01:35 EDT, 24 April 2021
A world expert on internet freedom has been extradited to Australia to stand trial accused of sexually abusing underage boys in the 1980s
Simon Davies, 65, was arrested in The Netherlands after Interpol issued a global alert for his capture, and flown back to Sydney on Friday night.
He was charged with 18 child sex offences allegedly committed in Sydney between 1981 and 1987 after a 10-year investigation.
Four NSW police officers from Strike Force Boyd, party of the Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad, flew to The Netherlands to bring Davies to Australia to face trial
He was charged with more than 18 child sex offences allegedly committed in Sydney between 1981 and 1987 after a 10-year investigation