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About us

Launched on 2 July 2003, the Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC) is hosted in Canberra by the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

The role of the AHTCC is to:

1. Provide a national coordinated approach to combating serious, complex and multi-jurisdictional technology enabled crimes, especially those beyond the capability of single jurisdictions.
2. Assist in improving the capacity of all jurisdictions to deal with technology enabled crime.
3. Support efforts to protect the National Information Infrastructure (NII).

The AHTCC fulfils this role through the following functions:

• Co-ordination of technology enabled crime matters between Australian law enforcement, Federal Government and international agencies.
• Investigation of serious and complex matters either by the AHTCC or through cooperation or referral to a partner agency.
• Intelligence services that contribute to a better understanding of the technology enabled crime environment.
• Liaison with Government agencies, industry groups, businesses and other organisations on techonolgy enabled crime matters, including technical, investigative, business and policy.
• Knowledge of technology enabled crime issues such as preventative measures, best practice investigative tools and techniques, expert advice, training and education.

An integral part of the AHTCC is the Joint Banking Finance Sector Investigation Team (JBFSIT) combating internet banking fraud.

The AHTCC is a member of the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT).

Reporting structure

The Director of the AHTCC is Mr James McCormack.