CANBERRA, ACT, July 2 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
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A Sunshine Coast man is expected to face Caloundra Magistrates Court today (2 July, 2026) charged with online child abuse offences including allegedly being involved in the live online abuse of children overseas.
The AFP will allege the man, 40, paid for and took part in live online sexual abuse of a child overseas and provided abuse instruction to an adult facilitator located in the Philippines with the child.
An investigation began in February, 2026, after the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) received a report from the US Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)...