<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="" title="Queensland"><span>Queensland</span></a><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="" title="police"><span>police</span></a><span> have helped crack a major international </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/child-abuse" rel="" target="" title="child exploitation"><span>child exploitation</span></a><span> operation believed to have preyed on vulnerable victims for a decade.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They worked with </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/mexico" rel="" target="" title="Mexican"><span>Mexican</span></a><span> authorities, who raided a property in Mexico last week and arrested the accused ringleader.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jose Raul has allegedly been using social media sites to lure in young boys and girls for the past 10 years, recording them performing sexual acts and selling that material online.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/queensland-secret-key-to-solving-australia-fuel-crisis-taroom-trough-oil-field/c756a11c-e455-4337-a974-e94e8615099a" rel="" target="" title="Could Queensland really solve the nation's fuel crisis?"><strong><span>Could Queensland really solve the nation's fuel crisis?</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victim identification officers from Taskforce Argos - the child protection arm of the Queensland Police Service - uncovered the material circulating within Australia last year and notified Mexican authorities, who have been investigating since.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They tracked Raul down in the country's Yucatan region, seizing a number of electronic devices from a home there.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Raul has now been charged with aggravated human trafficking.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-police-help-crack-major-international-child-exploitation-operation/d85c3a7b-1abe-454a-b089-2aa5611468af" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Local media reported he worked as a children's football coach in Mexico and police described his alleged abuse as "prolific".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>So far no Australian victims have been identified.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>