Following criminal turns up around Australia (8)
I believe the answer is:
pursuant
'following' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'criminal turns up around australia' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'australia' becomes 'a' (abbreviation for Australia).
'turns'+'up'='turnsup'
'turnsup' with letters rearranged gives 'pursunt'.
'pursunt' going around 'a' is 'PURSUANT'.
(Other definitions for pursuant that I've seen before include "Chasing; put as run (anag.)" , "Following" .)