Australian Intelligence Community - Secondary Entities

Secondary Entities

The Australian Army Intelligence Corps (AUSTINT, AIC) is a corps of the Australian Army which serves as the principal military intelligence unit of the Australian Defence Force and provides staff to the Defence Intelligence and Security Group and major Australian Defence Force commands and staff organisations.

The Australian Federal Police Intelligence Division (AFP) is a division of the Australian Federal Police under the Attorney-General's Department. It provides criminal intelligence and other intelligence capabilities across all operational functions and crime types. Divided into operational intelligence teams, the division collects, collates, analyses and disseminates intelligence on nationally significant criminal issues of interest to the AFP. Areas of intelligence operations extend to crime related to people smuggling, illicit drugs, human trafficking and sexual servitude, financial crime, counter-terrorism, high-tech crime, and child sex tourism.

The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) is the national criminal intelligence and investigation agency under the Attorney-General's Department. It has a range of statutory functions centred on intelligence collection and dissemination and criminal investigations regarding nationally significant, serious and major crimes. The ACC recommends national criminal intelligence priorities (NCIPs), works collaboratively to federal, state and territory agencies, and maintains ongoing powers similar to a Royal Commission. The ACC shapes the national agenda on fighting serious crime, provides solutions for national serious crime priorities and maintains a leading capability in national criminal intelligence.

The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service Intelligence and Targeting Division is a division of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service under the Attorney-General's Department. It is responsible for the assessment of new and emerging threats to the border and customs and the provision of intelligence and targeting that informs and underpins risk mitigation. It is divided into five groups:

• The Cargo and Maritime Targeting Branch delivers cargo and maritime risk assessment, response coordination and information services that support legitimate trade and the risk based interventions needed to prevent the illegal movement of goods across the border. This incorporates multi domain risk indicator and target development, advanced analytical capability and capability development.
• The Counter People Smuggling Taskforce delivers intelligence that informs and supports policy, targeting and operational response to the management of border risks including maritime people smuggling. This branch incorporates mission integration of the whole of government effort in countering the irregular movement of people by sea.
• The Passenger Targeting Branch delivers traveller risk assessment, response co-ordination and information services that support legitimate travel and the risk based interventions needed to prevent the illegal movement of people and the goods they bring across the border. This branch incorporates the multi-agency passenger assessment, analysis, watch listing, traveller risk assessment capability development functions.
• The International Engagement (South East & South Asia) Branch encompasses Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. The branch also has responsibility for Singapore, East Timor, the Philippines, Brunei, Maldives, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Jakarta office is responsible for our regional people smuggling and illegal foreign fishing activity, as well as a broad range of customs and border protection intelligence, investigations, and passengers/trade facilitation activities.
• The Strategic Development (Passengers) Branch delivers the Enhanced Passenger Assessment and Clearance Program.

The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) is the national financial intelligence agency under the under the Attorney-General's Department. It is responsible for gathering intelligence on and regulating money laundering, terrorism financing and major financial crimes.