Australian police help bring down Thai child abuse ring
18 Feb, 2021 07:28 AM
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New Zealand Police also provided vital assistance during the long-running investigation. Photo / Getty Images
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An alleged child sex abuse ring in Thailand has been busted after a global investigation involving police from New Zealand and Australia uncovered the horrific crimes.
Police allege the owner of a children s modelling agency in Thailand was using the company as a front for a global child exploitation ring.
Officers from the South Australia Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (SA JACET) assisted police in Thailand, with the 28-year-old owner attracting the interest of the Thai Department of Special Investigations in May last year.
This is a joint media release between Australian Federal Police and South Australia Police
An alleged child sex offender has been arrested in Thailand after the children’s modelling agency he owns was linked to a global child exploitation ring investigated by the South Australia Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (SA JACET).
The Thai Department of Special Investigations has charged the 28-year-old Thai national with a range of offences, including sexually assaulting children aged under 13 and taking away children aged under 15 for indecent purposes.
Thai authorities allege he was using the modelling agency as a ‘front’ to access and abuse children, then record and distribute footage and images of the horrific crimes.