NT MAN CHARGED WITH ALLEGEDLY SOLICITING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES FROM AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER IN THE U.S. POSING AS A CHILD

CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 25 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

This is a joint media release between the AFP and Northern Territory Police

A Humpty Doo man is expected to appear in Darwin Local Court today (25 September, 2025) charged with allegedly soliciting sexually explicit images from an undercover officer who was posing as a child.

The man, 55, was charged yesterday (24 September, 2025).

An investigation began in March, 2025, when the Northern Territory Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (NT JACET) - comprising AFP and NT Police members - received a report from the United States' Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) about an online user allegedly soliciting sexually explicit images from an undercover l...