Three charged in prohibited symbols crackdown as police focus on Nazi emblems
A UK citizen and two Australians are facing the full force of the law as police crack down on alleged use of Nazi symbols.
A UK citizen has been charged with allegedly showing Nazi symbols while in Australia as police crack down on a growing hate threat.
The 43-year-old, who was living in Queensland, is alleged to have used two X accounts to display the Hakenkreuz and “espouse a pro-Nazi ideology with a specific hatred of the Jewish community, and to advocate for violence towards this community,” police said.
Officers raided a Caboolture home in November and seized several weapons, including swords bearing swastika symbology, axes and knives.
He was charged with three counts of public display of prohibited Nazi symbols and one count of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence and will next appear in court in January.
It comes as Australian Federal Police officers spent the past week targeting the distribution and display of prohibited symbols.
A Queensland man, 21, was charged after a raid in Brisbane, sparked by the “importation of a significant quantity of flags and literature”, police said.
Officers said a review of the man’s electronic devices allegedly identified items determined to be violent extremist material and he will face Brisbane Magistrates Court in January.
Meanwhile, a 25-year-old man from Sydney was issued with a court attendance notice after investigators executed a search warrant at a Castle Hill property on 27 November, 2025. It will be alleged the man used a Nazi salute at a public gathering in Sydney.
AFP Assistant Commissioner Stephen Nutt said: “This week of disruption was as much about ensuring people were not inadvertently committing criminal offences as it was about bolstering our efforts to safeguard social cohesion.
“The AFP will not tolerate any forms of intimidation, threats or calls for violence against vulnerable communities.”
More to come.
Originally published as Three charged in prohibited symbols crackdown as police focus on Nazi emblems
