SADISTIC ONLINE EXPLOITATION

To the ordinary eye, these photographs look like mere slices of everyday life. But for the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) they’re tiny clues that could help to identify, save and support victims of online child sexual exploitation (OCSE). The images described above form part of the fourth Australian release of Stop Child Abuse – Trace an Object, which began as a Europol initiative and involves the public release of ‘cold case’ OCSE images in search of community help to identify their origins.

Four years into the journey of the ACCCE and I can only be in awe of our achievements...  517 children removed from harm, 691 arrests, 6,104 charges laid, 95,153 reports received by the ACCCE triage unit and 2,020 referrals to Australian law enforcement.  More than 115 stakeholder relationships to collaborate and share knowledge.  More than 6.8 million social media users engaging with our awareness and prevention efforts.  

A Darwin man was sentenced to eight years and nine months’ imprisonment by the Darwin Supreme Court yesterday (17 December, 2025) for a range of child abuse offences, including the possession of more than 8500 child abuse images.