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Annual Report 2016–17 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–17 COMPLEXITY TRANSFORMATION CAPABILITY ISSN 0728–4691 © Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Federal Police, 2017 Ownership of intellectual property rights in this publication Unless otherwise noted, copyright (and other intellectual property rights, if any) in this publication is owned AFP ANNUAL REPORT 2016–17 REPORT AFP ANNUAL by the Commonwealth of Australia. Creative Commons licence This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, which allows you to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt this publication provided that you attribute the work. A summary of the licence terms is available from: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en. The full licence terms are available from: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ legalcode. The Commonwealth of Australia’s preference is that you attribute this publication (and any material sourced from it) using the following wording: Source: Licensed from the Commonwealth of Australia under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence. The Commonwealth of Australia does not necessarily endorse the content of this publication. Contact officer Inquiries about this document should be directed to: Manager Strategic Policy Australian Federal Police GPO Box 401 Canberra ACT 2601 Email: [email protected] Phone: (02) 6131 3000 General inquiries Post: Written requests for general information can be sent to: Australian Federal Police GPO Box 401 Canberra ACT 2601 Telephone: General inquiries can be made by phoning the AFP’s national switchboard on (02) 6131 3000. For freedom of information requests phone the AFP on (02) 6131 6131 or send an email to [email protected]. Internet: For general information go to the AFP website: https://www.afp.gov.au. For an electronic version of this and previous annual reports go to: https://www.afp.gov.au/about-us/publications-and-reports/annual-reports. 15 September 2017 The Hon Michael Keenan MP Minister for Justice House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Dear Minister I am pleased to submit the Australian Federal Police annual report for the period 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017. This report includes: ▸ the annual report of the Australian Federal Police prepared in accordance with section 67 of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 and section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 ▸ the annual report about authorities for assumed identities pursuant to section 15LD(1) of the Crimes Act 1914 ▸ the annual report on the National Witness Protection Program pursuant to section 30(2) of the Witness Protection Act 1994 ▸ the annual report on unexplained wealth investigations and proceedings pursuant to section 179U of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. This report has been prepared in accordance with the relevant acts and the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014. A copy of this report is to be presented to each House of Parliament on or before 31 October 2017. In accordance with section 10 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014, I hereby certify that the Australian Federal Police has prepared fraud risk assessments and fraud control plans and has in place appropriate fraud prevention, detection, investigation and reporting mechanisms. The Australian Federal Police is also taking all reasonable measures to minimise the incidence of fraud in the agency and to investigate and recover the proceeds of fraud against the agency. Yours sincerely Andrew Colvin APM OAM Commissioner AFP principal locations AFP ANNUAL REPORT 2016–17 REPORT AFP ANNUAL National Headquarters Adelaide Office Headquarters Level 8, 55 Currie Street Edmund Barton Building Adelaide SA 5000 47 Kings Avenue, Barton ACT 2600 (08) 8416 2857 (02) 6131 3000 Media inquiries: (02) 6131 6333 Brisbane Office 45 Commercial Road ACT Policing Newstead Qld 4006 Winchester Police Centre (07) 3222 1222 Cnr Benjamin Way and College Street Belconnen ACT 2617 Darwin Office (02) 6256 7777 4 Pedersen Road Media inquiries: (02) 6264 9460 Marrara NT 0812 (08) 8980 1300 Hobart Office Level 7, 47 Liverpool Street Hobart Tas. 7000 (03) 6230 1510 Melbourne Office 383 La Trobe Street Melbourne Vic. 3000 (03) 9607 7777 Perth Office 619 Murray Street West Perth WA 6005 (08) 9320 3444 Sydney Office 110 Goulburn Street Sydney NSW 2000 (02) 9286 4000 iv CONTENTS CHAPTERS Letter of transmittal iii Appendixes 161 Commissioner’s review 1 AFP principal locations iv Appendix A: 1 Corporate integrity 162 Commissioner’s review 1 Appendix B: Overview of the AFP 2 Advertising and market research 166 Snapshot of achievements, 2016–17 4 Appendix C: Staffing statistics 167 Performance overview 3 2 Appendix D: Overview of the AFP 7 Agency resource statement and The AFP’s role and purpose 8 resources for outcomes 177 Performance details 4 Organisational structure 10 Appendix E: Strategic initiatives 12 Non-financial performance 180 5 3 Appendix F: Management and