Wastewater analysis is one of the most cost-effective, least intrusive methods of measuring drug use and demand at a population level. It reveals drug market resilience and points of vulnerability that present opportunities for coordinated strategies that target supply, demand and harm reduction.
Illicit drugs
11/07/2024
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) has released its latest findings from the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program, providing an in-depth analysis of drug consumption across the nation. Report 22 offers a critical perspective on the illicit drug markets supplied by serious and organised criminal groups.
30/12/2023
Two men with alleged links to Afghani organised crime have been charged over an alleged attempt to smuggle 98kg of methamphetamine, concealed in wheat thresher machines, into Australia.
08/11/2023
Drug consumption data shows serious and organised criminals continue to exploit Australian community
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) has released the latest findings from its National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program, revealing methylamphetamine and cocaine consumption increased to the highest levels recorded since 2020.
12/07/2023
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) has released the latest findings from its National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program, revealing increasing levels of consumption for some substances. The ACIC assesses that this will likely lead to an increase in harm experienced by the community.
19/05/2023
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.
03/04/2023
An eighth man has now been found guilty over the 2017 importation of 1.2 tonnes of methamphetamine into Western Australia – at the time the biggest meth seizure in Australian history.
15/03/2023
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) has today released the latest findings from the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program, revealing the level of harm experienced by the community.
26/10/2022
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) has today released the latest findings from the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program.
09/10/2022
Two men have been arrested in Melbourne after authorities seized more than 300 kilograms of liquid MDMA hidden in a consignment of French wine bottles.