Australian Federal Police have charged a 45-year-old former nursery teacher with more than 1,600 cases of abuse.Scott Barbour/Getty Images
2023.08.02 Wed posted at 11:54 JST
(CNN) A 45-year-old man has been charged with a total of 1,623 cases of child abuse involving 91 children over 15 years while working at a childcare center in Australia and abroad. Australian Federal Police announced today.
Defendant is from Gold Coast, Queensland. His name has not been released. Between 2007 and last year, he worked in more than 10 nursery schools in Brisbane, New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, and other cities abroad.
In August of last year, he was detained by the police on suspicion of creating child exploitation material (child pornography) and having it delivered by a carrier.
As a result of the police investigation, more images of child pornography were found on the electronic device allegedly belonging to the defendant.
He is also charged with several hundred counts of obscenity against children under the age of 16 and creating, possessing, distributing, and obtaining child exploitation material.
The defendant is scheduled to appear in Brisbane court on March 21.
All of the alleged victims were prepubescent girls. All 87 children in Japan whose images were taken have been identified and their parents have been contacted. Police are cooperating with foreign authorities to investigate the four foreigners in the image.
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2023-08-02 02:54:00