News & Media

The AFP-led National Anti-Gangs Squad (NAGS) seized 96 firearms and arrested 66 outlaw motorcycle gang members and associates last financial year.

Two alleged senior members of a transnational crime syndicate linked to plots to import at least one tonne of methamphetamine into Australia have been arrested in Taiwan.

The AFP has charged 70 alleged offenders with money laundering offences in 2022.

A man was today (16 December 2022) jailed for 16 months’ imprisonment, with a minimum of 3 months to be served for possessing and transmitting child abuse material.  

A New South Wales man was today (Friday 16 December) sentenced to three years behind bars for his role in a multi-million-dollar fraud against the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

A Melbourne woman, 24, has been sentenced for her central role in a major international criminal syndicate, which stole millions of dollars from the superannuation and share trading accounts of innocent victims using fraud and identity theft.

The AFP has finalised a review into a decision to ask a member of the public to leave Australian Parliament House (APH) on 23 November, 2022.

A Riverside man was yesterday (Thursday 15 December) sentenced to 12 months behind bars charged for possessing and downloading more than 2000 files containing explicit child abuse material.

Editor’s note: Santa drone images available via Hightail. The AFP and its aviation partners are busily clearing airspace for Santa on Christmas Eve and reminding the public about drone safety rules ahead of his big Operation Present Drop.

The AFP has arrested an alleged cash courier and seized up to $5 million dollars in suspected illicit cash in Perth overnight (14 December, 2022). **Footage and images available**