ABC

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

ACC

Australian Crime Commission

ACC Act

Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

ACID

Australian Criminal Intelligence Database

ACMA

Australian Communications and Media Authority

ACT

Australian Capital Territory

AFMA

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

AFP

Australian Federal Police

AGD

Attorney-General's Department

AHTCC

Australian High Tech Crime Centre

AIC

Australian Institute of Criminology

AIFPR

Australian Identity Fraud Protection Register

ALEIN

Australian Law Enforcement Intelligence Network

ALERT

Australian Law Enforcement and Targeting (project)

AMTA

Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association

AML/CTF

anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing

AML/CTF Act

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

ANCOR

Australian National Child Offender Register

AOSD

amphetamines and other synthetic drugs

APMC

Australasian Police Ministers Council

ASCA

Advocates for Survivors of Child Abuse

ASIC

Aviation Security Identification Card

ATO

Australian Taxation Office

ATS

amphetamine type substances

AUSTRAC

Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre

CCCWA

Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia

CDPP

Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CPRS

CrimTrac Police Reference System (development program)

Customs

Australian Customs Service

DOTARS

Department of Transport and Regional Services

FATF

Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering

FFDLR

Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform

FTR Act

Financial Transactions Reports Act 1988

HREOC

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

IT

information technology

IPND

Integrated Public Number Database

LEAs

law enforcement agencies

LEAC

Law Enforcement Advisory Committee

MEOC

Middle Eastern Organised Crime

MCDS

Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy

MCPEMP

Ministerial Council for Police and Emergency Management—Police

MNPP

Minimum Nation-wide Person Profile

MSIC

Maritime Security Identification Card

NAFIS

National Automated Fingerprint Identification System

NCA

National Crime Authority

NCIDD

National Criminal Investigation DNA Database

NCHRC

National Criminal History Record Checking (Service)

NDVS

National Document Verification Service

NFLRS

National Firearms Licensing and Registration System

NNI

National Names Index

NPMs

new payment methods

NSW

New South Wales

NT

Northern Territory

NVOI

National Vehicles of Interest (System)

OMCGs

outlaw motorcycle gangs

PCs

personal computers

PFA

Police Federation of Australia

PoCA

Picture of criminality in Australia report

QCMC

Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission

QPS

Queensland Police Service

RICO

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (Act)

SA

South Australia

SAPOL

South Australia Police

SIEF

Standard Intelligence Exchange Format

SIM

Subscriber Identity Module

SOCA

Serious and Organised Crime Agency (UK)

TDS

Telephone Directory Service

the Act

Crimes Act 1914

the Code

Criminal Code Act 1996

TI

telecommunications interception

TI Act

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

UK

United Kingdom

US

United States

USA

United States of America

ViCLAS

Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System

VoIP

Voice over Internet Protocol

WA

Western Australia

WAPOL

Western Australia Police