CANBERRA, ACT, March 21 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
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An Australian citizen is expected to face Bundaberg Magistrates Court today (21 March, 2025) for allegedly smuggling an alleged Operation Ironside accused from Australia in September, 2023.
The AFP charged a Bargara man, 57, yesterday (20 March, 2025) under Operation Harrakis, which was investigating a criminal syndicate suspected of helping serious organised crime figures flee Australia.
It will be alleged the man and another man crewed a vessel that collected the alleged fugitive in an at-sea transfer before the three men allegedly sailed from Thursday Island on 21 September, 2023,...