A Queensland man has been charged by AFP Child Protection officers with offences relating to the alleged grooming of children online for sexual activity.
A Queensland man has been charged with two counts of child abuse material-related offences by officers from the AFP Brisbane Child Protection Operations team.
A Kirrawee man was sentenced to eight and a half years’ imprisonment in the Downing Centre Local Court on Friday (9 September, 2022) on 16 counts of possessing or transmitting child abuse material.
The AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) and police from across Australia are joining forces in recognition of National Child Protection Week to warn of a worrying online sextortion trend targeting Australians.
The AFP-led ThinkUKnow program is continuing the conversation with parents, carers and teachers about the challenges children are facing online and how to protect them as part of National Child Protection Week 2022.
Reports of online child exploitation to the AFP have more than doubled since the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) was launched in 2018.
Animations released this week by the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) aim to give the Australian community a better understanding of online child sexual exploitation.
In the lead up to NCPW 2022, a joint operation involving Australian Federal Police, WA Police, and Australian Border Force, conducted AFP Operation TAMWORTH /WA Police Operation PALOMAR, to target offenders involved in the manufacture, distribution and possession of child exploitation material.
