Media releases

A 45-year-old Burwood, Sydney, man is due to appear before Sydney Central Local Court on Wednesday, 4 December 2019, charged with drug offences after he was arrested at Sydney Airport on Saturday (30 November 2019).

A tool allowing cybercriminals to remotely and secretly gain control over a victim’s computer is no longer available as a result of an Australian-led operation targeting hackers allegedly using the Imminent Monitor Remote Access Trojan (IM-RAT).

Three men have been jailed today over their plan to use improvised bombs and machetes in a terrorist attack in Melbourne’s CBD during the 2016 Christmas period.

A 53-year-old Gwelup man is due to face Perth Magistrates Court today (29 November) charged with indecently assaulting three teenage girls.

A 25-year-old Malaysian national will face court in Melbourne today, charged with child exploitation offences following a tip-off from a US law enforcement agencies.

A 25-year-old Sydney resident accused of helping to launder more than $7.74 million of suspected proceeds of crime is due to face Perth Magistrates Court today (Thursday, 28 November).

A 25-year-old foreign national residing in Adelaide is due to face Adelaide Magistrates Court today (Thursday) accused of threatening to share intimate videos and images of a former partner, in one of the first sextortion cases led by the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

A total of $2.24 million in alleged proceeds of crime has been restrained by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) as part of an investigation involving a Chinese national linked to two Perth bank accounts.

A $560,000 yacht allegedly used in a foiled attempt to import almost 1 tonne of illicit drugs into Western Australia is set to go under the hammer. WA Police Force initially seized the Sail Yacht Zero (SY Zero) in September as part of the extensive joint law enforcement operation known as Shipton Budgee.

The Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (QLD JOCTF), working with the National Police of the Netherlands (NPN) Criminal Investigations Division, has charged 11 people and seized MDMA with an estimated street value totalling AUD $301.6 million.