Law enforcement task forces
AUSTRAC plays an important role in providing financial intelligence to partners in Australia and internationally, through our participation in counter-terrorism and law enforcement task forces.
Our task force collaborations are diverse, allowing us to provide targeted, actionable intelligence by effectively engaging with partner agencies to share information that supports national security and law enforcement outcomes.
We are an active member and contributor to the priority criminal task forces listed below, focusing on money laundering, terrorism financing, organised crime, child exploitation, drugs, fraud, corruption and tax evasion.
| Task force | Summary | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|
| Counter Foreign Interference Taskforce (CFITF) | The CFITF comprises relevant agencies from across Federal Government, working together to discover, disrupt and investigate foreign interference activity. | National |
| Criminal Assets Confiscation Task Force (CACT) | The multi-agency CACT provides a coordinated and integrated approach to identifying and removing the profits derived from serious and organised criminal activity. | National |
| Commonwealth Agencies Operations Centre (CAOC) | The CAOC was established to coordinate and share intelligence relating to detections at the Australian border, linking national arrangements with states and territories for managing transnational, serious and organised crime. | National |
| Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce (EIAT) | The EIAT comprises relevant agencies from across Federal Government, working together to provide information and advice to the Electoral Commissioner on matters that may compromise the real or perceived integrity of federal electoral events, including referendums. | National |
| Fraud Fusion Task Force | The Fraud Fusion Taskforce is a multi-agency collaboration to strengthen the Government’s approach to fraud committed by serious and organised crime entities with the aim of reducing fraud across all government payment programs. |
National |
| Illicit Tobacco Task Force (ITTF) | The ITTF protects Commonwealth revenue and the tobacco excise system by proactively targeting, disrupting and dismantling serious actors and organised crime syndicates that deal in illicit tobacco. | National |
| Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Task Force (JACET) | JACET brings together the AFP and State and Territory police to combat and investigate child exploitation matters. The JACET model co-locates AFP officers with local State and Territory police Sex Crime Commands, or equivalent, which operate based on information provided by the ACCCE. | National |
| Operation ATHENA | Operation ATHENA is a national coordination group under the Serious and Organised Crime Coordination Committee. ATHENA targets the trafficking and use of illicit firearms throughout Australia and involves all policing jurisdictions as well as a number of federal agencies. | National |
| Operation GRIFFIN | Operation GRIFFIN is a national coordination group acting as the primary source of advice to the Serious and Organised Crime Coordination Committee on all matters relating to child protection and human trafficking. | National |
| Operation HELIOS | Operation HELIOS is part of the law enforcement strategy framework sitting under the Serious and Organised Crime Coordination Committee. HELIOS brings together federal, state and territory law enforcement agencies, and New Zealand Police to combat cybercrime. This includes oversight of the Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre (JPC3) and ReportCyber. | National |
| Taskforce Kubera | Taskforce KUBERA is a national coordination group under the Serious and Organised Crime Coordination Committee and supports the development, prioritisation, and coordination of operational capabilities and strategies for addressing money laundering networks and the seizure of criminal proceeds. | National |
| Taskforce MORPHEUS | Taskforce MORPHEUS is a national coordination group under the Serious and Organised Crime Coordination Committee, connecting federal, state and territory law enforcement agencies to provide a nationally coordinated response to high threat outlaw motor cycle gangs (OMCGs) operating across domestic and international borders. | National |
| Operation THEMIS | Operation THEMIS is part of the law enforcement strategy framework sitting under the Serious and Organised Crime Coordination Committee. THEMIS is responsible for targeting serious financial crimes including fraud, money laundering and corruption. | National |
| Operation VITREUS | Operation VITREUS is part of the law enforcement strategy framework sitting under the Serious and Organised Crime Coordination Committee, focused on disrupting illicit drug activity. | National |
| Phoenix Task Force | The Phoenix Task Force is made up of key federal, state and territory government agencies providing a whole-of-government approach to combating illegal phoenix activity. | National |
| Serious Financial Crime Task Force (SFCT) | The SFCT brings together the knowledge, resources and experience of relevant law enforcement and regulatory agencies to identify and address the most serious and complex forms of financial crime. | National |
| Shadow Economy Standing Task Force | The Shadow Economy Standing Taskforce draws on expertise from across government to develop policies, reforms and enforcement to discourage people from entering the shadow economy, a term used to describe those who operate outside the tax and regulatory system. | National |
| Taskforce AVARUS | Taskforce AVARUS is the next targeted offensive against Australian and offshore organised criminals, who are laundering money through the nation’s financial system and property market at an alarming scale. | National |
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Last updated:
18 Dec 2024
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