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The ACIC’s wastewater program is one of the largest, longest-running and most comprehensive wastewater drug monitoring programs in the world and many of its successes are built on the continuing support from the universities, wastewater treatment plants and their staff.

ACIC psychologists work alongside our operational staff providing insights into the personality, behaviour, risks, and engagement strategies of their targets.

Firearms continue to be a top priority for our agency. Whether it’s through threat assessments or using our intelligence capabilities, we’re focused on identifying and addressing risks to keep our people and communities safe.

We spoke with Chloe, one of our 2022 graduates, about her journey at the ACIC.

Evolving technologies significantly boost the sophistication and capabilities of serious and organised crime groups involved in tax crimes. These groups persist in using a diverse array of tools and methods to commit serious tax crimes and fraud, effectively concealing and even expanding their illicit wealth.

It’s no secret that illicit drugs pose a serious and ongoing threat to the Australian community, and nitazenes, an emerging synthetic opioid group, is the latest drug threat causing harm.

The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) has been granted extraordinary coercive powers which, similar to a Royal Commission, are used in special operations and special investigations to obtain intelligence relevant to transnational serious and organised crime.

Serious and organised crime is a national security threat that impacts Australia’s security and stability. Criminal networks targeting Australia are increasingly transnational and do not respect state or national borders. They are highly agile, well-funded and adopt new technology at pace to advance their criminal enterprises.

While language specialists, including linguists, translators and interpreters, do their best to remove this obstacle, there are some people who try to exploit the language barrier as an instrument for criminal activity.

NAFIS NextGen accelerates the investigative process by enabling rapid uploads of prints from crime scenes, which aids in the swift identification of suspects.