He was charged as part of the AFP’s Operation Ironside – a three-year covert operation targeting users of encrypted communications device AN0M. Police allege that Goertz hired Ryan as a ...

A second man has been charged after allegedly helping an organised crime figure believed to have been behind the fabricated caravan terror plot flee the country.

According to the AFP, the long-serving officer played an "influential" role in Operation Ironside, the country's largest-ever crime sting, which busted organised syndicates trafficking illicit ...

Despite this, authorities believe he has likely fled overseas. He was arrested as part of the AFP's Operation Ironside, which involved investigators using an encrypted messaging app to arrest ...