Media releases

Three Australian Federal Police (AFP) members - including the current head of the AFP’s office in Melbourne; the Senior Liaison

Three Victorian properties valued at $4.2 million were today forfeited to the Commonwealth by order of the Melbourne Supreme Court. This is the first forfeiture action under the terms of the Joint Agency Arrangement (JAA) on economic crime cooperation between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the People’s Republic of China, Ministry of Public Security (MPS).

Australian Border Force (ABF) detector dogs in Darwin have been welcomed into their new home at the Australian Federal Police (AFP) kennel at Darwin International Airport, continuing a co-sharing trend across the country and helping keep the Northern Territory safe.

A 42-year-old man from the Lower Eyre Peninsular of South Australia has been charged with a child exploitation offence.  He was arrested by detectives from the South Australia Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (SA-JACET), which comprises of members from the Australian Federal Police and South Australia Police Force.

Australian authorities have seized the country’s largest ever onshore methylamphetamine (ice) consignment, after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers in Melbourne detected almost 1.6 tonnes of the illicit drugs – equal to almost 16 million drug deals – in stereo speakers originating from Bangkok, Thailand.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Canberra Milk are joining forces to put the faces of missing people back on milk bottle

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) can confirm there is no link between the execution of search warrants in the ACT suburb of Kingston yesterday (4 June 2019) and those on the Ultimo premises of the ABC today (5 June 2019).

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has executed a search warrant on the Ultimo premises of the ABC today (Wednesday, 5 June 2019) in relation to allegations of publishing classified material, contrary to provisions of the Crimes Act 1914.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) can confirm it has executed a search warrant at a residence in the ACT suburb of Kingston today (4 June 2019).

Detectives from the Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (a partnership between SAPOL's Special Crimes Investigation Section and the Australian Federal Police) arrested a 31 year old male from the North Eastern suburbs of Adelaide for 4 x Counts of making a child amenable to sexual activity.