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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter

New law introduced to block legal challenge to An0m organised crime bust

AFP assistant commissioner Nigel Ryan
AFP assistant commissioner Nigel Ryan after the sting operation which ensnared 800 people around the world. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

The Albanese government will try to block legal challenges by people charged after an elaborate Australian federal police sting using the encrypted An0m application.

The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, introduced laws to prevent any legal challenge to Operation Ironside on Thursday, despite special leave already being granted to the high court for an appeal by people charged in South Australia as a result of the sting.

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