Closing The Net

Not all online child sex offenders are adults. Sexual exploitation by peers and image-based abuse are rife within many of the platforms and apps kids use every day. Kids today don't differentiate between ‘the online world’ and ‘the real world’, so how can parents and carers help kids navigate the challenges they will invariably face?

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It’s now easier than ever for our children and young people to receive inappropriate contact via online devices, apps and games. Busting myths and stereotypes around this crime type is key to driving greater community awareness.

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Stopping online child sex offenders and protecting children from harm is what drives the women and men of the ACCCE. The world’s best child protection minds explain what online child sexual exploitation means, how offenders go to great lengths to hide their identity, and why educating the community about this crime type is a critical step towards its eradication.

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The sexual abuse of a child is extremely confronting and something many of us find difficult to talk about. But the more we talk about it, the more chance we have of eradicating this horrendous crime type.

The Hon Karen Andrews MP - Minister for Home Affairs in the Australian Federal Government - implores you to take the time to listen and share this new 10-part podcast series that will take you inside the world of those policing the borderless crime of online child sexual exploitation; women and men who work tirelessly to unmask online child sex offenders and bring them to justice, who protect children and rehabilitate victims, and who work to prevent abuse from happening in the first place.

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A unique 10-part series that explores the world of those policing the borderless crime of online child sexual exploitation, their fight to bring offenders to justice and protect children from harm. The series is a first for the Australian Federal Police and highlights the work of the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation and features close to 60 interviews with child protection experts and law enforcement from across the world.

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