Canberra: Police in Australia said that they have rescued 46 children and apprehended 14 men after an investigation into a global child abuse network.
The victims were reportedly exposed to crimes including sexual abuse and different forms of abuse, the BBC announced.
The investigation additionally led to three arrests in the US and had identified suspects in Asia, Europe, New Zealand, and Canada, authorities said.
In Australia, the case is considered to be one of the biggest of its kind.
All victims were aged between 16 months and 15 years of age, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said. Sixteen of the victims went to one childcare center.
The 14 individuals faced a total of 828 child abuse charges, just as bestiality charges including four animals. Furthermore, investigators think there could be more alleged abusers and victims out there.
There were 39 child victims in New South Wales, six in Western Australia, and one in Queensland, who were allegedly exposed to the filming and sharing of abuse recordings to an online networked of Australian and worldwide “peers”.
Among the men charged, aged somewhere in the range of 20 and 48, some are accused of sexually abusing minors who were in the age range of 16 months to 15 years and filming the abuse to share on the web.
One of the individuals charged was an ex-childcare worker, 27, from NSW who faces 303 charges linked with sexual intercourse and an immoral attack of at least 30 kids.
Few of the victims were allegedly assaulted at the childcare center where he worked.
A football coach, 30, allegedly utilized his position to abuse seven children, and investigators say he created a “large quantity of abhorrent child abuse material” to share with other paedos.
He faces 44 charges as well as sex offenses against animals.
A retail assistant, disability support worker, electrician, chef, supermarket employee, IT worker, and a court officer were also allegedly amongst the network of perverts.
Federal agents have spent the majority of this current year identifying victims after Australian police officers got a report from US counterparts in February about sickening material allegedly being accessed on the web.
The clue from America prompted the first arrest of a Wyong man, 30, in February over the alleged abuse of two children.
Three alleged paedos were likewise apprehended in America linked with the alleged abuse ring, however, the police didn’t give any further details on their locations.
with ians input
