Tag: crime

AFP reveals that it worked with the American FBI to encrypt supposedly secret information being passed by criminal gangs.

The Australian Tax Office and Qld Police this week detected and destroyed 25 tonnes of illicit tobacco valued at around $40-million.

A costume of Sesame Street character Big Bird caused ruffled feathers when it was stolen. But the bandits have now had their wings clipped.

Accused is one of four Malaysian nationals now in custody for drug-importation offences in Victoria.

Aussie cyber-police detect child abuser in US state of Kentucky and raise the alarm. Child saved and abuser arrested.

Sixty-three kilograms of methamphetamine found hidden in wooden pallets containing mop buckets from Malaysia.

Scammers took about $375,000 intended to fund the aged care costs of the elderly Perth woman. Some money has since been recovered.

Taskforce disrupts illicit tobacco-growing and destroys crops with a potential excise value of more than $84-million.

Federal Police and international authorities tracked down NSW man after hoax call disrupted flight operations in Singapore.

Two Sydney women have been charged and faced a regional NSW court after a stabbed and bloodied female found in boot of car.

Reward of $250,000 being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case of Steven Goldsmith, who vanished in Brisbane in July 2000.

Pair who attempted to smuggle 9.5 -million cigarettes into the country are sentenced to almost five years in prison.

Man pretended to be a teenage social media celebrity in order to blackmail girls into providing him with sexually explicit images.

Another senior executive charged by Federal Police in relation to alleged bribes paid to Iraqi officials to secure reconstruction work.

London police seeking a man who conned an elderly woman into paying for a fake Covid jab. Authorities warn there will be more such cases.

Liquid ecstasy valued at almost $700,000 found by Border Force hidden in an air cargo consignment that arrived in Sydney.

Man was one of three Victorians who aimed to steal around $5-million from the Australia Tax Office using an elaborate fraud scheme.

Large consignment of meth sent from Iran was concealed beneath fake grass, which was part of the tunnel set-up.

Cops say they are targeting the criminal economy by confiscating criminal assets and removing the profit from crime.

A 76-year-old Brisbane woman, the mother of 11 children, is in custody for the murder of her young son sometime between 1968 and 1970.

Second person arrested this month by ABF for attempting to illegally import child sex dolls into the country.

National day of action sees police around Australia and New Zealand target Hells Angels bikie gang members and office bearers.

Two alleged members of Bandidos bikie gang in custody for stealing from victims and threatening them with violence.

Items were discovered when officers searched a package sent from China which was labelled as containing a display shelf.

Ongoing investigation by AFP and state police forces results in many more charges against two men arrested in NSW in June.

Sydney consultant altered clients’ tax returns in order to claim refunds that he then pocketed, court hears.

Illegal drugs laboratory was still in the process of being set up and would have been one of the largest in Victoria’s history.

Two sentenced over drug-trafficking ring bust by AFP in Melbourne. Two other gang members were also jailed this month.

Police will allege the bomb was part of a drug gang vendetta that went wrong. Those in custody are aged 17-20.

Police camera footage shows a violent struggle between a man and two officers after they attended a call-out on the NSW Central Coast.

Four men are being lauded as heroes for detaining alleged attacker following chaotic scenes in Sydney.

No, it wasn't that his visa had run out, nor was he trying get home in time for Brexit (as far as we know).

Police have thrown the book at a man who allegedly towed a boat on a trailer behind a mobility scooter in Australia.

Thomas Jackson, the man described as a hero who was critically injured while trying to protect Mia Ayliffe-Chung as she was murdered in an horrific stabbing attack, has also died.

Attacker shouts "Allahu akbar" as British backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung murdered and another critically injured in North Qld hostel.

British partner of Australian tourist Sara Connor has admitted to violently bashing the Bali police officer who was later found dead.

WATCH: Police have released this dramatic footage taken by a citizen chasing a pair of thieves through the streets of the Goldie in Queensland.

Donating your body to Australia's body farm could help solve crimes.

Ageing career criminal in Australia to be deported back to UK after more than six decades.

A NSW man bulldozed and destroyed a house near Newcastle in a suspected act of rage or revenge against a women and her two daughters.

Charge against AC/DC musician of conspiring to murder dropped in dramatic about-face by NZ police.

Extraordinary drama captured on film as fugitive gunman carjacks Seven News cameraman's vehicle before crashing into Noosa petrol station.

Australia has an emerging problem with the drug ice, which is being compared by authorities to the devastation caused in US cities by crack cocaine.

Police in Australia are investigating a series of incidents involving men with very little clothing terrorising members of the public.

A 29-year-old English backpacker has been knocked unconscious after being headbutted and punched in Coffs Harbour.

The father of Jill Meagher is facing financial ruin and serious health problems while he struggles to cope with his daughter's violent death.

New figures indicate there are more prisoners doing time in Australian jails than ever before.

Crime figure turned author Mark 'Chopper' Read has been remembered as a family man at a small private funeral in Melbourne.

Disposing of dead bodies is not typical dinner time conversation, but when your guest is one of Australia’s most notorious criminals, it’s best just to shut up and smile. Best-selling author LANA PENROSE can attest to that, when she shared a meal with the late Mark ‘Chopper’ Read.

Another community march is being planned to remember Melbourne woman Jill Meagher, who became the public face of Victoria’s parole system failures.