Australianauthorities said they have detained 990 suspects, charged more than 2,000, and seized 1.2 tonnes of drugs between September 11 and 15 as part of a massive operation against drug trafficking and organized crime in the country.

The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) announced the return of three 9th-century Buddhist statues it had displayed after a fact-finding mission found that Australian museums are holding within their collection more than 100 antiquities looted from Cambodia.

Australia’s top criminal intelligence agency suspected Tom Doshi, a leading Albanian businessman and politician with ties to the prime minister, of leading a criminal group in the country that perpetrates immigration fraud, drug trafficking, and money laundering.

Australia’s federal court ordered the country’s largest gambling and entertainment group topay a penalty of AUD450 million (US$300.3 million) for violating several anti-money laundering laws.

A joint operation between Australian and Filipino authorities has resulted in a record number of children saved from sexual abuse, Australia’s federal policereported Wednesday.

Australian police on Thursday charged six individuals linked to a multi-billion dollar transnational drug syndicate, with reported seizures from three busts alone totaling AUD$1.7 billion (US$1.17 billion) in methamphetamine.

Australian authoritiesconvicted Monday a Mexican national for his role in an elaborate conspiracy to import more than 600 kilograms of methamphetamine within the folds of decomposing, raw cow hides.

Australia’s federal police (AFP) announced Saturday its ability to track down alleged criminals by using gold as a forensic tool to lift their fingerprints off of items that would otherwise be impossible to accurately process.

Dutch authorities extradited to Australia a Chinese-born Canadian believed to be the head of Asia’s biggest drug ring that laundered its illicit billions through poorly regulated casinos in Southeast Asia.

Four Chinese nationals living in Sydney, Australia, were charged for their alleged role in a cyber enabled investment scam that swindled more than US$100 million from victims world-wide, especially in the U.S., according to astatement released by the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

Australia’s parliament Tuesday established the country’s first national investigative body to tackle corruption after years of debate over the need for an independent watchdog for politicians.

Australian lawmakers have proposed a bill that would force large multinational companies operating in the country to disclose their foreign earnings and tax payments. If passed, the law would be a major hit against the proliferation of the use of tax havens for evading financial requirements in Australia.

The elderly have long been a choice target of cyber criminals who often strip them of life savings and other cash reserves. In Australia criminals have taken it to a new level: offering their victims to get their money back by serving as drug mules.

The Australian Federal Police launched a unit dedicated to the tracing and seizure of cryptocurrency related to illicit activities, such as money laundering and offshoring, the Australian Financial Review reported on Monday.

Australian police say they arrested a 24-year-old man for allegedly creating and selling hacking tool used by domestic violence perpetrators and child sex offenders to spy on unsuspecting victims.

A program launched a month ago and aimed to protect the critically endangered Hawksbill turtle is alreadybearing fruit as it has already helped to identify five major poaching hot spots, the environmental watchdogMongabay reported this on Monday.

Australia sanctioned 39 Russians over their alleged links to corruption uncovered by Ukrainian-born Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky as well as those who appear to have been involved in his mistreatment and death in a Moscow prison in 2009.

Two women were charged with trying to launder about US$700.000 in criminal proceeds on behalf of a drug dealer and member of an outlaw motorcycle gang, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) reported on Friday.

Australian Federal Police (AFP) have arrested two Malaysian nationals in the western Sydney area in connection with a money-laundering operation that worked through cryptocurrency exchanges. The AFP seized nearly a quarter-million US dollars in cash in the case.

Australian authorities say they prevented cyber criminals from stealing over US$17 million from the country’s pension funds and launched a series of actions to stop further offshore money transfers, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) reported on Monday.