to go in as soon as AFP gives us the all clear
03:08Compliance officers will interview the employees
03:11While the investigators are hoping to find evidence relating to any illegal workers
03:16Which would lead to the prosecution of the factory's owners
03:32A heart surgeon and his wife arriving from India have not declared any food
03:38But quarantine officer Deb has already discovered that's not the truth
03:43There's more?
03:45You have more food?
03:47No food
03:48No food
03:49No food
03:49No food
03:50No food
03:50No food
03:51What's in here?
03:52Oh
03:54Did you know these were inside your bag?
03:56Yes
03:57You did one
04:06They're all products that are of a concern so we're going to open up the packaging and have a look,
04:11okay?
04:12Homemade
04:27Homemade
04:28Any food
04:29Any food
04:29Any food
04:30Any food
04:30Any food
04:30Any food
04:30Any food
04:30Any food
04:31Any food
04:32I have written
04:33It should be yes
04:34It should be yes
04:35It should be yes
04:36No, no, no
04:36No changing your card at this point sir
04:38It's too late
04:39Okay
04:39Too late
04:40So why didn't you tick yes there either?
04:42I have not read this so carefully
04:45Okay
04:45That is my problem
04:47That is my problem
04:48That is my problem
04:49That is the problem of the Indian itself
04:50Yeah
04:51Okay
04:54That is the problem of the Indian itself
04:56Okay
04:57So this is a legal document sir
04:59And as I brought to your attention down here
05:01You can have failure to answer the questions honestly can have serious consequences
05:05Let's talk to my supervisor and I'll be right back with you
05:13Disco, disco
05:14Press the button and you'll see
05:16Press
05:16Officers in Sydney have found some unusual electronic gadgets in this passenger's bag
05:22What's the problem with all these things?
05:24There's not necessarily a problem
05:26We're just checking to make sure there is
05:28One of the items appears to be a laser pointer
05:31It's not a laser pointer
05:32It's a disco film
05:35He also has a plastic bag filled with prohibited weapons
05:39Did he declare?
05:42Well, he's in trouble
05:44What?
05:45You didn't declare
05:46For what?
05:47Your weapons
05:50Knives
05:51I did not pack you said you were aware of the contents
05:53And I didn't know
05:54I said I did not pack everything in my bag
05:57If you don't know what is in your bag
05:59You have to make yourself aware of what you carry
06:01That can be very dangerous
06:03If you ask me, he was packing my bag
06:05And he's like
06:06Okay, what about you
06:07If you put a kilo of drugs in your bag?
06:10I don't know, then I'll be f***ed up
06:13Is that the right?
06:14So you want to know what you're carrying on your bags when you come to an airport, okay?
06:17Yeah, but I didn't think of that
06:20Well, think about it
06:21A kilo of drugs in my bag
06:24So we're just going to seize
06:25The knuckle duster
06:26The thick nose
06:28And the laser pointer
06:32It's a disco, man
06:34That may be the case
06:36But it's too strong to be allowed in
06:39Unless you have a permit
06:40It doesn't go that far
06:41The beam goes like
06:4320 metres
06:44Yeah, you're saying that you use it at a disco
06:47But the story is it can be modified
06:49To point a single
06:51Actual laser beam
06:52So that's the problem
07:00I'll give you my word
07:01I won't go to fight
07:01Yeah
07:03Come on, man
07:04It's a lazy thing, man
07:06They've got to fight these, man
07:07They've got to impress the girl somehow
07:09As Officer David fills out the confiscation form
07:13The passenger is starting to lose his cool
07:15And, unfortunately for him
07:18This search is far from over
07:28After a successful operation by the AFP
07:31On a chicken processing factory
07:33It's now up to immigration
07:35To determine how many of the 40 employees found
07:39Are working illegally
07:40So far we've interviewed about 20 people
07:43So half the group
07:43We've made four initial detention decisions
07:48They relate to unlawful non-citizens
07:50People who've overstayed their visas
07:51There's also other two being taken into questioning detention
07:55For possible breaches of their student visas
07:57We believe they're not enrolled with their education providers
08:00And interviews are continuing
08:03The investigations team is searching for a paper trail
08:07That could link the company with employing illegal workers
08:10And help with the prosecution
08:12In this instance we're looking for documents
08:14That will help us prove that this particular facility
08:17Is employing people illegally
08:19Or allowing them to work
08:20People without visas
