Groundbreaking new laws will allow police to go after major assets of child sex offenders as online abuse soars.
police will be given new powers to take assets from criminals who make money exploiting children.
“It is truly sickening that offenders are profiting from the abuse, degradation and misery of children,’’ he said. The newly created Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce will allow the AFP to treat paedophiles in the same way it treats bikies and drug dealers by following the money trail of online child abusers.
Last financial year, the AFP said it laid more than 1200 charges against 161 people and rescued 67 Australian children from being sexually abused. Westpac was embroiled in the online abuse of children last year after an AUSTRAC investigation. Picture: Hollie AdamsAUSTRAC alleged part of the more than 23 million contraventions included a failure to carry out due diligence on transactions to the Philippines and South East Asia where child exploitation risks are rife.
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