A total of 98 people have been arrested in connection with child sex abuse, and 13 children rescued from harm, US and Australian authorities said
In a news conference Tuesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Australian Federal Police said 79 arrests, 65 indictments, and 43 convictions in the US were carried out as a result of the joint operation, while 19 men were arrested in Australia. Two FBI agents investigating the alleged ring were shot dead in 2021 while executing a search warrant for a computer programmer suspected of possession of child abuse material, CNN previously reported.
Members of the network allegedly used “software to anonymously share files, chat on message boards and access websites within the network,” using encryption and “other methods to avoid law enforcement detection,” the statement added. AFP Commander Schneider said the alleged offenders operated a “sophisticated network.
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