CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: The AFP is concerned about the increasing prevalence of young people accessing violent extremist material and propaganda online, leading to an increasing threat of youth radicalisation. The AFP is urging parents to be aware of who their children are communicating with online, what online games they are playing and what they are viewing and accessing online - especially given many young people will be given ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: The AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) has obtained a restraining order in relation to the South Australian home of an alleged online child sex offender. The man, 38, was initially charged with child abuse material offences in December 2023, after the South Australian Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (SA JACET) alleged he was found to be in possession of child abuse images and videos. ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images, vision and audio grabs from the original arrest are available via Hightail Two men have been jailed for a combined 15 years' imprisonment for their roles in importing 84kg of ketamine into Australia concealed inside two new commercial vans. The men, aged 29 and 30, were charged in July, 2023 as a part of an AFP operation into a transnational drug trafficking syndicate. The 29-year-...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged a man following alleged incidents in Maroochydore and Eerwah Vale yesterday, December 19. Police will allege the man took an 8-year-old girl, known to him, from a facility on Beach Road, Maroochydore which initiated an Amber Alert. The man and the girl were located at a property in Eerwah Vale around 6pm, safe and well. A 44-year-old Coolum Beach man has been charged with one co...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are continuing to appeal for information and have released additional vision of a man who may be able to assist with investigations following a sexual assault in Kelvin Grove last week. Initial investigations indicate around 12:30am on Tuesday December 10, a woman was walking along Blamey Street when she was approached by a man. The man grabbed the woman and sexually assaulted her before flee...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have located the man missing from Burrum Heads since December 16. The 77-year-old was located alive in bushland in the Burrum River area this morning, December 20. Police thank the public and media for their assistance. The earlier media releases have been modified to remove identifying information. Earlier: https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2024/12/18/update-1-search-and-rescue-operation-wi...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sri Lankan man faced Broadmeadows Magistrates Court today (19 December, 2024) charged with allegedly committing an act of indecency on board an international flight. The AFP will allege the man, 41, committed an act of indecency on a female passenger during a flight from Sri Lanka to Melbourne yesterday (Wednesday 18 December, 2024). The passenger alerted airline staff to the incident, who then notified t...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police A Melbourne man has been jailed for six years and three months, with a non-parole period of four years, for child abuse material-related offences. The man, 49, was sentenced by the County Court of Victoria yesterday (18 December, 2024) for seven offences relating to possessing, soliciting and accessing child abuse material on...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the AFP and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images available via Hightail. The AFP has charged a Hungarian national and a juvenile from the United States in Melbourne this week for their alleged roles in a plot to import 14kg of methamphetamine concealed inside blueberry packages. The accused appeared before Melbourne Magistrate's Court and Melbourne Children's...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Arrest vision, images and audio grabs are available via Hightail A Colombian national residing in South Australia has appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court today (19 December, 2024), after being charged by the AFP over alleged human exploitation offences. The woman, 35, was arrested at her Kilburn home yesterday (Wednesday, 18 December, 2024). AFP members executed a search warrant at th...