Cops lay 45 charges against 15 alleged sex criminals Police have charged 15 people with a total of 45 offences following a months long operation targeting sex criminals preying on children via online chat forums.
Crime by JASON WALLS
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Subscriber only POLICE have charged 15 people with a total of 45 offences following a months long operation targeting sex criminals preying on Territory children via online chat platforms. During Operation May, police executed 19 search warrants between January and March throughout the NT and Queensland, as well as successfully extraditing a 52-year-old man from Western Australia. In a sting conducted as a part of the bust, officers posed as a 12-year-old girl who engaged with a 28-year-old man online before arranging to meet up.