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ALLIANCE – Clasp (AFP)

On Saturday October 12, 2002, two bombs were detonated in Kuta Beach, Bali, killing 202 people, including 88 Australians. Invited to assist in the Indonesian National Police (INP) investigation, the AFP launched Operation ALLIANCE with the support of other Australian and international agencies. Members of the AFP who took part in the investigations in Indonesia were awarded the AFP Operations Medal with clasp ALLIANCE. The medal and clasp also went to members of other Australian police services involved, as well as to selected non-police specialists employed in forensic investigation and analysis.

AREW – Clasp (AFP)

There were 298 people on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down on 17 July 2014. All 298 passengers and crew died, including 38 Australians. The largest loss of life to Australians internationally since the 2002 Bali bombings. The AFP deployed over 180 personnel to Ukraine, and other key locations in Europe as part of Operation Arew. AFP officers undertook various duties: search, investigations, intelligence, DVI and forensics support.

The investigation met the highest international standards. It accepted the inherent challenges associated with protracted, multi-jurisdictional investigations. It obtained evidence in separatist-controlled Ukrainian territory. AFP experts worked with a forensic expert group of international specialists. The group ensured a holistic, coordinated and strategic approach to the complex and challenging task.

DEVA – Clasp (AFP)

Operation DEVA was a significant joint investigation conducted by the AFP and the Fiji Police in Fiji in 2004. The operation uncovered a large clandestine laboratory set up in a warehouse in Suva, and involved the seizure of precursor chemicals with the potential to produce up to one ton of crystal methylamphetamine. Members of the AFP who were involved in Operation DEVA were awarded
the AFP Operations Medal with clasp DEVA

NEATH – Clasp (AFP)

Operation NEATH was a combined ASIO, AFP, VICPOL and NSWPOL counter-terrorist investigation carried out in 2009 which resulted in the arrest and trial of five men on charges of plotting to carry out an act of terrorism. Specifically the five men, who were alleged to be connected with the Islamic terrorist group al-Shabaab, were charged with planning and preparing to carry out an armed attack on the Australian Army base at Holsworthy in the west of Sydney, NSW and possibly other army establishments in Victoria. 9Members of the AFP involved in Operation NEATH were awarded the AFP Operations Medal with clasp NEATH

PENDENNIS – Clasp (AFP)

Operation PENDENNIS was a Melbourne-based combined Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), AFP, Victoria Police (VICPOL) and New South Wales Police (NSWPOL) counter-terrorist investigation carried out between 2004 and 2005 which resulted in the arrest
and trial of nine men on charges of plotting to carry out acts of terrorism. Operation Pendennis, along with its related Sydney-based Operation PENDENNIS-EDEN, was one of the most important terrorism investigations in Australian history and successfully disrupted a terrorist act from occurring on Australian soil. Members of the AFP who were involved in Operation PENDENNIS were awarded the AFP Operations Medal with clasp PENDENNIS.