CANBERRA, ACT, May 30 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A Darwin man appeared in Darwin Local Court today (30 May, 2025) charged with alleged online child grooming and possessing and transmitting online child abuse material.
The Northern Territory Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team - comprising the AFP and Northern Territory Police - charged the man, 20, yesterday (29 May, 2025).
This followed an investigation that began when the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) received a report from the United States' National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about an online user in the Northern Territory uploading child abuse material to social media platforms.
AFP investi...