Media releases

Officers from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have charged a 59-year-old Dubbo man with multiple online child abuse offences. ***Editor’s Note: Arrest footage available***

Syndicates using the postal system to import drugs have been put on notice, following an overnight operation resulting in the arrests of three Malaysian nationals in Melbourne.

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: A Booragoon man is expected to face Perth Magistrate’s Court today (Wednesday, 16 September) charged over the alleged importation of 93 grams of methamphetamine hidden in a packet of coffee sachets sent from Malaysia.

A 28-year-old Queensland man and a 37-year-old West Australian man have been charged in relation to the importation of methamphetamine into Australia. ***Images available***

Opinion: Many Australian parents have spent endless hours reading Harry Potter novels to their kids, and are no doubt aware of the Cloak of Invisibility that allows Harry to magically disappear.

FOOTAGE AVAILABLE: A 23-year-old Sri Lankan national residing in Melbourne has been charged with child abuse material offences, after allegedly coercing young girls into sending explicit images and videos of themselves then distributing the intimate content to their family and friends as a punishment for failing to send more.

Police have laid about 250 additional state and Commonwealth child abuse charges each against two men allegedly involved in a domestic online network of alleged child sex offenders.

A Western Australia man accused of possessing child abuse images and videos that he has accessed through the internet is expected to face Perth Magistrate’s Court today (11 September) on two charges.

A 49-year-old Woodgate man is due to face a Brisbane court today, charged with more than 100 offences for allegedly possessing and distributing child abuse material via encrypted applications.

A 30-year-old Iranian national has been sentenced to 10 years and six months imprisonment for his role in importing commercial quantities of methamphetamine concealed inside honey jars, liquid polish and sugary drinks in late 2017 and early 2018.