The Sex Crimes Squad's Child Exploitation Internet Unit have arrested and charged a man following an investigation into the alleged online procurement of a child.
Earlier this year, investigators from the CEIU began engaging online with a man from Merrylands in Sydney's south-west.
Police will allege in court that the man believed he was speaking with the mother of a girl aged under 10 and engaged in sexually explicit conversations about acts he wished to perform on the child.
It will be further alleged the man attempted to share child abuse material online.
Following extensive inquiries, strike force detectives arrested a 22-year-old man at Merrylands just after 6.30am yesterday (Wednesday 12 October 2022).
He was taken to Granville Police Station and charged with use carriage service-groom person procure under 16 and use carriage service to transmit/publish/promote child abuse.
The man was refused bail and appeared at Fairfield Local Court yesterday, where he was granted conditional bail to appear at the same court on Wednesday 7 December 2022.
The Sex Crimes Squad comprises a number of investigative teams who lead investigations into adult sex offenders, including the Child Exploitation Internet Unit, Child Protection Register, and Extended Supervision Order teams.
Regular covert online investigations are conducted by the CEIU; and police in NSW work closely with their law-enforcement colleagues interstate and overseas.
Anyone with concerns about suspected child abuse or exploitation should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au.
Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. People should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Anyone with information about the dissemination of child abuse material online is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
