Border Force claims excise is making illicit tobacco too lucrative for criminals

The Australian Border Force says the Labor government’s efforts are failing to stem the growth of the illegal tobacco market ...

War on illegal tobacco unwinnable without price change: Border Force

Customs officers are seizing 6 million illegal cigarettes a day, but it admits that the illicit trade will continue unless ...

Border Force blitz: Truckies’ visas axed in nationwide freight crackdown

A sweeping operation before the Easter surge has uncovered drivers living unlawfully for a decade and businesses exploiting ...
Townsville Bulletin

Australian Border Force submission into the inquiry of the illegal tobacco crisis attributes blame on federal government

Australian Border Force officials have quietly blamed the federal government’s own tobacco excise for the explosion in black ...
MarineLink

Australia Destroys Foreign Fishing Vessels in Crackdown

The Australian Border Force (ABF) is continuing disruption operations across northern waters, with five foreign fishing ...
Marine Link

Australian Border Force Seizes Seven Foreign Fishing Vessels

Over the past month, Australian Border Force (ABF) has destroyed seven foreign vessels and detained the crews after they were allegedly caught fishing illegally in waters off northern Australia.

Five illegal fishing vessels burned at sea since beginning of crackdown, Border Force says

The Australian Border Force launched a crackdown on illegal fishing in the state's north last month, with 19 boats ...

Boats set on fire in Aussie waters amid crackdown on foreign threat

Indonesian fishing boats are being set alight after being caught in Australian waters. Find out how many have been destroyed ...
The Advocate

Boats, trucks in plot to flood the country with cocaine

When a commercial trawler sank off Victoria with four crew members needing rescuing, police became suspicious about ...