accountability Performance overview 15 List of annual report Annual performance statements 16 requirements 183 Financial statements 6 Financial performance 39 Annex A: Assumed Identities 4 annual report 2016–17 189 Performance details 41 Appendixes Annex B: National Witness Overview 42 Protection Program Enterprise 43 annual report 2016–17 193 Operations 52 Annexes Capability 82 Annex C: Unexplained wealth Capacity 96 investigations and proceedings, Shortened forms 5 2016–17 201 Management and accountability 101 Shortened forms 204 Corporate governance 102 Glossary External scrutiny 110 Glossary 206 Management and development of human resources 117 Index 208 Index Financial management 126 6 Financial statements 129 v Tables Table 5.1 Weekly average pages printed 109 Table 5.2 Contracts without Auditor-General access, 2016–17 126 Table 5.3 Expenditure on consultants, 2014–15 to 2016–17 127 Table A1 Alleged conduct breaches recorded, by category, 2013–14 to 2016–17 162 AFP ANNUAL REPORT 2016–17 REPORT AFP ANNUAL Table A2 Alleged conduct breaches recorded, by source, 2016–17 163 Table A3 Finalised conduct breaches, by category, 2016–17 163 Table A4 Conduct breaches established, by type, 2016–17 164 Table A5 Prohibited drug tests conducted, 2015–16 and 2016–17 165 Table A6 Age of complaints being carried forward to 2017–18 (ongoing as at 30 June 2017) 165 Table A7 Run time for resolution of complaints finalised 165 Table A8 Total harmful workplace behaviour referrals to Safe Place, the Confidant Network and Professional Standards (PRS), 2016–17 166 Table B1 Media costs during 2016–17 166 Table C1 Ongoing, non-ongoing and casual AFP staff, 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2017 167 Table C2 Length of service of AFP staff, 30 June 2017 168 Table C3 AFP workforce composition, 30 June 2017 169 Table C4 AFP staff, by location and gender, 30 June 2017 170 Table C5 AFP staff, by gender and sworn status, 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2017 171 Table C6 AFP staff identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australians, by sworn status and employment group, 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2017 172 Table C7 AFP staff identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australians, by location and gender, 30 June 2017 173 Table C8 AFP staff identifying as culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), by sworn status and employment group, 30 June 2017 174 Table C9 AFP senior executives (substantive staff), 30 June 2017 175 Table C10 AFP staff outposted to other agencies or police services, secondments, territories police and peacekeeping or police development, 30 June 2017 176 Table D1 Agency resource statement, 2016–17 177 Table D2 Expenses for Outcome 1 178 Table D3 Expenses for Outcome 2 179 Table E1 Performance of Program 1.1 and 1.2 in relation to key performance indicators 180 Table E2 AFP drug seizures, 2015–16 and 2016–17 182 Table AA1 National Witness Protection Program expenditure, 2016–17 199 Table AA2 Total expenditure (before costs were recovered) in previous years 199 vi Figures Figure 2.1 Organisational structure, 30 June 2017 11 Figure 3.1 Stakeholder satisfaction with the AFP, 2007–17 (across all programs) 19 Figure 3.2 Conviction rates for all AFP cases reaching court and finalised, 2009–10 to 2016–17 21 Figure 3.3 Community satisfaction with AFP contribution to aviation law enforcement and security, 2010–17, and with federal policing, 2015–17 25 Figure 3.4 AFP Drug Harm Index, 2009–10 to 2016–17 29 1 Figure 3.5 Trends in AFP seizures for key drug categories, 2009–10 to 2016–17 29 Figure 3.6 Criminal assets restrained, 2009–10 to 2016–17 30 Figure 5.1 AFP data centre power usage effectiveness 109 Figure 5.2 Trend in the number of complaints and associated breaches, 2011–12 to 2016–17 115 vii AFP ANNUAL REPORT 2016–17 REPORT AFP ANNUAL NATIONAL AND COMPLEX, INTERNATIONAL TRANSNATIONAL, LEADERSHIP AND SERIOUS AND COORDINATION ORGANISED CRIME INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE LEADERS POLICING FOR A SAFER AUSTRALIA TECHNICAL AND NICHE PROFICIENCIES INTELLIGENCE­ INFORMED TARGETING AND PROCESSES viii 1 Commissioner’s review AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin 111 The world has changed dramatically since the origins of Commonwealth policing a century ago: we are increasingly immersed in technology and data; the nature and form of our social interactions have evolved; and globalisation influences much of what we do. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) must deal not only with many traditional crime types that have evolved but also with an increasingly broad range of new and complex crime types. This creates a dynamic environment in which the AFP is uniquely placed to operate. We have capabilities and a workforce that allow us to operate locally, nationally, internationally and in cyberspace – protecting Australians and Australian interests from criminal harms wherever they may arise. We will always have a core focus on our policing operations and law enforcement capabilities.
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