Private eyes on sports cheats

[Pseudonym]

In the NZ Herald, Saturday Nov 14, 2009:

Private eyes on sports cheats

Investigators hired to tackle steroid use in gyms and combat trade on internet

Private investigators look set to become the principal weapon in the fight to catch sport's drug cheats.

Drug Free Sport NZ has employed Prestige Risk Management, of Auckland, to follow tips about suspected drugs cheating in New Zealand sport.

However, Drug Free Sport NZ chief executive Graeme Steel said it was inevitable the investigations would become more pro-active.

That could involve putting investigators into gyms or on to internet chat forums, where information on procuring and using banned substances was freely available.

Read the full article here:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=10609232

[Chemo]

"Customs is probably the key [relationship]," Mr Steel said. "They have had some success in identifying drug use that the testing programme was not revealing."

This doesn't sound to good:(

[deegee]

Interesting, I wonder what they will do with the information they find on people that have nothing to do with sport nz other than bodybuilding for personal reasons

[musclenz]

Interesting, I wonder what they will do with the information they find on people that have nothing to do with sport nz other than bodybuilding for personal reasons

Exactly. Bring it on

[matt.be]

Surely there must be more desirving causes for funding then paying private eyes to chase steroid users!?

[KIMURA]

Interesting, I wonder what they will do with the information they find on people that have nothing to do with sport nz other than bodybuilding for personal reasons

Exactly. Bring it on

Perhaps pass the info on to a different govt dept i.e police or medsafe. The big busts always start with the little guy and its through investigation that they bring down the supplier/importer.

[narcosis73]

well thats just grate, looking at doing first cycle next year after knee op( happening this december) and now private eyes are snooping around making any potential contact even more paranoid than ever, well done whoever decided to spend gov funds in this manner. :naughty:

[Oros]

...ditto to that Narcosis....although not to your specific comment about spending Govt monies this way....illegal is still illegal regardless.....Its gonna be difficult enough sorting the fake shit from the real gear for a 1st timer so I just would have preferred that the odds were massively more in favour of NOT being caught as an added dis-incentive....