Media releases

UPDATE: A fourth Melbourne man has been arrested today (Friday, 4 September) after around 100 kilograms of a methamphetamine analogue was seized during a multi-agency law enforcement operation in Melbourne overnight. ***Footage Available***

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has restrained $1.6 million dollars in assets as part of a criminal investigation into the alleged bribery of Malaysian officials by a Melbourne man.

The Australian Federal Police has charged two 24-year-old Western Sydney men for online child abuse offences. The two men are due to appear before Campbelltown Local Court today (4 September 2020).

A 32-year-old Melbourne man has been sentenced to three years and eight months’ jail in the Melbourne County Court today (3 September 2020) for grooming a young girl online and possessing hundreds of videos and photographs depicting child abuse.

A 44-year-old Sydney man is due to appear before Fairfield Local Court today (2 September 2020) on numerous child abuse charges following an investigation by the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

Two Melbourne men have been sentenced to a combined 19 years, 6 months in jail after being arrested in 2019 for their roles in a Victorian drug trafficking syndicate.

A 66-year-old man from the Northern Territory is due to face court today, charged with possessing child abuse material following an investigation by the Northern Territory Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (NT JACET).

A 62-year-old man allegedly caught with images and videos of children being sexually abused is expected to face Elizabeth Magistrates Court today (31 August).

VISION & IMAGES AVAILABLE: An alleged drug syndicate member attempting to leave Australia has been arrested by Australian Federal Police (AFP) at Melbourne Airport yesterday (Saturday 29 August, 2020).

Two Japanese men have been sentenced to a combined 12 years imprisonment over a 2018 attempted importation of 2.2kgs kilograms each of pure methamphetamine through Melbourne Airport.