Media releases

Two Sydney men have been jailed for their involvement in the importation of 13.2 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in two shipments of vehicle parts. The drugs had an estimated street value of $3.96 million.

The DNA technology used by United States law enforcement to catch the ‘Golden State Killer’ is being considered by the Australian Federal Police and NSW Police Force for Australian case work. A group of specialists from both agencies, along with collaborators from other Australian jurisdictions, are assessing Forensic Genetic Genealogy (FGG) as an investigative tool after recently completing a world-first graduate certificate in FGG in the United States.

A 46-year-old Western Sydney man has been sentenced to three years’ jail after being charged by the Australian Federal Police for accessing, possessing and transmitting child abuse material.

A 46-year-old man has been sentenced to two years and 10 months' imprisonment today (8 October 2021) for filming women in their homes without their consent and possessing child abuse material.

Editor’s note: Vison of the arrest and seized items are available via Hightail A 51-year-old New Zealand national was sentenced to two years and three months’ jail on Wednesday (6 October 2021) for downloading and transmitting child abuse material.

A 57-year-old Chapel Hill man has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail for soliciting and sharing child abuse material on social media, following an Australian Federal Police (AFP) child protection investigation.

A Victorian man who paid to watch children being sexually abused on webcam has been jailed yesterday (6 October 2021), after an Australian Federal Police-led investigation that led to investigations undertaken by the Philippine National Police (PNP) resulting in 23 Philippine children being rescued from harm.

Twenty people have been charged and $140,000 cash, illegal firearms and drugs seized after a major joint police operation by Tasmanian Police and the Australian Federal Police targeting Launceston criminal networks.

A 48-year-old Sydney man has been sentenced to one year’s imprisonment for illegally accessing iCloud accounts of unsuspecting women to share their sexualised photos with strangers and 10 months’ imprisonment for possessing child abuse material.

The Australian Federal Police and Australian Taxation Office (ATO) have secured the forfeiture of approximately $1.8 million seized from a 36-year-old Queensland man in 2017 as the suspected proceeds of crime.