CANBERRA, ACT, March 8 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police
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Twenty-sixmembers of a secret online child exploitation group have been charged with more than 1000 offences afterone ofthemost significantonline child abuseinvestigationsin Australia.
A year-long covert investigation by the AFP and Victoria Policeunder the VictoriaJoint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (JACET) began in late 2023following intelligence shared by Queensland PoliceService. This led totheinfiltrationof an online groupusing an encrypted messaging application to sharebothabhorren...