CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 22 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
Editor's note: Images and footage of the warrant and audio are available via Hightail.
A Redbank Plains man is scheduled to appear before Brisbane Magistrates Court today (22 September, 2026), charged for allegedly bribing Bangladeshi public officials for personal gain.
The man, 51, is alleged to have transferred about $90,000 to people in Bangladesh with the intent that they use it to influence an investigation into the death of a woman known to him, including the removal of his name from police records.
This is the first time the AFP has put an allegation of foreign bribery of a public official for personal advantage before the court.
An initial...