New South Wales police have launched a major crackdown on domestic violence offenders, releasing images and details of more than a dozen wanted individuals as part of a statewide blitz.
Statewide Police Operation Targets High-Risk Offenders
Operation Amarok XII is running across NSW this week, with police districts in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie actively appealing for public assistance to locate individuals with outstanding warrants for domestic and family violence matters. The intelligence-led operation involves specialist Domestic Violence High-Risk Offender Teams and other officers targeting dangerous offenders.
Police have taken to social media to share photographs and descriptions of wanted men and women, urging community members to come forward with any information about their whereabouts. The operation focuses on arresting those with outstanding warrants while conducting bail compliance checks, apprehended domestic violence order verifications, and firearms prohibition order searches.
Previous Operation Yields Significant Results
This week's crackdown follows Operation Amarok XI in August 2025, which saw dramatic results across just four days. During that previous blitz, police charged 865 people with 2028 offences, demonstrating the scale of domestic violence offending in the state.
One particularly disturbing case from the August operation involved a 25-year-old man who was arrested after allegedly choking a woman known to him in a hotel room while armed with a knife, then later stabbing the mattress she was on. Police reported the man actively avoided arrest until officers located him at a motel in Charlestown.
Police Commitment to Community Safety
Then-Acting Deputy Commissioner Peter McKenna emphasized the police force's determination to pursue the worst domestic violence offenders who believe they can evade justice. He highlighted the alarming frequency of domestic violence incidents across NSW.
"Police are called to an incident of domestic violence every three minutes in NSW, and we need to ask ourselves as a society, why do we keep putting up with this? There should be absolutely no tolerance for this type of offending," Mr McKenna stated during the previous operation.
The current Operation Amarok aims to ensure the safety and wellbeing of domestic and family violence victims and the broader NSW community through targeted, intelligence-based policing strategies.
Authorities encourage anyone with information about wanted individuals or domestic and family violence offenders to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a confidential report online. In emergencies, community members should call triple zero (000). Support is also available for those affected by domestic violence through 1800-RESPECT (1800 737 732).
