The Latest Breaking News from Australian Federal Police

The Commonwealth Ombudsman says complaints against federal police officers are being dealt with too slowly, with some probes impacted by conflicts of interest.

Police have escalated their search for abducted five-year-old girl, Grace Hughes, forming a taskforce with the Australian Federal Police and other agencies.

The number of remote access Trojan products has increased tenfold, and authorities face a mammoth task tracking down the criminals behind them.

A retired public servant from South Australia has been sentenced to up to 16 years in jail for sexually exploiting children in the Philippines, with police saying his victims will never get back their "stolen childhoods". WARNING: This story contains content that some readers may find upsetting.

An Australian man who sparked a worldwide investigation into spyware he allegedly created and sold to domestic violence perpetrators has been charged by Australian Federal Police.

Experts for alleged criminals charged in one of Australia's biggest criminal sting operations will be given access to the coding of a messaging app built by the Australian Federal Police to catch those allegedly involved in organised crime.

It's a neat-as-a-pin, blink-and-you'll-miss it, quiet Queensland country town. But now Durong is the focus of a massive cocaine bust after police swooped on an industrial drug lab on a rural property.

Federal authorities have raided homes across three Australian states and territories, seizing cash and finding buckets and utes full of drugs.

Federal and state police have raided a cocaine production house in country Queensland which they say is linked to a Columbian cartel.