<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Warning: This story contains references to child sexual assault.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nine people have been charged with online child abuse offences after a two-week operation between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and NSW Police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>More than 140 members from the AFP and state police executed search warrants between the end of August and start of September in Sydney, the Central Coast and Wollongong.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>None of the individuals charged are employed in positions with access to children.</span></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://www.9news.com.au/world/charlie-kirk-shooting-people-fired-celebrating-death/d10d62ed-7c2e-4544-8f5e-1eeea0f21841" target="_blank" title="People are getting fired for allegedly celebrating Charlie Kirk's murder. It looks like a coordinated effort"><strong><span>People are getting fired for allegedly celebrating Charlie Kirk's murder. It looks like a coordinated effort</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The most significant charge relates to a man in Wyongah on the Central Coast, with a 62-year-old alleged to have paid an alleged Filipino child trafficker for live-streamed child sexual abuse involving minors, while also exchanging 200 messages.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He allegedly paid the trafficker for three video calls, which went for a duration of 56 minutes.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-police-arrests-child-abuse-material/3f707491-96f8-4de0-88d8-37112c6c519a" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man was charged with one count of sexual activity other than sexual intercourse with a child outside of Australia, one count of using a carriage service to access child abuse material, and one count of causing child abuse material to be transmitted to himself using a carriage service.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man appeared before Wyong Local Court on September 12 and was remanded in custody to appear in the same court in November.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment if found guilty. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The other eight people who were arrested have been hit with a range of charges, including causing child abuse material to be transmitted to self using a carriage service, possessing child abuse material, sing a carriage service to transmit, make available, publish, distribute, advertise or promote child abuse material.</span></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://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-demands-nato-countries-stop-buying-russian-oil/f983555f-3d9b-49ba-bbc5-8fd8043979b3"><strong><span>Trump demands NATO countries stop buying Russian oil</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>If convicted, the alleged offenders could face between 10-15 years imprisonment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In the 2024-2025 financial year, the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation received more than 82,700 reports of child exploitation, a 41 per cent rise from the previous financial year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service at</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au/" title="https://www.1800respect.org.au/"><strong><span>1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div>