Australian Federal Police

About Graduate Opportunities

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is a multi-faceted law The AFP run a 12 month graduate program in Canberra. enforcement organisation. Graduates with law degrees are encouraged to apply.

The AFP strives to build a more secure future for Australia Legal graduates will undertake at least three rotations in and its global partners. Counter terrorism and national areas including: security are major business priorities. - Criminal assets So, too, is the AFP's commitment to international relations - Legislation which drive interagency collaboration and enable - Organised crime transnational crime to be tackled anywhere. At a national - Industrial relations level, the AFP works with the Australian Government and key agencies on a range of counter-terrorism, crime- You can find more information here: fighting and capacity building initiatives. https://www.afp.gov.au/careers/graduate-program

The AFP provides a range of investigation and operational Fun Fact / Recent Project support, security risk management, security vetting and Operation Veyda information services to assist the public. In 2020, five offenders were sentenced between eight to What kind of work? into a transnational crime syndicate that conspired to Lawyers are responsible for the provision of high quality, import more than 1.9 tonnes of illicit drugs into Australia. cost effective in-house professional legal services that The major investigation successfully dismantled two directly support the operational law enforcement interlinked organised crime syndicates operating across activities of the AFP. Australia, the United Arab Emirates and Europe. This may include: - Providing advice to investigators on Commonwealth A futher 20 Australians and six Dutch nationals were powers and offences charged as part of the investigation. - Providing support to large scale and long running operations More than $5.4 million dollars identified as proceeds of - Reviewing and updating operational procedures based crime was seized. on Commonwealth legislation - Providing advice on international and inter-jurisdictional operational issues - Providing advice on and support to the conduct of prosecutions, including sufficiency of evidence, disclosure and protection of sensitive information

Location

Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne - Litigation 30 years imprisonment following an AFP investigation