Its a familiar movie plot: good drug cops thwarted in catching Mr. Big because Mr. Big has bought off someone vital at the top echelon of the law enforcement chain. On Tuesday, Sydney saw the scenario played out in real life. A top-level Investigator in NSW's Crime Commission, which was set up with extraordinary powers to catch the Mr. Big's of the drug world, was arrested at his desk and charged with a slew of serious drug importation conspiracies.  The arrest was the culmination of a 2-year international investigation spanning 3 continents. Drug authorities estimate the street value of the drugs at about $100 million. Apparently, this 30-year law enforcement veteran was feeding information on the Crime Commission's surveillance and search methods. The Police Commissioner acknowledged that he had recently learned that Mark Standen had a gambling problem.

As if that wasn't bad enough, yesterday it emerged that the bad cop was having an affair and his lover works at the ICAC (Independent Commission Against corruption)!!! Whoa.

On the same day, in a court room in Sydney, another senior drug cop was sentenced for a plot that is straight from the movies: the cop and his partner got a paid drug informant to set up a major "buy", then at gun point, they stole the money, and told the informant that they'd charge him with drug dealing and send him to prison if he fingered them.

Today, we have yet more bad cops making the headlines. As a result of an international child pornography investigation, 70 people were arrested, and many computers seized. One of those arrested was a federal police officer.

Just weeks ago, a NSW government minister was sentenced for his pedophile acts on young boys, who he got hooked on heroin in order to keep them under his evil control.

Brings to mind the old saying "you never really know a person....."  I wonder how long it had been since Standen had undergone a security clearance?