An Indian national is expected to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (1 November, 2024) charged with accessing and transmitting child abuse material online.
The new AFP Human Exploitation Community Officers (HECOs) support the AFP Human Trafficking and Child Protection teams in providing help to vulnerable communities that may fall victim to these crimes.
An Australian man and two women based in the Philippines have been charged with child abuse offences after an international investigation involving the AFP, Philippine National Police, and the NSW Police Force.
The arrest of an Australian man in January 2023 and the assistance of the AFP’s International Network has helped Philippine authorities identify and charge a man with offences related to the alleged abuse of 111 children in the Philippines.
A New South Wales man has been sentenced to 12 years and three months’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of eight years, for online child abuse material and grooming offences.
A Victorian man has been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 10 months, for accessing and possessing child abuse material online.
A Victorian man has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of three years and three months’, for live online child sexual abuse related offences.
