CANBERRA, ACT, March 13 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
This is a joint media release between the AFP and Australian Border Force
An Australian citizen, who resides in Palau, is expected to face Perth Magistrates Court today (13 March 2026), charged with attempting to facilitate the procurement of a child for sexual activity overseas and using a carriage service to obtain child abuse material.
Australian Border Force (ABF) officers searched the man after he arrived at Perth Airport on a flight from Manila, the Philippines, yesterday (12 March, 2026). It will be alleged an examination of his mobile phone revealed child abuse material and online communications with children overseas seeking child abuse mate...