Category Archive for : ‘AUSTRALIA’

MEG HILL

Actor and convicted child sex offender Robert Hughes has been granted parole in Australia and will be deported to the UK.

Hughes, 73, was imprisoned in 2014 after being found guilty of 10 sexual and indecent assault offences committed between 1984 and 1990.

He will be deported to the UK on his release from prison as he is a non-lawful citizen in Australia, having renounced his Australian citizenship in 2020.

Hughes starred on the Australian sitcom Hey Dad!, which aired from 1987 to 1994.

His victims include a family friend, friends of his

May 3, 2021
Melissa Eddy
NY Times

BERLIN — German prosecutors have broken up an online platform for sharing images and videos showing the sexual abuse of children, mostly boys, that had an international following of more than 400,000 members, they said on Monday.
The site, named “Boystown,” had been around since at least June 2019 and included forums where members from around the globe exchanged images and videos showing children, including toddlers, being sexually abused. In addition to the forums, the site had chat rooms where members could connect with one another in

February 15, 2021
Livia Albeck-Ripka
Indiana Express

A former government staff member’s account of being raped in Australia’s Parliament building sent shock waves through the country’s halls of power Monday, with the governing conservative party coming under intense criticism for the way it had handled the case.

Women’s rights advocates called it an extreme example of what has long been described as a culture of misogyny that has pushed several women out of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s coalition government.

The former staff member, Brittany Higgins, now 26, said she was attacked nearly two years ago

January 25, 2021
Ilan Ben Zion
AP News

JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli authorities on Monday extradited a former teacher accused of sexually abusing her former students in Australia, capping a six-year legal battle that had strained relations between the two governments and antagonized Australia’s Jewish community.

Malka Leifer, who is wanted on 74 charges of child sex abuse in Australia, was placed on a flight early in the day, several hours before Israel was to close its international airport to nearly all air traffic due to a raging coronavirus outbreak. Israeli media photographed Leifer

October 23, 2020
Namita Singh
Independent

Australian Federal Police (AFP) have arrested 44 men across the nation on the charges of possessing and producing child abuse material.
Dubbed Operation Molto, the probe was coordinated by the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) and has reportedly removed 16 children from harm after identifying alleged offenders in every Australian state, as well as the Australian Capital Territory.
Culminating in 350 charges on the alleged perpetrators, the year-long operation began when the ACCCE received a law enforcement report showing thousands of offenders were using a cloud

December 15, 2020
Renju Jose, Richard Pullin
News Yahoo

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Wednesday welcomed an Israeli Supreme Court decision to approve the extradition of a former school principal accused of sexually assaulting students at a Jewish school in Melbourne.
Malka Leifer, who lost her appeal against extradition on Tuesday, is wanted by Australian police on 74 sexual assault charges, including rape, involving girls at her former school.
“The decision of the Israel Supreme Court, dismissing Leifer’s appeal is welcome news, particularly for alleged victims in Australia,” Australia’s Attorney-General Christian Porter said in a