CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
This is a joint media release between Australian Federal Police and Northern Territory Police.
A Northern Territory man appeared before the Alice Springs Local Court yesterday (22 October, 2025), accused of soliciting child abuse material via a messaging platform from users overseas.
Investigations into the Petermann man, 36, began after the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) received three reports from the United States National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
The reports concerned online communication from an account in Australia allegedly involved in sharing child abuse material via a messaging app...