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US Department of Homeland Security investigation has rescued four Australian children as young as two months
old who were used to produce /exchange child rape videos and images through online pedophile networks around the world.
In one of the largest joint operations in the country — led by the Australian Federal Police — 16 people have
been charged with 728 child exploitation and sexual abuse offences following a two-year investigation into the online exchange of child pornography.
AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw warned of a spike in traffic across the so-called dark web — including live-streaming and incidents of child sexual abuse and child grooming — since the outbreak of the coronavirus, prompting a call for
parents to strictly monitor their children’s online
activity during the lockdown.
The Australian understands that the four children were
aged between two months and eight years and are
believed to be related to those who had sexually abused
them and then exchanged the graphic images through
highly encrypted web forums.
Australian police have rescued four children from an international child sexual exploitation ring that allegedly sold videos and images of child rape and abuse online.
The victims, aged between two months and eight years old, were taken into care by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) following a two-year international and multi-agency investigation that ended in the arrest of 16 people.
Following a tipoff from US detectives in 2018, Australian authorities launched a probe into an online marketplace whose users allegedly bought encrypted image and video files depicting the sexual abuse of children.
Code-named Operation Walwa, the investigation was a collaborative effort involving the sharing of information between US Homeland Security, Interpol, Europol, US cyber and sex crime teams, and several Australian state and territory commands.
As a result, investigators executed 18 search warrants across NSW, South Australia, Queensland, Victoria, and Western Australia.
Three of the rescued children were taken to safety from
