Taskforce to crack down on crooked Australian Customs officers Customs is warning of a 'cocaine invasion' as drug smuggling syndicates learn sophisticated new tricks. CROOKED Customs officers involved with criminal enterprises or who have unexplained luxury items due to untoward associations will face the full force of a new taskforce aimed at weeding them out. Immigration and Border Protection Minister Scott Morrison today announced the establishment of the taskforce alongside Customs chief executive Michael Pezzullo. Mr Pezzullo said the new taskforce would use an analysis of data to find links between unexplained wealth, criminal gangs and organisations and Customs and Border Protection officers. Customs chief executive Michael Pezzullo says he is not ruling out more arrests. He said quite a number of his staff were under investigation in addition to the eight arrests that have already been made of customs officers accused of criminal links. The ongoing investigations were "disturbing," Mr Pezzullo said. The new taskforce would be comprised of six internal investigators and would probe every officer in Customs "from me down," Mr Pezzullo said. Mr Pezzullo said he could not rule out more arrests to come and that some officers were simply "lying low" hoping they would avoid detection. "There are some officers under surveillance now who think they can fly under the radar," he said. This is a message to them - we are on to you and through this taskforce we will ensure we eradicate any corruption. Mr Pezzullo said in addition to the eight arrests so far there were a number of officers who had been sacked or resigned due to failing to meet strict code of conduct rules. "My hope is that no one else comes to light as a result of this, but I can't guarantee that," he said.