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A NSW North Coast man has been charged with 66 child abuse-related offences. It is alleged the man abused a child known to him and produced and uploaded child abuse material to online forums.

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The AFP is issuing a warning about a manipulative scam called pig butchering or romance baiting. Offenders often devote months sometimes years to gain a victim’s trust & friendship before encouraging them to invest their money in various ways. Learn more: afp.gov.au/news-centre/me…

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The AFP is urging parents & carers to take privacy precautions before posting back-to-school photos online. While incidents are rare, the AFP has seen offenders use information from photos, such as school uniforms, to identify & groom children. More: afp.gov.au/news-centre/me…

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Three Melbourne men, including an alleged Russian organised crime member, have been charged after police allegedly found a number of firearms, explosive devices and about $1 million in illicit cash during search warrants. For details visit: afp.gov.au/news-centre/me…

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Forced marriage happens in Australia, often in plain sight. As part of its focus on disrupting human trafficking, the AFP is asking school communities to learn the signs of forced marriage as students return. For more information & to learn the signs visit afp.gov.au/news-centre/me…

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The AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation & ThinkUKnow Australia have developed safety guides to protect young people against sextortion. Recent data shows around 300 reports of sextortion targeting children are received each month. afp.gov.au/news-centre/me…

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A Melbourne man was sentenced to a 12-month Community Corrections Order, for using an online criminal marketplace to buy stolen data.

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The AFP has charged a Sydney man and woman with allegedly trafficking a commercial quantity of methamphetamine and dealing with more than $100,000 suspected to be the proceeds of crime.
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The AFP is today releasing age appropriate conversations about online safety for kids aged from between five years old and 12 years old, and 13 years old and over. afp.gov.au/news-centre/me…

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A Western NSW man will appear before Dubbo Local Court today (17 January, 2024) charged for allegedly soliciting child abuse material, following a joint investigation by the AFP and NSW Police Force. afp.gov.au/news-centre/me…

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A Brisbane woman was charged yesterday with allegedly facilitating a black flight loaded with 71.5kg of methamphetamine from Papua New Guinea to Australia in March 2023. afp.gov.au/news-centre/me…

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A West Australian man, 26, has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for his work as an illegal courier - moving large amounts of cash, which police believed to be the proceeds of crime, around Perth. afp.gov.au/news-centre/me…

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A Sudanese-born man is expected to appear in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court this evening (15 January, 2024) for allegedly failing to complying with his visa mandated curfew. afp.gov.au/news-centre/me…

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A Sydney man is expected to appear in Downing Centre Court in Sydney tomorrow (16 January 2024) charged with using inside information to bet on the outcome of five Australian of the Year awards.

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A Perth man is expected to appear in Perth Magistrates today (12 January, 2024) charged with multiple child abuse material-related offences. afp.gov.au/news-centre/me…

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The AFP & WA Police Force have searched the contents of lockers outside between Terminals 1 and 2 at Perth Airport today.
No illegal or dangerous items have been found.
The area has reopened to the public.
We thank the public for their assistance and patience during this incident.

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State Crime Command detectives, together with the family of George Giannopoulos and the Australian Federal Police, are appealing for global public assistance to find James Dalamangas – one of Australia’s most wanted men.

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A Sydney man was sentenced to an additional four years’ imprisonment, after pleading guilty to a charge of sexual intercourse with a young child, as a result of an international investigation by the AFP and Yorkshire & Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit

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A German national has been charged with possessing child abuse material following a Northern Territory Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (NT JACET) investigation.

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Pacific police and AFP representatives recently met in the Cook Islands to map out how they can work together to boost capability development across the region over the next 12 months.

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