04:08 EDT, 14 May 2021
34 shares
A huge child exploitation ring has been busted as detectives charge 23 alleged predators with more than 100 horrific offences.
Queensland Police and Australian Federal Police established the Cairns Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET) in mid-2020.
They have now issued charges for 148 Commonwealth and State offences to 23 people throughout the Far North and Central regions.
AFP Commander Hilda Sirec warned child exploitation is increasing across Australia as the charges were announced.
The Cairns Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team have now issued charges for 148 Commonwealth and State offences to 23 people throughout the Far North and Central regions (stock image)
Date Time
Police lay charges – Child sex offences – Litchfield
Detectives from the Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (JACET) arrested and charged a 53-year-old man in Virginia yesterday for a number of child sex offences.
Police allege that the man rented a spare room at a friend’s property in early 2019, and began grooming his friend’s 11-year-old daughter.
In July 2019, the victim and her family relocated to South Australia, and it is alleged that the man then established an online communication with her via social media.
On 12 May 2021, Northern Territory and Australian Federal Police executed search warrant on the man’s premises. They located the man in possession of a mobile device that contained significant amounts of communication with the victim that spanned over 12 months, which included him transferring child abuse material to her.
Sydney man jailed for child abuse material charges miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Date Time
WA man now charged with 312 offences over international online ‘sextortion’ of 285 victims
This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Western Australia Police Force
A WA man who allegedly pretended to be a teenage social media celebrity to blackmail girls online into performing sex acts has been charged with a further 65 offences.
This takes the total number of charges to 312 after further investigation by the Western Australia Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (WA JACET).
The 25-year-old Parkwood man is currently remanded in custody and is expected to appear in Perth Magistrate’s Court to answer the new charges today (Friday, 23 April 2021). He is now facing charges relating to 285 alleged victims in Australia and other countries.
Melbourne man sentenced to jail for attempting to groom children online miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.