Australia Crime

The Australian Northern Territory (NT) will soon allow children as young as 10 to be jailed again, after a reversal of the previous government's decision to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12.

An Australian man has been charged with distributing the encrypted messaging app known as "Ghost", allegedly used by criminals across the globe to arrange drug deals and violence, police said Wednesday.

Australian police shot and killed a "radicalised" 16-year-old boy with a knife who had wounded a member of the public in Western Australia, police and state Premier Roger Cook said Sunday.

Australian police on Friday charged one of their own officers with the double murder of a TV presenter and his flight attendant boyfriend, whose bodies have yet to be found.

In a chilling tale that seems plucked from the script of the acclaimed TV series Ozark, an Indian-origin couple residing in the UK has been sentenced to 33 years in prison each for a crime that transcends international borders.

Cricket fever had gripped the entire nation when India took on Australia in the World Cup final against Australia on Sunday.

An ex-headmistress who sexually abused two sisters at an Australian Jewish school, before fleeing to Israel then being extradited back, was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in jail.

The National Australia Bank (NAB) has joined others in halting payments to crypto exchanges that have been most named in scam-related complaints. The development comes after almost 50 percent of scam funds reported to the Australian Financial Crimes Exchange in the last one month were related to cryptocurrency.

One of Australia's most decorated soldiers lost a landmark defamation case against major newspapers Thursday after a bruising trial that saw accusations of murder, domestic violence, witness intimidation and war crimes.

China on Tuesday said Australia should remember Japan's war crimes during World War II before cozying up to the regional power.

The man died of his injuries on Tuesday and the attempted murder charge against his daughter was upgraded to murder.

In a stern warning to state-sponsored malicious cyber activities, the grouping of India, Australia, Japan and the United States collectively called Quad has vowed to assist each other in ensuring the security and resilience of regional cyberinfra

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is tightening its noose around crypto scam websites, that are posing major financial risk to innocent investors. The body is also looking to educate people on the different ways that scammers could steal digital assets from their pockets. The new trial also sees the Australian Securities and...

Australian federal police say they are using an advanced DNA sequencing technology to predict the physical appearance of potential suspects.

An Australia-based former nanny lost her second appeal against extradition to Chile on Wednesday where she allegedly served as a member of the feared secret police during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

The Australian Northern Territory (NT) will soon allow children as young as 10 to be jailed again, after a reversal of the previous government's decision to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12.

An Australian man has been charged with distributing the encrypted messaging app known as "Ghost", allegedly used by criminals across the globe to arrange drug deals and violence, police said Wednesday.

Australian police shot and killed a "radicalised" 16-year-old boy with a knife who had wounded a member of the public in Western Australia, police and state Premier Roger Cook said Sunday.

Australian police on Friday charged one of their own officers with the double murder of a TV presenter and his flight attendant boyfriend, whose bodies have yet to be found.

In a chilling tale that seems plucked from the script of the acclaimed TV series Ozark, an Indian-origin couple residing in the UK has been sentenced to 33 years in prison each for a crime that transcends international borders.

Cricket fever had gripped the entire nation when India took on Australia in the World Cup final against Australia on Sunday.

An ex-headmistress who sexually abused two sisters at an Australian Jewish school, before fleeing to Israel then being extradited back, was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in jail.

The National Australia Bank (NAB) has joined others in halting payments to crypto exchanges that have been most named in scam-related complaints. The development comes after almost 50 percent of scam funds reported to the Australian Financial Crimes Exchange in the last one month were related to cryptocurrency.

One of Australia's most decorated soldiers lost a landmark defamation case against major newspapers Thursday after a bruising trial that saw accusations of murder, domestic violence, witness intimidation and war crimes.

China on Tuesday said Australia should remember Japan's war crimes during World War II before cozying up to the regional power.

The man died of his injuries on Tuesday and the attempted murder charge against his daughter was upgraded to murder.

In a stern warning to state-sponsored malicious cyber activities, the grouping of India, Australia, Japan and the United States collectively called Quad has vowed to assist each other in ensuring the security and resilience of regional cyberinfra

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is tightening its noose around crypto scam websites, that are posing major financial risk to innocent investors. The body is also looking to educate people on the different ways that scammers could steal digital assets from their pockets. The new trial also sees the Australian Securities and...

Australian federal police say they are using an advanced DNA sequencing technology to predict the physical appearance of potential suspects.

An Australia-based former nanny lost her second appeal against extradition to Chile on Wednesday where she allegedly served as a member of the feared secret police during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.