CANBERRA, ACT, May 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

Editor's note: Audio grabs from AFP Detective Superintendent Scott Raven available via Hightail.

The auction of a confiscated luxury Sydney penthouse seized as a result of a proceeds of crime investigation will deliver $15 million in community benefits.

The two-level, three-bedroom property in The Rocks was confiscated in 2024, following an investigation and litigation over a five-year period by the AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT).

The CACT investigation was launched as a result of Operation Cabestro, an Australian Border Force (ABF)-led investigation into large-scale excise fraud involving the importation of alcohol. Four men we...