CANBERRA, ACT, May 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

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Kuala Lumpur to Paris. Two AFP posts separated by 10,000km and 50 years. But what they share is a critical role in the AFP's international work to protect Australia from afar and stop criminal activities at their source.

As of February 2025, the AFP has more than 200 members located in 34 countries around the world in cities such as Mexico City, Wellington and Port Moresby. The largest AFP post is Washington, United States, with nine members.

Officers stationed overseas work with local authorities to disrupt criminal activities which impact Australia and its people, such as drug trafficking, cybercrime, mone...