1.12.2025
Four men were arrested by the police in Sydney Australia Monday for their alleged role in “an international satanic child sex abuse material ring.”
The New South Wales Police said in a statement that they suspects were picked on Thursday following search warrants in the Sydney regions of Waterloo, Ultimo and Malabar.
At the Waterloo residence, a 26-year-old man was arrested. Police allege he played a leading role in the illicit group. The three other suspects, aged 39, 42, and 49, were arrested at a unit block in Malabar.
The suspects were arrested by officers of Strike Force Constantine, which investigates the online distribution of child sexual abuse material involving ritualistic or satanic themes.
Officers with the task force uncovered what the NSW Police Force said was “a Sydney-based pedophile network” involved in facilitating, possessing and distributing such illegal material via an internationally administered website.
Dept. Supt. Jayne Doherty told reporters during a press conference Monday that the suspects had shared “abhorrent” content online involving children as young as infants, as well as animals.
Thousands of videos were discovered on electronic devices seized during the execution of the search warrants last week, she said.
“Police will allege in court that this international group were engaging in conversations and the sharing of material which depicted child abuse and the torture of children involving symbols and rituals linked to Satanism and the occult,” she said.
The abuse captured was “particularly devastating in that they used symbols and rituals around it in the discussions that they were having about abusing children,” she said, adding, “it had. a very ritualistic overview.”
The four men have been charged with various counts related to the possession and online distribution of child sex abuse and bestiality material.