08:20People without work rights
08:22We're looking for pay slips
08:24Or any documents really
08:26That will tie them to the workers
08:27We're also looking at IT evidence
08:30Which we believe will tie this employer
08:32To illegal workers
08:34Compliance officers have finished their initial interviews
08:37With all 40 of the workers
08:39There are 13 unlawful non-citizens
08:42Four people whose identity we haven't been able to establish yet
08:45And then there's five people
08:46Who are subject to visa cancellation
08:48Because of breach of visa conditions
08:50The investigators have come across a problem
08:53With their search for evidence
08:55We've got two locked doors
08:56Which we need to search
08:58The information that we've got
08:59Is that our main person of interest
09:00Has used these rooms as part of his office space
09:03So at the moment
09:04The AFP are looking at opportunities
09:07For us to still get access to these rooms
09:09This employer may be facing a fine
09:12Of up to $13,000
09:13And or two years imprisonment
09:16Per illegal worker
09:17And the company could be fined
09:19Up to $66,000 per illegal worker
09:22For the investigations team
09:25Getting access to the room
09:26And files is crucial
09:39In Brisbane
09:40Quarantine has discovered undeclared food
09:42In the bags of this couple arriving from India
09:46This here is a legal document
09:48And you stated that
09:49The information I've given you is true and correct
09:51But you said you've got no food
09:52And you've got all this
09:53Even though all this is releasable
09:55And okay
09:55This stuff isn't
09:57So today you'll be a $220 fine
10:00I'm not taking it seriously
10:02That is why
10:02This is the
10:04We are Indian
10:05We are Indian
10:05So you've broken the law
10:07I 100% agree
10:09But this was not my intention
10:12This was not my intention
10:14At all
10:14At all
10:15There must be intention
10:15Because
10:17It says at the top
10:18It says here
10:20I don't understand
10:21I'm sorry for this
10:23I'm again sorry for this
10:24I understand that
10:25But you'll still have to pay the fine
10:26You'll still have to pay the fine
10:31That is a
10:31My husband is a heart-fitting
10:35That's okay
10:35So still
10:36At the end of the day
10:37Not at a time
10:41But their verbal bombardment
10:43Isn't going to get them anywhere
10:44So
10:45They try a new tactic
10:46I am suffering the fever
10:50Could sympathy for a sudden illness
10:52Get them off
10:54I don't understand
10:56I'm sorry for this
10:57I'm again
11:05It's been a long morning's work for immigration
11:08They've detained 22 Chinese workers
11:13And now
11:14With the help of the Federal Police
11:17Investigators are trying to gain entry
11:19Into two locked offices
11:20At the moment
11:21The AFP are looking at opportunities
11:23For us to still get access to these rooms
11:25So that we can conduct the surgery
11:26And look for evidence
11:27Of the offences
11:28With regards to the employment
11:29Of illegal labour
11:34You're my hero
11:36It will be a long and difficult process
11:39For investigators to prosecute the offenders
11:42They're hoping
11:43Whatever evidence is found
11:45Matches up with testimonies
11:47Given by the illegal workers
11:48I think the only thing here
11:50Might be these
11:51But
11:52It's going to be really hard
11:53To prove anything out of that
11:55If we can identify
11:56Who these people are
11:57Then
11:59Then it goes towards payment
12:01Compliance officers
12:02Have transferred
12:03The detained workers
12:04To the head office
12:05For further interviews
12:06And to gather more information
12:08About their employment
12:10With the company
12:19Have you ever worked
12:21In Australia
12:26Okay
12:30So how long were you
12:31Working for a chicken factory
12:34Yesterday
12:37Only one day
12:38Only one day
12:49A number of prohibited weapons
12:52And a high powered laser pointer
12:54Have been confiscated
12:55From this agitated passenger
12:57Officers are also suspicious
12:59Of a number of electronic gadgets
13:02I've just got to check
13:03This device here
13:07What are you going to use it for?
13:09It detects mobile phones
13:10Say if there's mobile phones in range
13:12And then
13:12It gives you a signal
13:15What's this?
13:16A light
13:17Described as a phone
13:19Light
13:20Is that like a torch?
13:22Yeah
13:23It's not a taser or anything
13:27I've got all sorts of gadgets
13:28At home
13:29And I just
13:29Stuffed around
13:31Like really
13:32What's that?
13:33He says it's a light
13:35Officer David shows it
13:37To his colleague
13:39It's actually a taser
13:40I see
13:45So this isn't just a torch, right?
