PERTH AIRPORT LUGGAGE SEARCH LEADS TO CACT RESTRAINT OF ABOUT $7 MILLION IN WA ASSETS IN TAX EVASION AND MONEY LAUNDERING INVESTIGATION

CANBERRA, ACT, July 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

Editor's note:Image, footage and audio grabs from the investigation are available via Hightail.

A woman stopped from leaving Australia with $190,000 cash in her luggage initiated an investigation that has led the AFP to restrain about $7 million in assets as suspected proceeds of crime.

An AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) investigation began in October, 2023, after Perth International Airport security staff identified irregularities during screening of a 65-year-old woman's luggage. Security staff referred the matter to Australian Border Force (ABF) officers, who identified it as bundles of cash.

A search of the woman's luggage a...