CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A West Australian man is scheduled to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (16 October, 2026) charged over alleged sexualised online conversations with a child.
The investigation began when the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) received a report in July, 2026, regarding a user of an instant messaging platform allegedly engaging in sexualised communications with someone they believed to be a 12-year-old girl.
It is alleged the communications occurred in June and July this year.
AFP investigators executed a search warrant at a home in Cooloongup, on 6 October, 2026, where the man, 40, was arrested.
He was charged ...