CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
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The AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) recorded a 41 per cent jump in reports of online child sexual exploitation (OCSE) in the 2024/2025 financial year, underscoring the critical role the community has to play in tackling this criminal scourge.
New figures released ahead of Child Protection Week (7-13 September) reveal the ACCCE received 82,764 OCSE reports across the 12 months, chiefly from the United States National Center for Missing and Exploited Children but also through members of the public and government agencies.
This compared to 58,503 reports in 2023/24,...