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Detectives from the Northern Territory Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (JACET) have arrested a 51-year-old man for possessing child abuse material.

An investigation into the importation of approximately 20 kilograms of methamphetamine resulted in the arrest of a 42-year-old man from Western Sydney yesterday.

A 22-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman have been charged with downloading and transmitting Child Abuse Material (CAM) after an Australian Federal Police (AFP) operation.

Three people have been jailed for almost 17 years combined for their involvement in the importation of 24 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed inside a shipment of treadmills imported into Melbourne from Thailand in October 2019.

A large-scale Australian Federal Police-led investigation into a network of alleged child sex offenders has identified 46 Australian victims, including 16 from a child care centre.

A 39-year-old man has been stripped of approximately $1 million worth of assets, including land, vehicles, motorbikes, a fishing boat and cash, as a result of WA Supreme Court orders following an unexplained wealth investigation by the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Queensland Police Service.

Delegates from Pacific Island nations’ security agencies have connected from across the region for the second Joint Heads of Pacific Security event.

The AFP has today charged a 65-year-old Melbourne man with preparing for a foreign interference offence, contrary to section 92.4 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth). The maximum penalty for this offence is 10 years imprisonment.

A 66-year-old Biggera Waters man has been jailed for six and a half years for engaging in online sexual activity with a girl under the age of 16 in the Philippines back in 2017.