AUSTRALIA
The Age
September 11, 2015
Nino Bucci and Chris Johnston
As many as 4000 Victorians are sharing child abuse images online at any moment, police have revealed.
The Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team estimated the figure after conducting a 90-day snapshot of child abuse files that were being shared, using the data of internet service providers, earlier this year.
Assistant Commissioner Stephen Fontana mentioned the alarming figure in an opinion piece, published by Fairfax Media, that outlines his horror at viewing a video showing the abuse of a young girl.
Mr Fontana also revealed that 31 people had been recently charged in Victoria after police had executed 38 warrants, finding thousands of child pornography images. A number of investigations are still ongoing.
“Late last year I made myself watch a movie file,” Mr Fontana wrote.
“I didn’t want to. But I sat there and watched. To see for myself the horror caused through child exploitation and understand what some of our police members are being exposed to almost every day.
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