13:49It's actually a taser
13:51Show me how it tastes
13:52So why do you have a taser?
13:54Show me how it tastes like
13:55Why do you have a taser?
13:56Show me how it tastes like
13:59Show me
14:00Show me
14:03Piss me off, man
14:05I mean, being like
14:06I was big
14:09Corporate, even everything
14:10Take my phone
14:11Take this, take that
14:13You've got cocaine
14:14In your bag
14:15You've got this
14:16You've got that
14:17This is all, man
14:22It's your wife
14:23Not very well
14:24I'm suffering
14:25She's not well
14:26She's suffering
14:31These passengers
14:32Are still trying
14:33To get out of paying
14:34A $220 fine
14:36For not declaring
14:37Food items
14:38Over to the bench
14:39Please
14:39I'll be back with you
14:40I don't know
14:43The rules of the Australia
14:44Okay
14:45I'm going to come
14:46And show you
14:46We are tourists
14:48Officer Deb
14:49And Supervisor Danny
14:50Try one last time
14:52To get the travellers
14:53To understand
14:54Why they are being
14:55Issued with a fine
14:57My concern is that
14:58You didn't mark yes
14:58And you were carrying
14:59High risk goods
15:00You'll be receiving
15:01A penalty fine
15:02Of $220
15:03I am
15:04I am
15:05I am
15:05I am
15:06I am
15:06I am
15:06I am
15:06I am
15:06I am
15:06I am
15:06I am
15:06I am
15:07I am
15:07I am
15:07I am
15:07I am
15:07I am
15:07I am
15:07I am
15:09I am
15:11You can actually
15:12Go to court
15:12If you want to fight
15:13This you can go to court
15:14But it may cost you
15:15A lot more money
15:16If you go to court
15:16So that's your
15:18If you want to do that
15:19Instead of paying
15:19The $220 fight
15:21Madam
15:22I am
15:22100% agree
15:23With you
15:24That's right
15:25This is my fault
15:26This is my fault
15:27I 100% agree
15:28I don't deny it
15:29But I filled up
15:31Casually
15:32Because
15:32That's a very big mistake
15:35To make
15:35Yes I do agree
15:36I do agree
15:37100% agree
15:38Okay
15:38So there's consequences
15:39With the errors
15:40That you make
15:40Now
15:41We've had a discussion
15:42My decision is not
15:44Going to change today
15:45Okay
15:45I do apologise for that
15:47But I cannot ignore
15:48The amount of food
15:49That you've brought with you
15:49Finally
15:50The message seems
15:51To have got through
15:52And he agrees
15:53To pay the fine
15:54How much
15:55Should I get
15:56$220
15:58Okay
16:11Immigration officers
16:12Are interviewing
16:1322 Chinese people
16:15Who've been detained
16:16On the suspicion
16:17That they've been
16:17Working illegally
16:18At a Brisbane
16:19Chicken factory
16:20They've come on visas
16:22For particular programs
16:23In most cases
16:24It's been student visas
16:25They're not here studying
16:26They're here for the purpose
16:27Of work
16:28And we have to
16:29Protect Australian work rights
16:30As well
16:31And how did you get the job
16:32How did you know
16:33To go to a chicken factory
16:34To get work
16:39A friend of mine
16:41Asked me to go
16:42If you just said
16:43I have a job
16:43You can come
16:44Did she say
16:45What you would be doing
16:49Yes
16:49Just cut chicken
16:51What did she say
16:52About how much
16:53She would get paid
16:58She didn't talk about
16:59The pay
16:59She just said
17:00I have a job
17:01You can come
17:02Okay
17:02So she didn't say
17:03An amount
17:04That she would get paid at all
17:06Me
17:06Me
17:07All right
17:08So
17:09What I'm going to do
17:10Is I'm going to go
17:11And talk
17:12With my manager
17:14And have a chat
17:15With them
17:16About your circumstances
17:18And make a decision
17:19On your continued detention
17:20So far
17:22None of the illegal workers
17:24Have provided
17:25Any solid evidence
17:26That may be crucial
17:27For a successful prosecution
17:29Against the employer
17:39Take my phone
17:40Take this
17:41Take that
17:41You got cocaine
17:43In your bag
17:44You got this
17:45You got that
17:45You's all man
17:47Show me
17:49Hazel
17:50We checked
17:51And we know what it is
17:52I didn't know
17:54Why do you have one
17:54I didn't know
17:55They say it's a torch
17:57Why didn't you spy a torch?
