Children as young as two rescued from abuse ring in the Philippines
A group of children, some as young as two, have been rescued from an alleged child abuse ring in the Philippines after a tip-off from Australian authorities.
Nine children, aged between two and 16, were saved last week after the Australian Federal Police (AFP) notified the Philippine Internet Crimes Against Children Centre (PICACC).
The children were allegedly being kept in Angeles City, north of Manila, and were being used to produce child abuse material which was live-streamed.
Nine children have been rescued from an abuse ring in the Philippines. (AFP)
Crime by Jack Paynter 11th Feb 2021 10:23 AM Nine children, including some as young as two years old, have been rescued from alleged child exploitation in the Philippines after a tip-off from Australian Federal Police. The tip-off came after a Victorian man was charged for allegedly paying for live-distance child exploitation in November 2019. The children, aged between two and 16 years old, were removed from harm last week after the AFP alerted the Philippine Internet Crimes Against Children Centre (PICACC). Philippine National Police launched an operation on February 3, 2021, in Angeles City, north of the capital Manila, that led to the arrest of a 42-year-old woman for her alleged role as the facilitator of online child sexual abuse.
Nine children have been rescued in the Philippines following the arrest of an accused paedophile in Australia.
The lives of the kids, aged between two and 16 years, changed forever when the man from small town regional Victoria, 61, was stopped at the Australian border in November 2019.
Authorities suspected the Victorian man of child sex crimes and allegedly found sexual conversations on his phone where he asked about girls ages.
That sparked a Federal Police raid on his home near the Victorian-New South Wales border.
There, officers found videos of the man allegedly raping underage Filipino girls. The Victorian was charged and his case is before the courts.
Nine children rescued in the Philippines after Victorian abuse probe
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Nine children have been rescued in the Philippines following an investigation into the alleged activities of a Victorian man who was charged several years ago with paying for child exploitation material.
The Australian Federal Police charged Phillip John Cooper, 61, in November 2019 with procuring a child to engage in sexual activity outside of Australia.
Nine children in the Philippines have been rescued after a child exploitation investigation in Victoria led Australian Federal Police to pass information to Filipino authorities.