Media releases

A two-year effort by Australian law enforcement and the United States Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has resulted in 16 people in Australia being charged with 738 child exploitation offences.

***UPDATE – EDITOR’S NOTE: ONE TONNE SEIZURE AND PRESS CONFERENCE FOOTAGE** A total of 1,009 blocks, each approximately one kilogram, have now been unloaded from the vessel by specialist forensics officers.   One tonne of methylamphetamine has a potential estimated street value of up to $750 million. Footage of today’s press conference and the drug seizure being unloaded are now available via hightail: https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/SPVb7xuNNp ****  

A multi-agency operation involving the Australian Federal Police (AFP), New South Wales Police Force (NSWPF) and Australian Border Force (ABF) is currently underway in Sydney.

Three foreign nationals are scheduled to appear before Campbelltown Local Court today for alleged offences committed during a protest at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre (VIDC).

A 32-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl is due to face Darwin Local Court today (Thursday 16 April) after a Northern Territory Child Abuse Taskforce (NT CAT) investigation.

Today the High Court ruled that the warrant executed in June 2019 on the residence of Newscorp journalist, Annika Smethurst is

A 46-year-old Perth man was sentenced to 15 years jail by the Western Australia Supreme Court last week (Thursday 9 April) over his attempt to possess 45.6 kilograms of methamphetamine imported into the State in June 2016.

A property in Goulburn, New South Wales, and multiple luxury vehicles have been forfeited to the Commonwealth, following an investigation by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Fraud Taskforce.

A 66-year-old man accused of ordering live-stream child abuse is due to face Adelaide Magistrate’s Court today (Friday 10 April) after a South Australia Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team investigation.

A 65-year-old man is due to face Perth Magistrate’s Court today (Friday 10 April) after the Western Australia National Anti-Gangs Squad allegedly found a cache of firearms at his Dianella home, with four guns hidden in the roof space.