New South Wales Police Arrest Four Men Over Suspected Global Ritualistic Child Exploitation Material Network
NSW police announced they've uncovered an international ritualistic child exploitation content ring and charged four Australian men for their alleged participation.
Probe Particulars
Detectives from the sex crimes squad stated that as part of Strike Force Constantine, an inquiry into the online distribution of child sexual abuse material involving ritualistic elements, they dismantled a Sydney-based organization.
Police claimed the group was regularly involved in possessing, distributing and enabling this material through a website that was "administered internationally".
Police Operations
Detectives, accompanied by the tactical unit, executed six property searches in Waterloo, Ultimo and Malabar on Thursday early hours last week.
- At the Waterloo address, authorities detained a 26-year-old man who they alleged played a "key position" in the network.
- The man was charged with multiple offences including possession of child abuse material, making available child abuse material, and disseminating and possessing bestiality material.
- He was refused bail to appear in court the previous Friday.
Additional Detentions
At a unit block in the Malabar area, investigators took into custody three males of ages forty-six, forty-two and 39.
They were also charged with holding child exploitation content and other charges.
The four individuals are due to return to the judicial system at a later date.
