CANBERRA, ACT, April 22 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, the Therapeutic Goods Administration and AUSTRAC
The AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) has confiscated more than $1 million suspected of being the proceeds of the unlawful sale of illicit vaping goods.
On 9 April, 2026, the Supreme Court of NSW ordered the funds to be forfeited to the Commonwealth, following a multi-agency investigation into two bank accounts that were receiving funds allegedly from sales of illicit vaping goods.
The AFP started Operation Smokestorm in May 2025, after receiving intelligence via AUSTRAC's Fintel Alliance from ANZ and Westpac bank...