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Australian man jailed over child abuse material as children removed from harm Six children have been removed from harm in the Philippines as a West Australian man was sentenced to a maximum of 10 years and six months in prison for online child abuse material offences. Australian Border Force officers found videos of children being sexually abused on the 74-year-old man’s mobile phone after selecting him for a baggage examination after he arrived at Perth Airport in May 2025. As the Australian Federal Police examined his phone, they found conversations between him and a woman in the Philippines where she transmitted child abuse material. The matter was later referred to the Philippine Internet Crimes Against Children Centre, and the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation Human Trafficking Division began an investigation. In April 2026. the division executed a search warrant at a home in Bislig City, Philippines, where a woman was arrested and six children, who were known to her, we.
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