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A Kirrawee man was sentenced to eight and a half years’ imprisonment in the Downing Centre Local Court on Friday (9 September, 2022) on 16 counts of possessing or transmitting child abuse material.

Editor’s note: Images and vision are available via Hightail. Two men were today (12 September) sentenced in the Melbourne County Court to a total of 35 years and 6 months behind bars for importing 1.3 tonnes of the drug precursor ephedrine into Melbourne.

VISION AVAILABLE Two men have been sentenced to a cumulative term of 14 years’ jail following a joint investigation into the attempted importation of 645kg methamphetamine concealed in steel barbeques.

A New South Wales man is expected to appear in Parramatta Local Court today (10 September 2022) charged with transmitting child abuse material.

The AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) and police from across Australia are joining forces in recognition of National Child Protection Week to warn of a worrying online sextortion trend targeting Australians.

A Maroubra man, 20, has been sentenced to a three-year suspended term of imprisonment by Downing Centre Court today (9 September, 2022) for child grooming and child abuse material offences.

Editor’s note: Images available via Hightail. A Vietnamese national, 27, has been sentenced to three years’ jail in Sydney Downing Centre Court yesterday (9 September 2022) for his role in dealing in the proceeds of crime after more than $1.7 million cash was found at his Sydney unit in May 2021.

A New South Wales man, 53, has been sentenced this week (7 September 2022) after pleading guilty to threatening to cause serious harm to an AFP officer who was protecting a Commonwealth parliamentarian.

The AFP-led ThinkUKnow program is continuing the conversation with parents, carers and teachers about the challenges children are facing online and how to protect them as part of National Child Protection Week 2022.

This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force and Northern Territory Police