CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 2 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A Brisbane man has been sentenced to 19 years' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 12 years, for facilitating the sexual abuse of 25 children in the Philippines, including some with severe disabilities.
The man, 62, pled guilty in February, 2025, to 98 child abuse-related offences, including spending $5000 over three years to livestream 28 child sexual abuse shows from the Philippines.
He also travelled to the Philippines on two separate occasions with the intent to sexually abuse children he had observed being abused in the live shows. However, he was unable to organise a meeting with those children after he arrived.
The AFP started an inves...