Media releases

A 30-year-old man was sentenced yesterday (24 February 2021) by the Perth District Court for online child abuse offences, the first offender sentenced as a result of the Australian Federal Police-led investigation Operation Arkstone.

A 61-year-old Tasmanian man has been charged with child abuse and bestiality offences after authorities executed a search warrant at a Hobart property yesterday (Tuesday, 23 February 2021).

A 67-year-old Queensland woman has been sentenced to four years in jail for attempting to pervert the course of justice and giving false evidence after helping her son flee a pending trial in Australia.

The Australian Federal Police has laid an additional foreign bribery charge on a 54-year-old Brisbane man.

A 27-year-old Singapore national living in Australia on a Student Visa has been sentenced to 11 months jail after being convicted of importing a child-like sex doll and possession of child abuse material (CAM).

Detectives from Joint Taskforce Icarus and Taskforce Trident arrested a man yesterday as part of an investigation into alleged drug trafficking.

A 57-year-old man who allegedly shared child abuse material online is expected to appear in Melbourne Magistrate’s Court today (19 February 2021).

Update: vision and photos of the operational activity are now available via Hightail. A 24-year-old man who is currently in Goulburn Correctional Centre has been charged by counter terrorism officers for allegedly planning acts of terrorism targeted at police, military personnel and corrective services staff while behind bars in NSW.

A senior member of the Australian Federal Police met with Minister Linda Reynolds and her chief-of-staff on 4 April 2019 in relation to allegations of sexual assault in the Minister’s office on 23 March, 2019.

This is a joint media release between Australian Federal Police and South Australia Police