What?! White and non-Muslim? Surely not. 

But these people are alright the're white and not muslims as helian said,funny isn't it these blokes could walk down the street without even a side glance, but put a turbin on their heads and they turn into terrorists.

It does pose incredibly difficult problems for implementing immigration policies to try and deal with organised crime gangs.
For decades the Romanians have been here, after fleeing Ceausescu's brutal regime, and a country rife with corruption, illegal arms, drugs, and eastern european organised crime gangs.

They quickly took over Australia's heroin trade, and proved strong rivals to the Vietnamese drug rings for the lucrative illegal drug dollar.

They grew in wealth and power, they expanded their criminal  activities to encompass cyber crime through expertise acquired from their connections with the east european mafia, but however, attracted far less media, and subsequent public attention than one would expect, and if this is due to the fact that they blend in more easily, because of their caucasian appearance, then it highlights a weakness they were only too happy to exploit.

One aspect of the current refugee influx from the regions of Afghanistan, and Iraq, is the fact that the area they are fleeing from, is now the world's largest Heroin producing region, and it is safe to assume we will see some of these new arrivals willing to risk the dangers of importing illegal drugs here.

They rightfully assess that the huge potential profits, are worth the risk.

So the pressing question is how do we counter these criminal elements, and stop them thriving in a system that is far more tolerant, and far less brutal, than those from which they have fled?

Some will advocate stiffer sentencing for any actually caught, which may act as a slight deterrent, but while the potential financial rewards remain so great, there will never be a shortage of someone else to replace the ones caught, even if they were threatened with receiving the death penalty.

So do we just put up the shutters, and try and stop all immigration?

Do we try and remove the incentive for people to traffic drugs, by removing the financial incentives, by changing our policy of prohibition?

Do we invest more in anti-crime task forces to specifically target these organised gangs?

Do we impose higher standards for entry to Australia?

Should we implement a tiered system of citizenship, where migrants must prove their good character, over a significant period of time, before they are eligible to be granted the usual rights of an Australian citizen?

It is a significant problem already, and is likely to only get worse, as people who come from backgrounds where violence and corruption are accepted as everyday aspects of existence, are not forced to adjust to a system which demands much higher moral standards from it's citizenry.

It is a significant quandary with lots of problems, and no easy answers but even so, we cannot just throw up our hands in despair and try to hope it just sorts itself out.
We need action, but firstly we need to see our government devise a plan which can be fair, and humane, and also effective.

Unfortunately we have never seen any government, or even any party, with the courage to seriously address the most pressing issue of drug trafficking, which provides these gangs with the money and power to expand their range of criminal enterprises.

Is this because they fear the political fallout, often seen instigated from talkback commentators, and callers who will pillory any changes which they could naively describe as going soft on drugs, or crime.
Instead we see all governments persist with failed policies which will only see these problems grow, and that will only change, when the public finally recognise that we need to try something new, if we are going to effectively tackle the problem of illegal drugs, and the raft of criminal activities that flow from it.

Any suggestions on how we should tackle it should be fully explored.

What do you guys think?

Yup, drugs need to be made a medical problem, not a police one. Of course the cops enjoy the War on Terror™ and if that is wound up they will be moved to Traffic Divn