Behind Crime Interrupted – How the AFP Used Entertainment to Capture a Diverse New Audience

Date: 19 July 2023

In 2022, a new podcast hit streaming platforms. Crime Interrupted was a six-part series that dug into six of Australia's most serious crimes - from sex trafficking to terrorism plots - and revealed how they'd been stopped through teamwork, intelligence and unexpectedly diverse skillsets. By the second episode, Crime Interrupted was the second most popular podcast in Australia and the country's number one true crime podcast. It broke the top 10 in NZ and the UK, the top 20 in the US, and was nominated in Australia's Podcast of the Year awards.