Regulatory Regimes and Organised Crime: Report (html)

In October 2014, the Commission was asked to examine and report on how regulation might stop organised crime from infiltrating occupations and industries. Regulatory regimes are laws, regulations, policies and instruments that govern the entry into and conduct within an industry. They include licensing, registration requirements and fit-and-proper-person tests.

The VLRC reviewed various lawful occupations and industries in Victoria and elsewhere. Our report, tabled in Parliament on 25 May 2016, concluded that there is no ‘one-size-fits-all approach’ to industry regulation and regulatory responses to infiltration by organised crime must be considered on an industry-to-industry basis. Access the report from the links below.

• Preface
• Terms of reference
• Glossary
• Executive summary
• 1. Background
• 2. Overarching principles
• 3. Identifying the problem or issue: is the occupation or industry at risk of organised crime infiltration?
• 4. Specifying the desired objectives
• 5. Assessing the existing regulatory regime
• 6. Restricting entry into an occupation or industry
• 7. Regulating post-entry behaviour
• 8. Addressing the use of professional facilitators
• 9. Considering the effect of the preferred strategies: will they create perverse incentives?
• 10. Developing an implementation plan for the preferred strategies
• 11. Detailing the evaluation strategy
• 12. Conclusion
• Appendix A: Advisory committee
• Appendix B: Submissions
• Appendix C: Consultations
• References