Media releases

A 35-year-old man has been charged by the Australian Federal Police over ‘revenge porn’ offences, after he allegedly distributed intimate images of a former girlfriend without her permission. The man is expected to face Perth Magistrate's Court today (17 January).

A 22-year-old Palmyra man accused of posing as a woman online to chat about sexually abusing young children is expected to face Perth Magistrate’s Court today (17 January) after being charged by the WA Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (WA JACET).

The alleged madam of a Riverton residential brothel is expected to face Perth Magistrate’s Court today (17 January), charged with dealing in the proceeds of crime over the discovery of $65,920 cash in a locked safe and cabinet at the premises.

A 19-year-old woman has been charged by the South Australia Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (SA JACET) with possessing child abuse material.

A 30-year-old man has become the first person in South Australia to be charged for possessing a child-like sex doll under new Commonwealth laws targeting child abuse-related offences.

A 45-year-old Cairns man is scheduled to appear in Perth Magistrate’s Court this morning after being charged with allegedly making threats regarding aviation security during a flight from Perth to Cairns early this morning (Friday, 10 January 2020).  

A 31-year-old Dandenong man has been charged with allegedly threatening an AFP officer and creating targeted, menacing online video content.

A 55 year old Geelong man has faced court this afternoon, charged in relation to child exploitation offences.

ACT Policing’s Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Team is seeking information about a series of sexual assaults committed against children under the age of 16 during the 1980s and 1990s.

The head of a syndicate responsible for smuggling 300 kilograms of cannabis between South Australia and the Northern Territory has been sentenced yesterday (6 January) in the Northern Territory Supreme Court to nine years’ imprisonment.