A Sydney-based Australian Federal Police (AFP) officer has been charged with criminal offences.
The man, 43, from the north west suburb of Epping, faces charges related to corruption in the Central Local Court.
It will be alleged he accessed official AFP information not related to his direct work and passed it on to a member of the public.
The man, who was suspended from duty on May 1, was charged on Wednesday following a joint 15-month investigation by the AFP's professional standards division and the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI).
"The AFP does not tolerate corruption or criminal behaviour from its members," AFP Sydney office manager Commander Ray Johnson said in a statement on Thursday.
"The investigation remains ongoing.
"But all evidence collected throughout the past 15 months indicates no other AFP members were involved in this particular matter."
The commonwealth public official has been charged with two counts of receiving a bribe, two counts of receiving a corrupting benefit and two counts of abuse of public office.
He was also charged with four counts of unauthorised access to data held in a computer with intent to commit an offence and two counts of divulging or communicating prescribed information.
A bribery conviction carries a maximum penalty of 10 years jail while the other offences carry penalties of two to five years each.
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