Operation Birks

When the AFP gets word that over a tonne of cocaine is headed for Australian shores, they need to find creative and outlandish ways never done before to try and disrupt some major players on the international drug scene. https://www.afp.gov.au/crimeinterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When a second-hand excavator was en route to Australia from South Africa, the Australian Border Force flagged it for a closer look. ACT policing suspected an importation of cocaine, but no one could believe just how much. https://www.afp.gov.au/crimeinterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The AFP and ATO uncover Australia’s largest tax fraud case, involving $300m. The two perpetrators were trusted businessmen and before the law caught up with them, they spent tens of millions on luxury cars, boats, and mansions. https://www.afp.gov.au/crimeinterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A secondary school student spoke to the AFP about her concern she was about to be forced into a marriage. The marriage eventually went ahead, and she was murdered six weeks later. Her mother was charged with coercing her into a forced marriage.https://www.afp.gov.au/crimeinterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When millions of offensive emails flooded the inboxes of ordinary Australians in the lead-up to the 2020 elections, the AFP began a cat-and-mouse chase, pitting the offender against the best of the best at AFP Cybercrime. https://www.afp.gov.au/crimeinterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When the AFP learnt that two men were planning a terror attack on the streets of Sydney, they began a race against time to locate the two young suspects and stop them. It became urgent when they learn the men had purchased hunting knives.https://www.afp.gov.au/crimeinterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When intel was received that a boat with nearly half a tonne of cocaine was headed toward Australian waters, the AFP, Customs, and state police monitored the journey and the transference of drugs to a smaller vessel. What followed was a perilous five-day boat chase through the high seas. https://www.afp.gov.au/crimeinterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An urgent cybersecurity fraud case landed on the desk of AFP investigators; a syndicate was stealing money from Australian superannuation and share trading accounts. In a race against time to stop millions of dollars in theft, the team had to unravel a complex web of false accounts to find how the syndicate was exploiting vulnerabilities in the system. Burner phones and a kebab order led them to a surprisingly young culprit.  https://www.afp.gov.au/crimeinterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When the AFP joined a multi-agency taskforce to investigate security and vulnerabilities on the waterfront, they had no idea they would discover a huge national fraud involving tens of millions of dollars. From off-the-book payments to clandestine collections of money in white envelopes, Operation Boscobel investigators were there to document it all. A dedicated team put together literally a truck-load of evidence. In the wake of this, the six main players didn’t stand a chance in court.https://www.afp.gov.au/crimeinterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When the AFP got intel on a case of foreign bribery, it wasn’t historic as they usually were; it was happening right then. Operation Blare was formed to stop it and send a message to Australian businesses – pay bribes at your own risk.https://www.afp.gov.au/crimeinterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.