Episodes

  • Operation Amorgos

    Operation Amorgos
    Jul 20 2025

    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.


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    58 mins
  • Operation Buxtehude

    Operation Buxtehude
    Jun 22 2025

    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.

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    47 mins
  • Operation Beaufighter

    Operation Beaufighter
    Jun 15 2025

    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.


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    55 mins
  • Operation Crystalfields

    Operation Crystalfields
    Jun 8 2025

    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

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    50 mins
  • Operation Balah

    Operation Balah
    Jun 1 2025

    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

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    55 mins
  • Operation Castrum

    Operation Castrum
    May 25 2025

    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.


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    51 mins
  • Operation Collage

    Operation Collage
    Sep 7 2023
    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

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    59 mins
  • Operation Birks

    Operation Birks
    Aug 10 2023
    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.

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    49 mins