New South Wales Law Enforcement Charge 4 Men Regarding Suspected Global Satanic Child Sex Abuse Material Ring
New South Wales law enforcement announced they have uncovered an global ritualistic child sex abuse material ring and charged four Australian men for their suspected participation.
Investigation Details
Investigators from the sex crimes squad stated that as part of Strike Force Constantine, an investigation into the digital distribution of child exploitation content involving ritualistic themes, they disrupted a Sydney-based network.
Police claimed the group was regularly involved in possessing, distributing and enabling this content through a website that was "managed globally".
Police Operations
Officers, accompanied by the riot squad, executed 6 search warrants in the Waterloo area, Ultimo and Malabar on Thursday morning the previous week.
- At the Waterloo address, authorities detained a 26-year-old man who they alleged played a "key position" in the group.
- He was accused with numerous crimes including holding child exploitation content, distributing abusive material, and disseminating and possessing bestiality material.
- Bail was denied to appear in court the previous Friday.
Additional Arrests
At a unit block in the Malabar area, investigators took into custody three males aged 46, forty-two and thirty-nine.
They were also accused with holding child exploitation content and additional offenses.
All four are scheduled to appear to court at a later date.
