CANBERRA, ACT, May 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
Editor's note: An image from the search warrant is available on Hightail.
A Far North Queensland man is expected to appear in Innisfail Magistrates Court today (18 May, 2026) charged with 34 online child abuse offences.
In 2024, the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) received information relating to an Australian resident allegedly in contact with a known online child abuse facilitator in the Philippines.
The AFP Northern Command Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (NC JACET) allegedly linked the man to illegal online activity and executed a search warrant at his Innisfail home in January, 2025.
Investigators located se...