Australia: 19 criminals on police radar through dark web sharing, accused of child sexual abuse; 13 rescued children

In Australia, 19 people have been accused of child sexual abuse. Along with this, 13 children have also been saved from further harm. In fact, officials informed on Tuesday that the police took action after receiving information from the US FBI of an international online criminal network.
Australian Federal Police Commander Helen Schneider said two of the 19 people had already been convicted and sentenced to nearly 15 years in prison in the Australian Capital Territory and five years in New South Wales state.
"These men were members of a technologically sophisticated online child abuse network that was operating across the country," Schneider told the media. The 19 people were charged with a total of 138 offenses related to the sharing of videos and images on the dark web. "Most of these were information technology professionals with a high level of technical competence," he added.
The men, aged 32 to 81, reportedly used the software to anonymously share files, chat on message boards, and access websites within the network. Schneider said 13 children in Australia have been rescued as a result of the investigation. However, the police did not give any detailed information about this.
The FBI alerted Australian authorities to the network's existence last year. FBI Legal Attache Nityana Mann, based in Australia, said 79 people in the United States had been arrested and 43 convicted of child abuse offenses as part of the same investigation.
Mann said the FBI had alerted other countries about the suspects in their jurisdictions but did not name those countries.