I will be very brief.
You are correct. I think the way to approach this is to just generally talk about what we know about smuggling and what we've learned through various operations, through intelligence gathering and, let's face it, through experience.
Smuggling is not new. Smuggling and trafficking have been occurring for years. It is a worldwide business. It is a proven fact that it is a growing business. It is something that is done by criminals for pure profit, with no regard, or very, very minor regard, for the health, the safety and, quite frankly, the lives of the people who are in fact being smuggled. It endangers lives. As the minister has mentioned, we've seen deaths. Australia has experienced a significant number of deaths, with some of those deaths purposely caused by the smugglers themselves in regard to the people they were in fact smuggling.
Smuggling also brings threats to our country—