Casey Costello: Associate Police Minister denies claims that new organised crime plan is a holiday headline

Casey Costello: Associate Police Minister denies claims that new organised crime plan is a holiday headline

Author: Newstalk ZB December 21, 2025 Duration: 5:33

The Associate Police Minister's pushing back on claims her new organised crime plan is purely a holiday headline. 

The newly released Transnational, Serious and Organised Crime Strategy aims to make New Zealand the hardest place for criminals to do business.

Initiatives include options for setting up a new dedicated department, and developing cross-agency data sharing. 

Casey Costello says it's not a rehash of Labour's 2007 plan, which was within Police and petered out without results. 

She says this is a long term sustainable model. 

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