Media releases

Victoria Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (VIC JACET) investigators have charged a 33-year-old Melbourne man with allegedly possessing child abuse material.

The Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) today released the results of market research into community awareness and understanding of online child sexual exploitation.

An experienced accountant is due to appear before the Downing Centre Local Court today (Tuesday, 11 February 2020), charged with 27 tax evasion and fraud-related offences, with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) alleging the 62-year-old woman attempted to evade more than $8 million in tax for a client.

A 50-year-old Tuncurry man has been charged with allegedly fraudulently obtaining Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payments (AGDRP) he was not entitled to and dishonestly influencing Services Australia public officials related to the NSW Bushfires.

The New South Wales Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (NSW JACET) has charged a 41-year-old Sydney man who allegedly distributed child abuse material online.

Two men have been jailed over the 2018 seizure of 394.9 kilograms of pure methamphetamine, concealed inside car bonnets shipped from Malaysia to Sydney.

Four Melbourne students involved in a transnational drug syndicate have been sentenced to serve prison sentences today (Monday, February 3, 2020), after attempting to import around 12.5 kilograms of cocaine into Australia.

Detectives from the Northern Territory Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (JACET) have charged a 37-year-old Darwin man for possession of child abuse material.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged two men for an alleged assault at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre on Wednesday, 29 January.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is appealing for information on the whereabouts of a man who is due to face trial as part of a conspiracy to import illicit drugs via light aircraft from California into Australia in 2017.