Ministerial Advisory Group: Transnational, Serious and Organised Crime - Proactive release of Cabinet paper

Ministerial Advisory Group: Transnational, Serious and Organised Crime - Proactive release of Cabinet paper

Date Published: 
January 2025

The Cabinet Paper Ministerial Advisory Group: Transnational, Serious and Organised Crime seeks agreement from Cabinet for the Minister of Customs / Associate Minister of Police to establish a Ministerial Advisory Group (MAG) to provide independent advice and recommendations on opportunities and ways that New Zealand’s law enforcement and regulatory agencies can work together to respond to Transnational and Serious Organised Crime.

A 26 November 2024 media release from Hon Costello relating to this paper and Cabinet decisions can be found here: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/advisory-group-focus-organised-crime

Document reference

Date

Key sections of the Official Information Act under which information has been withheld.

FPS Cabinet Paper Ministerial Advisory Group: Transnational, Serious and Organised Crime (PDF, 227KB)

19 November 2024

No information withheld

Attachment: Draft Terms of Reference for the MAG (PDF, 495KB)

19 November 2024

No information withheld. 

Note: The Draft Terms of Reference contain a numerical error that has subsequently been corrected. Under the “Members” heading on page two, the second sentence should read: “It is assumed members will require 53 working days each to fulfil their role.”

Attachment: Biographical Notes for the Proposed Chairperson (PDF, 116KB)

19 November 2024

No information withheld

Restricted Attachment: Examples of joint agency TNOC Operations

19 November 2024

Withheld in full under s 6(c) - where making the information available would be likely to prejudice the maintenance of the law, including the prevention, investigation, and detection of offences, and the right to a fair trial.

FPS-24-MIN-0036 (PDF, 461KB)

19 November 2024

 No information withheld