How Australia created a criminal empire: Rohan Pike Pt. 2
5/18/202656 min
Australia's war on tobacco has backfired spectacularly, and the consequences have become deadly.
In this episode of I Catch Killers, former ABF and AFP detective Rohan Pike takes us deeper into the self-inflicted tobacco wars and its consequences - including the booming unregulated vape industry, with almost all vapes sold in Australia now illegal. Rohan also tells us about serving as an AFP officer in Islamabad in the aftermath of 9/11, his role in the high-profile Jihad Jack case, and leading Australia's first ever foreign bribery investigation.
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First 90 secondsGary Jubelin· Host0:00
[upbeat music] The public has had a long-held fascination with detectives. Detectives see a side of life the average person is never exposed to. I spent thirty-four years as a cop. For twenty-five of those years, I was catching killers. That's what I did for a living. I was a homicide detective. I'm no longer just interviewing bad guys. Instead, I'm taking the public into the world in which I operated. The guests I talk to each week have amazing stories from all sides of the law. The interviews are raw and honest, just like the people I talk to. Some of the content and language might be confronting. That's because no one who comes into contact with crime is left unchanged. Join me now as I take you into this world. In part two of my chat with former AFP and Border Force detective Rohan Pike, we delve deeper into Australia's tobacco wars, and Rohan gives us his no-bullshit opinion on what he believes needs to be done to fix a mess that has been created. We also talked about Rohan's time with the AFP in Pakistan, of all places. Have a listen. Rohan Pike, welcome back to part two of I Catch Killers.
Rohan Pike· Guest1:11
Thanks, Gary.
Gary Jubelin· Host1:12
Geez, we've got ourselves into a mess, haven't we?
Rohan Pike· Guest1:14
We have. Um- And we're not talking about the podcast here.
Gary Jubelin· Host1:17
We're talking about the, uh, the, what's happening in the, uh, tobacco industry.
Rohan Pike· Guest1:21
Yeah, no, it's all self-inflicted, and hopefully, we can find a way out of it.
Gary Jubelin· Host1:25
Yeah. Well, obviously, we talked in, in part one about how it came into