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Joint media releases

Release date (field_release_date)
27/06/2026
This is a joint media release between the Australian Border Force, Therapeutic Goods Administration, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Victoria Police, Tobacco Licencing Victoria, Sheriff’s Office Victoria, Tasmanian Police and Tasmanian Health.

The Australian Border Force’s National Disruption Group has coordinated swift action across Victoria and Tasmania, targeting illegal tobacco and vaping markets.

20/06/2026
Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group

Crime has fundamentally changed, and the pace of that change is increasing rapidly.  It will not slow down.  We need to work differently to keep up.

14/06/2026
This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.

AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett and ACIC CEO Heather Cook will help spearhead new tech partnerships and AI solutions at a meeting with Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group agencies in London this week.

11/06/2026
This is a joint media release between all Australian state and territory police, Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force, NSW Crime Commission, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Taxation Office, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre and Services Australia.

Law enforcement agencies across Australia and New Zealand have carried out a coordinated National Day of Action targeting the Hells Angels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG).

30/04/2026
This is a joint media release between the Australian Border Force, NSW Health, NSW Police, NSW Crime Commission, Access Canberra, ACT Police, ACIC, AUSTRAC, Services Australia, The AFP and the TGA.

The second official operation of the Australian Border Force (ABF)-led Illicit Tobacco National Disruption Group (NDG) across New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has resulted in:

20/04/2026
This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police (AFP), Australian Border Force (ABF), Queensland Police Service (QPS), NSW Police Force (NSWPF) and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC).

A NSW man was charged with allegedly importing 200kg of cocaine last week, after police found the drugs on the catamaran he was sailing near the Queensland-NSW border.

04/04/2026
This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police, Australian Border Force and Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

Nine men have been charged for their alleged links to a syndicate behind a large-scale conspiracy to import tonnes of illicit drugs into Victoria and traffic drugs around the country.

13/03/2026
This is a joint media release between the Australian Border Force, Queensland Police, Queensland Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, Australian Federal Police, Queensland’s State Penalties Enforcement Registry, South Australian Consumer and Business Services, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, South Australian Police, AUSTRAC and Australian Tax Office.

NDG Operation TEMPEST26 was a three-phased joint agency operation to detect, deter and disrupt illicit tobacco networks that threaten Australia’s borders and the community.

20/01/2026
This is a joint media release between partners of the Australian Government Fraud Fusion Taskforce

A Villawood man is expected to appear before Sydney Downing Centre Local Court today (20 January 2026) charged for his alleged role in defrauding $3.5 million from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

13/12/2025
This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police, Western Australia Police, New South Wales Police Force, Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and AUSTRAC

A Sydney man is expected to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (Saturday, 13 December, 2025) charged over his alleged involvement in a plot to import and distribute more than 525kg of cocaine into Australia.