Article Summary

This article is not considered a psychological operation. It reports on a major investigative operation by New Zealand police, called Operation Jasper, which led to the arrest of 20 people including prison staff and members of the public over alleged corruption, bribery, and smuggling of drugs, phones, and contraband into prisons. The investigation uncovered a network of criminal activity involving prisoners coordinating drug importation from within custody and staff facilitating the trade in exchange for money, resulting in 108 charges being laid.