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2020-2021
Location: 
New South Wales

Sydney man receives term of imprisonment for breaching North Korean sanctions

Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism
Mr Chan Han Choi pleaded guilty to breaching sanctions imposed on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea).
2020-2021
Location: 
Victoria

Director concedes conviction was tainted by substantial miscarriage of justice

Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism
Tony Mokbel had been charged with importing 1.9kg of cocaine into Australia. One of the barristers that represented him was Nicola Gobbo. The Court of Appeal ordered a re-trial. The CDPP discontinued the re-trial as there was no public interest in prosecuting Mr Mokbel again.
2020-2021
Location: 
Victoria

Director’s appeal leads to longer terrorism sentence

Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism
In mid 2020, Mr Ali was sentenced on charges but the Crown filed an appeal against the adequacy of this sentence. On 18 December the Court of Appeal upheld the Crown appeal.
2020-2021
Location: 
Victoria

Court of Appeal dismissed appeal in MDMA case

Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism
Investigators discovered 1.4 tonnes of pure MDMA concealed in tomato tins in a shipping container in Melbourne. In November 2019 the Commonwealth Attorney-General referred the whole of Mr Visser’s case to the Court of Appeal to be heard and determined as if it were a fresh appeal. On 18 December 2020, the Court of Appeal dismissed Mr Visser’s appeal.
2020-2021
Location: 
New South Wales

Khawaja falsifies terrorist plot

Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism
Arsalan Khawaja falsified handwritten entries in a notebook indicating that another man was preparing to engage in, or assist with, a terrorist act.
2020-2021
Location: 
Victoria

Phillip Galea jailed for terrorist offences

Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism
Mr Phillip Galea was charged with one count of doing acts in preparation for, or planning a terrorist act and one count of attempting to collect or make a document likely to facilitate a terrorist act.
2020-2021
Location: 
South Australia

Operation Lockenhaus (Zainab Abdirahman-Khalif)

Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism
A 25 year old Adelaide woman has had her conviction on a terrorism offence reinstated following the CDPP’s successful High Court appeal against orders directing her acquittal.
2020-2021
Location: 
Victoria

Operation Kungur-Oak

Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism
Four Melbourne men (Paul Ngo, William Do, Huy Hoang and Tony Tran) have been sentenced for their roles in operating a drug syndicate in Melbourne’s western suburbs in mid 2018.
2020-2021
Location: 
Victoria

Operation Sunrise – Six members of international drug syndicate sentenced

Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism
Operation Sunrise targeted a transnational syndicate involved in importing heroin to Australia and trafficking heroin in Melbourne. The investigation also uncovered trafficking of methamphetamine in Melbourne.
2020-2021
Location: 
Victoria

Three men jailed for terror attack on Shia mosque

Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism
On 24 July 2019, the Supreme Court of Victoria sentenced Mr Ahmed Mohamed (26), Mr Abdullah Chaarani (28) and Mr Hatim Moukhaiber (31) to lengthy prison terms for engaging in a terrorist act contrary to s101.1(1) of the Criminal Code 2010 (Cth). The terrorist act involved setting fire to a Shia mosque in suburban Melbourne on 11 December 2016.
2018-2019
Location: 
Victoria

Landmark terrorism sentences handed down on the same day

Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism

In two unrelated but strikingly similar terrorism cases, radicalised individuals were jailed for 42 and 36 years on 5 June 2019, after carrying out stabbing attacks.

2018-2019
Location: 
Victoria

Would-be foreign fighter jailed for seven years

Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism

The ringleader of a group of extremist Muslims who planned to sail to the southern Philippines and encourage others to violently overthrow its government, was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment on 3 May 2019.

2017-2018
Location: 
New South Wales

Raban ALOU - An act of terrorism

Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism

On 1 March 2018, Mr Raban Alou was sentenced by the Supreme Court of NSW in Parramatta to 44 years’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 33 years, for abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of a terrorist act.  Mr Alou sourced and supplied the handgun which was used to shoot dead NSW Police accountant Mr Curtis Cheng as he left Parramatta Police Headquarters in 2015. 

2017-2018
Location: 
New South Wales

Ali AL-TALEBI - Terrorism offences

Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism

On 28 August 2017, 27 year old Ali Al-Talebi was sentenced in the District Court of NSW to a total effective sentence of imprisonment for 12 years, with a non-parole period of 9 years, for his role in sending funds overseas in an attempt to support the Islamic State terrorist organisation.