AFP
A smuggled SIM card and hidden modem: How two children evaded forced marriages and got their father convicted
A 15-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl have made a daring escape from their father’s attempts to force them into arranged marriages shortly after arriving in Australia.
- by Amber Schultz
Latest
Analysis
Freedom of speech
Illegal, indecent or essential: What happened to Australians’ right to protest?
As political debate reignites over October 7 protests and free speech, some seek to draw distinctions between the right to protest and what is right.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Updated
Middle East tensions
Police move to ban October 7 anniversary protests over Hezbollah flags
NSW Police have applied to shut down rallies in Sydney, as protesters say calls to ban vigils and demonstrations are a ban on free speech.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Paul Sakkal
Northern beaches father and son charged over 50-kilogram cocaine import
Police watched as mortgage broker Keenan Mickley and his son Taj allegedly attempted to access $16 million worth of drugs at a Cromer property.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Can the AFP charge protesters for displaying the Hezbollah flag? It’s complicated
Parliament outlawed the display of terrorist symbols just this year. The rallies could pose the first major test of the fresh rules.
- by Olivia Ireland
Hezbollah flag-waving protesters risk jail, AFP warns
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has demanded authorities check the visa status of demonstrators who waved Hezbollah flags and glorified the militant group’s slain chief Hassan Nasrallah.
- by Paul Sakkal, James Massola, Olivia Ireland and Marta Pascual Juanola
AFP says waving Hezbollah flag at protest not enough for arrest
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke threatened visa cancellations after a small group of Hezbollah flag-waving protesters gatecrashed a peaceful protest in Melbourne.
- by Roy Ward and Cassandra Morgan
Inside Sydney airport workers’ alleged botched smuggling of 100kg of cocaine
Horseracing codewords, plans to recruit new crooked airport staff and drug smugglers in South Africa are at the centre of accusations against a group of Sydney men.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
Exclusive
Mining
Federal police drop foreign bribery investigation into Australian miner
Sundance Resources was accused of bribing government officials in the Republic of Congo to progress an iron ore venture that was set to be one of the biggest projects in Africa.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey and Emmanuel Freudenthal
This Sydney tradie told his wife they would visit family abroad. Instead, he allegedly abandoned her in Pakistan
An Auburn tiler has been charged with human trafficking after allegedly tricking his wife into travelling overseas and abandoning her without her passport.
- by Amber Schultz
‘Mafia don’ caught, Irish cartel raided as fallout from Sydney Ghost network goes global
Dozens of arrests around the world have followed the capture of the alleged mastermind of the Ghost encrypted platform – and among the scalps are high-ranking international crime figures.
- by Perry Duffin
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/australian-federal-police-jnt