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 Fraud Fusion Centre is a multi-agency intelligence hub embedded within the ACIC, bringing together specialists from across government to tackle complex fraud.
Today’s serious and organised crime groups are borderless, decentralised and digitally enabled.
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, South Australia Police
Three people have been arrested following the discovery of an industrial-sized Methamphetamine clandestine laboratory at a property at Croydon.
This new initiative – the National DNA Program for Unidentified and Missing Persons will harness modern forensic techniques to allow the advanced DNA profiling and matching of unidentified human remains and missing persons nationally for the first time in Australia.
Five alleged criminal syndicate members accused of orchestrating a black flight from PNG to Australia with 52kg of methamphetamine on board have been charged under an AFP-led investigation.
Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Taxation Office, New South Wales Police Force
The Illicit Tobacco Taskforce (ITTF) has seized and destroyed eight acres of illegal tobacco crops and seedlings with a potential excise value of more than $9 million from a property near Araluen in New South Wales on Friday, 11 January 2019.
The ACIC contributes wastewater and other data to partners so they can focus resources on drugs which pose the highest threat to the community and areas where drug consumption is highest.
Three men have been charged by the Victorian Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (JOCTF) for an alleged attempt to import 140 kilograms of methamphetamine into Australia concealed in catering equipment.
ACIC Intelligence Analysts advise senior decision makers on the highest levels of transnational serious and organised crime threats facing Australia.
The Queensland Police Service has led a major multi-agency investigation into an international organised crime syndicate linked to the distribution of large quantities of high purity drugs.
A 64 year old NSW man has been sentenced to imprisonment of 21 months to be served by way of Intensive Corrections Order after pleading guilty to tobacco smuggling offences contrary to the Customs Act 1901.
Today the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) released the 18th edition of the Illicit Drug Data Report, which continues to provide an authoritative picture of illicit drugs in Australia. Illicit drug data collected and presented in the report includes arrest, detection, seizure, purity, profiling and price data.
Police have dismantled a clandestine laboratory and seized prohibited drugs, cash, luxury cars and jewellery, following the conclusion of a joint-agency police operation conducted across Northern NSW and south-east Queensland targeting organised criminal networks.
Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, Queensland Police Service
This is a joint media release issued by members of the Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (comprising of the Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force, Queensland Police Service and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission) and the Australian Defence Force.
The Financial Crime and Money Laundering Working Group (FCML) and the Australian Government Fraud Fusion Taskforce (FFT) have jointly executed 33 search warrants across Australia as part of a national crackdown on Commonwealth fraud.
Two Sydney men – including a man the Australian Federal Police allege is one of the nation's most significant organised crime threats – have been charged with significant drug offences.
Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, Australian Taxation Office, Department of Home Affairs, South Australia Police
An Australian Federal Police-led multi-agency investigation has resulted in the arrest of three men and the seizure of 313 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, marking the largest haul of the drug destined for South Australia.
