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About the Australian Crime Commission

The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) is established under the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 as a statutory authority to combat serious and organised crime. We report directly to the Minister for Home Affairs and are part of the Attorney-General's portfolio.

To ensure the appropriate management and accountability of our operations we are governed by the:

Message from our CEO. The ACC is a service agency. We are a niche, complementary agency delivering specialist law enforcement capabilities to other agencies in the law enforcement community and broader government. Everything we do is either with or for one of our partnet agencies. In my role as CEO I look forward to further cementing these relationship and working collaboratively to fight serious and organised crime. In the future we will work our partners to target the highest threat organised crime groups by investigatiingheir financial structures. The ACC should never be in competition with anyone except organised crime. John Lawler APM, Chief Executive Officer

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Our purpose

Unite the fight against nationally significant crime.

Our goals

  • Shape the national agenda on fighting serious crime.
  • Provide solutions for national serious crime priorities.
  • Maintain a leading edge capability in national criminal intelligence and information services.
  • Maximise the potential of our people.
  • Build highly effective business practices that support our strategy.