The Australian Crime Commission "has quietly abandoned plans to produce a new follow-up report to its explosive 2013 drugs in sport investigation," saying codes had acted to improve the "integrity" of sport, according to Aston & Proszenko of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. But the arrest of Queensland football players Karmichael Hunt and Beau Falloon on cocaine supply charges, and revelations that up to 100 people are under investigation as part of the same inquiry, "will call into question the decision to cut short the wider probe." The first report "rocked the sporting world and led to scandal and suspensions" at Australian Football League side Essendon and National Rugby League side Cronulla Sharks. The report "revealed deep links between athletes and sporting codes and drug-dealing bikie gangs and other criminal syndicates." ACC CEO Chris Dawson said that "a second report was no longer necessary." Dawson said, "The Australian Crime Commission continues to monitor the illicit drug market, including performance and image enhancing drugs (PIEDs), through its High Risk and Emerging Drugs Special Operation. A further assessment of the threat of PIEDs to the sporting sector in Australia is not currently being completed by the ACC." Former World Anti-Doping Agency President John Fahey "declined to comment on the ACC's backflip." Fahey said, "They indicated two years ago they were going to beef up their program and they may well have, but I haven't seen any details of it. I hope they have" (SMH, 2/21).
