CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 31 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A Melbourne man is expected to appear before the Melbourne Magistrates' Court today (31 January, 2025) charged with online child abuse-related offences.
The Victorian Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET) charged the man on 26 January, 2025, after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers allegedly found child abuse material on the man's mobile phone.
The man, 49, arrived in Australia on a flight from the USA on 26 January, 2025 and was selected for baggage examination by ABF officers, who discovered the alleged child abuse material on his personal phone.
Victorian JACET members then executed a search warrant at a home on the Mornington Peninsula o...