FBI agents’ murders lead police in Australia to rescue 13 children from alleged paedophile ring

Operation Bakis charges 19 men in five states and territories over alleged dark web child abuse network

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Australian authorities have charged 19 men alleged to be part of a sophisticated" dark web child abuse network, which unravelled after the killings of two American FBI agents in Florida in 2021.

The Australian federal police said Operation Bakis, conducted jointly with state and territory police, had removed 13 Australian children from harm - some who were directly abused and others as a safety precaution - and laid charges against men living in five states and the ACT.

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