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Dear Tesi

Following advice from the line area the information you seek can be found in the 2018/19 AFP annual report at page 74. Further, the teams in question no longer exist.

Although this request was not officially commenced as we were awaiting advice from the line area, but given the information is in the public domain, do you wish to continue with this request?

Regards,

JACQUELINE (AFP12306)
PRINCIPAL FOI OFFICER/TEAM LEADER, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
CHIEF COUNSEL
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE

www.afp.gov.au
UNCLASSIFIED

-----Original Message-----
From: Tesi <[FOI #5930 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 21 November 2019 8:54 AM
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - AFP Departments - Purpose

Dear Australian Federal Police,

I am seeking information in relation to the following AFP departments as to their establishment, purpose and the specific operational responsibilities assigned to each one;

National Response Operations team 3, Crime Operations.
Response and Human Trafficking.
Victim Based Crime Team, Crime Operations.

Yours faithfully,

Tesi

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Dear Tesi Fel

I refer to your email dated 10 December 2019, in which you seek access to
documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act) as follows:

Information in relation to the following AFP departments as their
establishment, purpose and specific operational responsibilities assigned
to the

National Response Operations team 3, Crime Operations;

Response and Human Trafficking; and

Victim Based Crime Team, Crime Operations.

Timeframe

Your confirmation to proceed with your request was received by this agency
on 10 December 2019, and the 30 day statutory period for processing your
request commenced from that date. The due date for your request is 9
January 2020.

Information considered irrelevant to the scope of your request

The AFP, in its management of FOI requests, excludes the following
information on the basis that is irrelevant to the scope of a request:

- Names of AFP members, other than the Senior Executive.

- Direct telephone numbers, signatures and mobile telephone numbers
of AFP members.

- Duplicate documents, including duplicate emails. The AFP will only
provide emails where they form a final email chain and the
authors/recipients are contained within the final email.

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Information Publication Scheme and the AFP disclosure log.

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If, however, after noting the above, you wish to raise any concerns about
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Yours sincerely

TANYA (AFP14692)
ACTING SENIOR TEAM MEMBER
CHIEF COUNSEL PORTFOLIO

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UNCLASSIFIED
Good afternoon,

I refer to your email below and would appreciate if you could please provide further clarification on the scope of your request to enable us to identify relevant documents.

We are unable to determine what type of information you are seeking which is not already publicly available. For example, are you seeking documents in relation to the creation of the teams, staff numbers and structure or each their responsibilities at the time of their existence.

To enable us to facilitate you request, I would appreciate if you could please provide a response by Tuesday, 24 December 2019.

Kind regards,

TANYA (AFP14692)
ACTING SENIOR TEAM MEMBER
CHIEF COUNSEL PORTFOLIO
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE

Tel +61(0) 2 51269366
www.afp.gov.au