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Crime Interrupted

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Crime Interrupted explores some of the biggest and most challenging cases handled by the Australian Federal Police (AFP), Australia’s national policing agency. Presented by Casefile, the series covers cases including human trafficking, counter-terrorism operations, international kidnappings, drug crime, cybercrime and more. You will hear from the AFP officers who investigated these crimes, as well as members from domestic and international partners.


These are the real stories of the AFP. Everyday people, doing legendary work.  Season 3 will be released from May 2025.


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18 Episodes
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Operation Amorgos

Operation Amorgos

2025-07-2058:19

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. https://www.afp.gov.au/crimeinterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Operation Buxtehude

Operation Buxtehude

2025-06-2247:13

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. https://www.afp.gov.au/crimeinterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Operation Beaufighter

Operation Beaufighter

2025-06-1555:15

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. https://www.afp.gov.au/crimeinterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Operation Crystalfields

Operation Crystalfields

2025-06-0850:191

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Operation Balah

Operation Balah

2025-06-0154:351

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Operation Castrum

Operation Castrum

2025-05-2550:513

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.https://www.afp.gov.au/crimeinterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Operation Collage

Operation Collage

2023-09-0758:431

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Operation Birks

Operation Birks

2023-08-1049:204

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Operation Boscobel

Operation Boscobel

2023-07-1301:03:291

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Operation Blare

Operation Blare

2023-06-0950:192

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Operation Caulis

Operation Caulis

2023-05-1156:081

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Operation Kastelholm

Operation Kastelholm

2023-04-1359:031

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Operation Middleham

Operation Middleham

2022-03-1056:14

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Operation Okesi

Operation Okesi

2022-03-0352:491

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Operation Ascalon

Operation Ascalon

2022-02-2456:30

When the AFP was made aware of a sadistic online offender targeting one teenage boy and threatening blackmail, Operation Ascalon kicked into gear. The investigators uncovered a disturbing pattern of behaviour by the offender that quickly lured over a hundred unsuspecting young victims. https://jobs.afp.gov.au/CrimeInterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Operation Streambank

Operation Streambank

2022-02-1701:01:14

When South Australian farmer Des fell in love with ‘Natacha’ in an online romance scam, he travelled more than 8,000 km to West Africa, facing danger from the moment he arrived. In Operation Streambank we learn how the AFP worked with international partners to get Des back to Australia safely.https://jobs.afp.gov.au/CrimeInterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Operation Boone

Operation Boone

2022-02-1058:371

Operation Boone details the AFP investigation that brought down an offender who created websites to sell stolen usernames and passwords to access multiple online subscriber services. Unsuspecting law-abiding citizens suddenly found their services could be hacked and accessed illegally.https://jobs.afp.gov.au/CrimeInterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Operation Kitrino

Operation Kitrino

2022-02-0301:13:502

In Operation Kitrino, the AFP investigated a well-established human trafficking syndicate operating within the brothel industry in Melbourne. It took months to locate the syndicate head who was targeting mostly Korean women who found themselves quickly trapped in debt bondage and had no escape. Lured by the opportunity to clear their debt… but at what cost? https://jobs.afp.gov.au/CrimeInterrupted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Comments (31)

Jayne Markham

a,

Sep 15th
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Alison Wonderland

I don't know why you couldn't name those arrested as other media outlets have named them.

Aug 23rd
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lil john

That lady detective said that dealers are only looking at the gain and not the lost..if they did then there no need for the drug enforcement department..lol..that’s the dumbest non Street logic ever heard..😂😂

Jun 22nd
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Alison Wonderland

not sure why you didn't name the crims even though they're named in the media.

Jun 16th
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J Coker

their community ? lebs

May 14th
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Cyn

I find this episode hilarious considering Australia's own terroristic and authoritarian behaviors during the whole COVID mess.

Mar 12th
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M J Caine

How desperate for love are these people that they ignore the red flags? He suspected it was a scam but still kept in contact with the fake woman and sent money! Hate to think how much it cost the AFP in wages and time trying to save this fool!

Feb 18th
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Gary Norris

Selling other peoples data, lol which corporation doesn't. $1.6m 21 years old non custodial sentence I think he done well.

Feb 16th
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Frankomagic

Sorry but this episode is ridiculous.. attempting to make selling Netflix logins sinister and scary.. having the FBI travel to AUS participate in the arrest of a kid who bought username and passwords and built a system to check them against Netflix accounts..

Feb 12th
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