  The SABRE (Sodium Iodide with Active Background REjection) experiment will
search for an annually modulating signal from dark matter using an array of
ultra-pure NaI(Tl) detectors surrounded by an active scintillator veto to
further reduce the background. The first phase of the experiment is the SABRE
Proof of Principle (PoP), a single 5 kg crystal detector operated in a liquid
scintillator filled vessel at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS). The
SABRE-PoP installation is underway with the goal of running in 2018 and
performing the first in situ measurement of the crystal background, testing the
veto efficiency, and validating the SABRE concept. The second phase of SABRE
will be twin arrays of NaI(Tl) detectors operating at LNGS and at the Stawell
Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) in Australia. By locating detectors in
both hemispheres, SABRE will minimize seasonal systematic effects. This paper
presents the status report of the SABRE activities as well as the results from
the most recent Monte Carlo simulation and the expected sensitivity.
