Justice for the families of those on board MH17 would be an arduous 8-and-a-half-year journey and the AFP would not let them go through it alone. The AFP’s Family Investigative Liaison Officers (FILOs) would become a lifeline for grieving Australian families, providing support and a single point of truth against a background of complex misinformation.

With the threat of conflict resuming at any moment, AFP investigators and their JIT partners were desperate to secure evidence that would help identify the last remaining MH17 victims and bring them closer to the truth of exactly what happened... and who was responsible.

As heartbroken next of kin were desperate to bring their loved ones home, AFP officers were racing against the clock to recover bodies from the volatile MH17 crash site and move them to a safe location for identification and repatriation..

Unarmed AFP officers were dispatched into an active conflict zone patrolled by Russia-backed separatists. Their mission: recovering the remains of the MH17 victims in what had quickly become the world’s biggest crime scene.

The destruction of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in mid-air above the conflict-stricken area of eastern Ukraine would kickstart one of the most complex and dangerous international policing missions of our time.

The Attorney General of Australia, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP, pays tribute to all those whose unimaginable stories have inspired this 5-part podcast series.

A podcast about the lives lost, the families impacted and those dedicated to finding answers in the aftermath of the MH17 tragedy.