CANBERRA, ACT, May 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A Vietnamese national tracked down in Sydney by the AFP's Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (FAST) has been extradited from Australia to face charges in Vietnam of appropriating property by swindling.
Marking the first extradition from Australia to Vietnam, the AFP handed the woman, 67, over to the custody of officers from the Ministry of Public Security on Friday (15 May, 2026) for escort on a flight to Vietnam.
The FAST began an investigation into the woman after the Australian Government received an extradition request from Vietnamese authorities.
With assistance from Australia's financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC, through the Fintel Alliance pu...