This is a joint media release between the Office of the Special Investigator and the AFP
A joint investigation between the Office of the Special Investigator (OSI) and the AFP has today resulted in the arrest of a New South Wales man.
It is expected he will be charged with one count of War Crime-Murder under subsection 268.70(1) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth).
Investigators arrested the man, 41, in regional NSW this morning and he is expected to appear in a NSW Local Court later today (Monday, 20 March 2023).
It will be alleged he murdered an Afghan man while deployed to Afghanistan with the Australian Defence Force.
The maximum penalty for a War Crime-Murder offence is life imprisonment.
The OSI and AFP are working together to investigate allegations of criminal offences under Australian law related to breaches of the Laws of Armed Conflict by Australian Defence Force personnel in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016.
