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IMAGES AVAILABLE: A 33-year-old man from New South Wales has been charged over the April 2019 seizure of 200 kilograms of methamphetamine imported into Melbourne from Canada, after an extensive multi-agency investigation. Victorian Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (JOCTF) investigators arrested the man at his home on the NSW Central Coast last Wednesday (25 November 2020) and have charged him with organising the drug importation, which had an estimated street value of $150 million.

VISION AVAILABLE: Police have arrested 18 people and seized almost 30 firearms, drugs and cash as part of a national joint operation to target and disrupt criminal activities linked to the Mongols Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG).

A 35-year-old Queensland man has been charged with accessing and transmitting child abuse material using an encrypted application.

A 55-year-old Queensland man is expected to face Brisbane Magistrates Court today (4 December) charged with accessing child abuse material.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is warning Australians to be vigilant online after a spike in criminal syndicates using job advertisements and romance scams to recruit money mules.

A 27-year-old Tasmanian man has been today charged with child exploitation offences after authorities executed a search warrant at an Ulverstone property this morning (Wednesday, 2 December, 2020).

A 50-year-old Castle Hill man charged with 25 counts relating to child abuse material has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by the District Court of New South Wales on Friday (27 November).

This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police and Australian Security Intelligence Organis

A 34-year-old Melbourne man accused of fraudulently accessing Commonwealth welfare payments and other Federal Government grants appeared before Melbourne Magistrates Court yesterday (30 November 2020) on 6 fraud-related offences.

An alleged criminal syndicate accused of defrauding millions of dollars in Child Care Subsidy payments and COVID-19 Stimulus Package payments has been dismantled by an Australian Federal Police-led joint investigation, with Services Australia, the Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE) and assistance from the Victorian Department of Education and Training.