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Three children rescued in Philippines, two Australians arrested in sex abuse sting
Three children have been rescued in the Philippines and two Australian men have been arrested as part of a multi-national investigation into a paedophile ring.
Key points:
- Two men, one from Queensland and one from NSW, have been arrested
- One of the men was communicating with two women in the Philippines about paying for online material
- The AFP worked with authorities around the world to determine where the children were located
The children, aged between six and 17, were saved from ongoing alleged sexual abuse in Manila after the Australian Federal Police (AFP) referred intelligence to Filipino authorities.
Two women, both aged 27, were also arrested in the Philippines capital for their alleged role as facilitators of online child sexual…
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