18:00Because I collect gadgets
18:02For the f***ing 50th time
18:04I'm telling you man
18:05Stop asking me stupid questions
18:07You dickhead
18:09F***ing hell man
18:12You're looking at me
18:12What?
18:13You want to have a go
18:13Or what?
18:14All that shit
18:15Don't look at me like that
18:17F***ing
18:20F***ing knock you flat mate
18:23Believe me
18:24Officers are trained
18:26To deal with agitated passengers
18:28I find it best
18:29Just to try and keep
18:30Calm
18:30And not to engage
18:32With it
18:32I think
18:32People who try that on
18:34Sometimes will
18:34Try and get a response
18:37And I find it best
18:38Not to engage
18:39With that kind of behaviour
18:41That's a taser
18:43That mobile phone
18:44The one you said
18:44Is a light
18:45Is a taser
18:45It's a light
18:47It's got two prongs
18:48Up here mate
18:49Okay
18:50What do you think
18:51These things are for
18:51And these things
18:53This thing is
18:54Probably to charge
18:55And what about these things
18:56For the light
18:58Actually
18:58I actually thought
18:59That was the way
19:01Of course
19:01You had to
19:02It's a prohibited
19:03Inport mate
19:03You can't bring that in either
19:05F***ing
19:05Everybody's gone
19:06Everybody's f***ing gone
19:08Everybody's f***ing gone
19:09Give me my f***ing shit
19:10And let me go
19:12F***ing take whatever
19:15You don't have to talk to anyone
19:17But you don't talk like that
19:18Mate
19:18So just tone it down a bit
19:19I'll put you in the room
19:20Otherwise
19:21You listen
19:21You'll be in a room
19:22If you don't tone it down a bit
19:24Right
19:25Understand me
19:26You do
19:27Not really
19:27You're going to have to wait
19:29Okay
19:29Huh
19:29You're going to have to wait
19:31Someone's coming to talk to me
19:33Listen to me
19:34Yeah listen
19:34Okay
19:35You want to take it
19:37Take it
19:38And shove it
19:39Wherever the f***
19:39You want to shove it
19:41Let's go into the room
19:42Grab your trolley
19:43Let's go
19:44You push it
19:46This way
19:47Follow me
19:48I'm scared
19:49I'm scared
19:50No
19:58Compliance officers are questioning the last of the illegal workers detained after an operation
20:04On a chicken processing factory in Brisbane
20:06So I just want to discuss with you Miss Chen's current situation
20:11So she's been unlawful for a year
20:13I'm thinking to continue her detention given her history
20:17No that sounds good to me
20:18Okay excellent
20:19Cool thank you
20:20Immigration investigation officers were hoping to gather enough evidence for a prosecution
20:27From an investigations perspective this has just been a fantastic day for us
20:31A really good outcome
20:32Really good start
20:33As you can see we've literally got boxes of employment records here
20:37Which will help tie the employer to the illegal workers
20:40We've got for example some great stuff
20:42We've got illegal worker warning notices
20:44Which will help establish knowledge with our case
20:46We've also got lists of employees
20:49That tie them to employment numbers
20:50And that was one of the concerns that we had
20:52Was identifying which workers are doing which work
20:54But a really really good start
20:56And I think yeah it's promising
21:16A passenger has been moved to a private room
21:19After becoming aggressive when officers confiscated a number of his prohibited items
21:25In a baggage examination we uncovered a number of items
21:28Which we believe to be prohibited imports
21:30These included a laser pointer, a taser
21:33We also located a knuckle duster, three flick knives and a butterfly knife
21:38We've held and seized those items
21:41We've learnt that he made some claims about where the goods came from
21:45And that some people on his holiday helped pack the bags
21:48He sort of answered questions to a point
21:51And then he's decided that certain questions he would like not to answer
21:55And the passenger is now free to leave
21:58And took my shit off of me
22:00Took my knives
22:01And they might take further investigation
22:03I don't care
22:06My lawyer will crush them
22:09Several times he claimed he was just a gadget collector
22:12And that may be the case
22:14But our job is to make sure
22:15To determine what these things are
22:17And if they're not within the law
22:20Then to make sure they don't enter the community
22:22And that may be the case
22:25And that may be the case
22:27And that may be the case
22:27And that may be the case
22:27And that may be the case
22:28And that may be the case
22:29And that may be the case