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Four men have been charged in Sydney over the involvement in the satanic child abuse material ring circulating online, Australian police informed on Monday. This marked a significant win against the horrific online exploitation.
The New South Wales state police exemplified that the detectives were searching for the international satanic cold abuse material ring, then they identified the suspects involved in possessing, distributing, and facilitating child abuse images and videos with satanic and ritualistic theme, through a website, that was monitored internationally.
Charged with child exploitation and bestiality
Police arrested 4 men on Thursday including a 26-year-old man who was heading the gang and was already charged with 14 offences related to child exploitation, The other three were aged, 39, 42, and 46, all charged with child abuse.
Sex Crimes Squad Detective Superintendent Jayne Doherty said in a news briefing, “Due to the nature of the material that they were sharing and the conversations that we became aware of, we were concerned about any children that these people might come in contact with as a result of that," as quoted by AFP.
“The sharing of child abuse material, unfortunately, is increasing,” he further added. Police seized electronic devices which found deplorable abusive videos of children between the age of 5 to 12 years.
Will soon rescue children
The officials also found videos of child that found bestiality, giving rise to cruel mindset and unfortunate materials.
“We will work together to make sure a child is identified, and they can be rescued as soon as possible,” Doherty said.
Police are unable to verify the source of the videos and the identity of the children. The four men reached out to court, but were refused bail and waited for their next court appearance.