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To help protect the Australian community, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission works together with Australian police agencies to deliver the National Police Checking Service. The NPCS provides access to Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Checks, which are commonly referred to as police checks.
The National Firearms Register (NFR) will allow law enforcement to better assess firearms risks with near real-time information on firearms, linking data with other relevant police and government information.
The National Criminal Investigation DNA Database (NCIDD) holds more than 1.8 million DNA profiles that have been uploaded by Australian police from crime scenes, convicted offenders, suspects, volunteers, items belonging to missing persons and unknown human remains.
All police checks, whether submitted through police agencies or ACIC Accredited Bodies are processed by the ACIC. Both the police and ACIC Accredited Bodies provide an avenue to dispute check results.
Methylamphetamine is produced in both crystal and powder form. No other drugs are captured under the definition of methylamphetamine, but it captures all forms of the drug (i.e., base, powder and crystal).
Traditional organised crime groups do not dominate the illicit fentanyl market in Australia, with many suppliers being opioid users or relatively low-level criminal entrepreneurs.
The Australian Firearms Information Network (AFIN) helps police and other law enforcement agencies manage the registration, licensing and movement of firearms coming into Australia and moving between our states and territories.
Due to its clandestine nature, the size of the illicit firearm market cannot be definitively measured.
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) is leading the delivery of mission critical intelligence for the Fraud Fusion Taskforce including through the establishment and operation of the Fraud Fusion Centre.
Based on all intelligence available to the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC), it is likely that cocaine trafficking groups (CTGs) collectively are attempting to supply as much, or perhaps more, cocaine to Australia than has ever been the case.