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LIBBY HOGAN: 14 men in
Australia, including

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a former child-care worker,
were charged with producing

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and sharing child-abuse
material online,

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said authorities on Wednesday.

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A major bust exposing
a global online network

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that reached from
Europe to Asia, the US,

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Canada, and New Zealand.

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Australian Federal
Police Assistant

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Commissioner Justine Gough.

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JUSTINE GOUGH: 146 matters have
been referred to Europe, Asia,

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the United States,
Canada, and New Zealand

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about possible offending
in those countries.

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18 matters have been
referred to the United States

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with three men arrested
in the United States

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for multiple
child-abuse-material offenses.

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LIBBY HOGAN: With over
800 charges ranging

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from producing child-abuse
material to bestiality

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relating to four animals.

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These other latest
arrests following the bust

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of the online pedophile
ring in recent weeks

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when Australian
authorities charged

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44 men with possessing and
producing child-abuse material.

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It involved a year-long
investigation in cooperation

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with the US Homeland Security.

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Adam Parks is the US Homeland
Security investigations

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attache to Australia.

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ADAM PARKS: The
referral numbers speak

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for themselves, that
this is a network,

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so it's a global network.

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Although rooted in Australia,
it includes a network

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in the United States as
well and really globally,

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and so therefore we're
responding in a global manner.

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LIBBY HOGAN: The
investigation helped

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identify 46 Australian
victims, including

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16 children from a
single child-care center.

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The police said the
victims were aged

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between 16 months and 15 years.

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They have not ruled
out further arrests.

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