FINANCE WOMAN ON DRUG MONEY CHARGE

A FINANCE adviser has been charged with money laundering.

Police claim the woman provided the business know-how for her
boyfriend's alleged drug trafficking empire.

The police asset seizures unit charged Natasha Lee Collins, 22,
yesterday with laundering $85,000, allegedly generated from the sale
of amphetamines.

Ms Collins was released on bail and will appear in Perth Magistrate's
Court on Friday.

In early February, police and Director of Public Prosecutions lawyers
used WA's tough new criminal confiscation laws to seize more than
$1.5 million in assets belonging to Andrew Chicote Marker and Ms
Collins.

Mr Marker was charged last year with possessing 422.8g of
amphetamines with intent to sell.

Anyone convicted of possessing at least 28g can be declared a drug
trafficker by the courts and have their assets confiscated under the
new laws.

When Mr Marker left court after an initial appearance, he allegedly
assaulted a television cameraman.

He was charged by Leederville police with assault occasioning bodily harm.

Later that month, Ms Collins was fined $1000 after being caught with
pictures of bestiality on her office computer.

The images were found during the asset investigation unit raid
carried out in relation to the $1.5 million asset seizure.

Ms Collins, of Banjup, pleaded guilty in Perth Magistrate's Court to
two charges of possession of a computer video of bestiality and one
charge of using a computer to transmit objectionable material.

The offences under the Censorship Act were committed between May 19,
1999, and July 14 last year.