⚠️ Content warning. Two brothers from Central Queensland have been charged with child abuse material offences. The AFP began an investigation after the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) received a report from the United States National Center for Missing & Exploited Children about an online user uploading child abuse material on social media platforms. AFP investigators allegedly linked the Gladstone men, aged 26 and 19, to the illegal online activity. A search warr

The AFP has charged a western Sydney man, 34, for allegedly sending about $650,000 to Iranian banks in contravention of Australian Government sanctions. The man, a director of an Auburn registered remittance company, allegedly processed 543 international currency transfers, totalling $649,308, to sanctioned banks in Iran during a 12-month period. AUSTRAC has also suspended the company’s remittance registration for one year. Registered money remitters are legitimate businesses which can facilitat