An AFP cash and drug detection dog and AFP canine operations officer identified the bags as items of interest as the man prepared to fly from the Gold Coast to Mildura in March, 2024.
This evidence-based initiative, delivered nationally in partnership with state and territory police and industry, aims to prevent online child sexual exploitation.
The court heard that the man, an Australian citizen, persuaded his wife to accompany him under the false pretext of undertaking charity work in Afghanistan in January 2018.
The man was taken to Newcastle Police Station and charged with one count of "Other acts done in preparation for, or planning, for a terrorist act," contrary to Section 101.6 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth).
ANZ is the first financial institution to embed a specialist within the ACCCE, marking a formal commitment to real-time intelligence sharing in support of the AFP's mission to combat child abuse.
“This museum will celebrate a vital thread through the history of our modern nation. I can’t think of a better site than Haymarket – a place synonymous with the Chinese-Australian story – or a more fitting time of year to open it.”
