Australian Corruption Watchdog Officer Slept With Source: Report
Published on March 21, 2024
An officer of Western Australia’s corruption-fighting body corruptly used her position to have a protracted and intimate relationship with one of her informants, the body’s overseer has revealed. In a report tabled to parliament on March 21, Matthew Zilko SC, the Parliamentary Inspector of the Corruption and Crime Commission, found the woman—referred to as LC—”went rogue” and engaged in serious misconduct. A parliamentary committee referred LC to WA Police for abusing the body’s “extraordinary powers” and her position as Human Source Co-ordinator. “The officer’s conduct was extremely serious, potentially dangerous and involved a gross breach of trust,” committee chair Matthew Hughes said in the report....