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Joint international operation sees US citizen arrested for denial of service attacks on IT systems
Publish date: 28.07.2017A two and a half year joint operation between the Australian Federal Police (AFP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Toronto Police Department has resulted in a 37-year-old Seattle man being arrested in connection with serious offences relating to distributed denial of service attacks on IT systems.
MOREPolice join crime writer to launch fifth book on missing persons
Publish date: 27.07.2017The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and its National Missing Persons Coordination Centre are joining international best-selling
MORE35-year-old Barossa region man charged with accessing child exploitation material
Publish date: 26.07.2017Members of the South Australian Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team executed three search warrants earlier today (Tuesday, 25 July 2017) and arrested a 35-year-old man from the Barossa region.
MOREThree Australians arrested in connection with Californian ice seizure worth $255 million
Publish date: 20.07.2017An international investigation between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has resulted in the arrest of three men in Australia and the seizure of 255 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine in California.
MORETwo charged, eight kilograms of cocaine seized
Publish date: 20.07.2017Two German nationals are scheduled to appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court today, charged with attempting to import approximately eight kilograms of cocaine into Australia.
MOREIllicit substances intercepted in the mail
Publish date: 19.07.2017A national co-ordinated policing campaign focused on detecting drugs being distributed via the Australian postal service was today detailed in Adelaide.
MOREIndonesian extradition results in people smuggling arrest
Publish date: 14.07.2017A man wanted by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) since 2013 for his alleged involvement in smuggling people into Australia, has been charged following his extradition from Indonesia.
MORESA man charged with child exploitation offences
Publish date: 11.07.2017Today (Tuesday 11 July) detectives from the Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (a partnership between SAPOL's Special Crimes Investigation Branch and the Australian Federal Police) arrested a 35 year old man in the north - eastern suburbs for using a carriage service to access child exploitation material.
MORESouth Australia man charged with aggravated production of child exploitation material
Publish date: 10.07.2017Detectives from the Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (a partnership between the Australian Federal Police and South Australia Police’s Special Crimes Investigation Branch) yesterday arrested and charged a 50-year-old man from Adelaide’s north-eastern suburbs with three counts of aggravated production of child exploitation material.
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