Episodes

  • 12: Operation Collage

    12: 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
  • 11: Operation Birks

    11: 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. 

    https://www.afp.gov.au/crimeinterrupted
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    49 mins
  • 10: Operation Boscobel

    10: Operation Boscobel
    Jul 13 2023
    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
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 9: Operation Blare

    9: Operation Blare
    Jun 9 2023
    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
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    50 mins
  • 8: Operation Caulis

    8: Operation Caulis
    May 11 2023
    When the Australian Education Department noticed huge fortnightly claims for childcare under their fully-subsidised grandparent scheme, they suspected fraud and called in the AFP. The scheme they uncovered was beyond belief.

    https://www.afp.gov.au/crimeinterrupted
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    56 mins
  • 7: Operation Kastelholm

    7: Operation Kastelholm
    Apr 13 2023
    When four young men began planning a terrorist attack in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD, the Joint Counter Terrorism Team had just days to avert it.

    https://www.afp.gov.au/crimeinterrupted
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    59 mins
  • 6: Operation Middleham

    6: Operation Middleham
    Mar 10 2022
    In Operation Middleham, counter-terrorism officers arrested five men in Northern Queensland before they were able to travel overseas to join the Islamic State group and engage in hostile activities.

    https://jobs.afp.gov.au/CrimeInterrupted
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    56 mins
  • 5: Operation Okesi

    5: Operation Okesi
    Mar 3 2022
    Operation Okesi ran for more than two years. The AFP adopted a multi-agency approach to seize hundreds of kilograms of cocaine with an estimated street value of $360 million.

    https://jobs.afp.gov.au/CrimeInterrupted
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    53 mins