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Four nabbed over Victoria’s largest liquid meth import worth $123m
Publish date: 23.11.2020UPDATED: AUDIO + EXTRA IMAGES -Four alleged members of a transnational criminal syndicate operating in Melbourne have been charged following the seizure of more than 560 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine, the largest importation in Victorian history.
MOREVictorian man jailed for terrorist offences
Publish date: 20.11.2020A 36-year-old man from Melbourne’s western suburbs has been jailed for 12 years after being convicted of terrorism offences, including making preparations for a terrorist attack in 2016.
MORETasmanian man arrested with illegal passport and contraband
Publish date: 20.11.2020A 49-year-old Tasmanian man faced Hobart Magistrates Court yesterday charged with a range of criminal offences, including the alleged possession of a genuine Australian passport bearing his photo, but a false name.
MOREWA investigation leads to three arrests and seizure of $1m in suspected proceeds of crime
Publish date: 20.11.2020Two Perth residents are due to appear before the Perth Magistrates Court today (20 November 2020) following an organised crime investigation by Australian authorities that resulted in the seizure of more than $1 million cash and three luxury cars valued at more than $100,000 each.
MORENSW woman sentenced for child exploitation
Publish date: 20.11.2020A 35-year-old New South Wales woman was sentenced to a three-month suspended jail term yesterday (19 November 2020) in the Armidale District Court for producing child abuse material featuring a child known to her.
MOREMelbourne man charged with possessing child abuse material across several devices
Publish date: 20.11.2020A 63-year-old Melbourne man is due to appear before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today following an investigation into his alleged online activities by the Victorian Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET).
MORE‘Queen’ of heroin smuggling crime syndicate jailed
Publish date: 19.11.2020The self-described ‘queen’ of a criminal drug smuggling syndicate who has been convicted for her role in attempting to import high grade heroin into Melbourne was sentenced to prison in the Melbourne County Court today (Thursday 19 November, 2020).
MOREWoman charged following stabbing at correctional facility
Publish date: 19.11.2020Detectives from the Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) have charged a woman following a stabbing at a correctional facility in Ravenhall last month. She will face Melbourne Magistrates’ Court this morning.
MOREPerth man in court on child exploitation offences
Publish date: 18.11.2020A 41-year-old man who allegedly shared child abuse material online and wrote about his desires to sexually abuse young girls is expected to appear in Perth Magistrate’s Court today (18 November 2020).
MOREMelbourne fraud network charged over $800,000 theft from Commonwealth
Publish date: 18.11.2020Five members of an accused Melbourne crime syndicate have been charged with defrauding the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the Child Care Subsidy of $800,000.
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