The Australian Federal Police (AFP), Queensland Police and US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have joined forces in the arrest of a 19-year-old Eagleby man.
Officers from the Queensland Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET) arrested the man 1 September on charges of possessing child abuse material and using a carriage service to access child abuse material.
Investigators allegedly located child abuse material on two mobile phones, which were seized for further forensic examination.
AFP Detective Acting Inspector Tim Murphy said those in possession of, transmission of or access of child abuse material could face 15 years in jail.
“Anyone who views or accesses images of children being abused is contributing to their harm and is perpetuating the cycle of abuse against them,” he said.
“This was not a victimless crime – children should never be commodities to be used for the abhorrent gratification of online child sex offenders.”
