US authorities Tuesday announced that 79 men were arrested and 43 have been convicted in connection with global dark web network that shared images of child abuse

Suspects are linked to global pedophile ring that was busted after the murders of two FBI agents in Florida in 2021

Police investigating the ring in Australia have also charged 19 men with 138 offenses with two men convicted, but 13 children have been ‘removed from harm’, including some who were ‘directly abused’

International investigation was launched after FBI Special Agents Daniel Alfin, 36, and Laura Schwartzenberger, 43, were killed Feb 2021

They were executing search warrant against the home of suspected pedophile, David Lee Huber, 55, in Florida  

The international investigation was launched after FBI Special Agents Daniel Alfin, [left], and Laura Schwartzenberger, [right], were killed in February 2021 as they executed a search warrant against the Florida home of suspected pedophile, David Lee Huber 

Australian police have shut down an international pedophile ring two years after a member of the network murdered two FBI agents who visited his home in Florida while conducting a child pornography investigation.
US Officials announced on Tuesday that 79 men in the US were arrested  in connection with the global dark web group that shared sick child abuse videos. Forty three of the men have been convicted.
Police in Australia have also charged a further 19 men there with 138 offenses and 13 children have been ‘removed from harm’, including some who were ‘directly abused’.
The Australian suspects are between the ages of 31 and 81, per the report. Only two people have been sentenced thus far.
“Members used software to anonymously share files, chat on message boards and access websites within the network,” the Australian agency said. Some people have also been accused of producing their own child abuse material to share with others in the network.
The international investigation was launched after FBI Special Agents Daniel Alfin, 36, and Laura Schwartzenberger, 43, were killed in February 2021, as they executed a search warrant against the home of suspected pedophile David Lee Huber. Huber, 55, shot the agents with a rifle then turned the gun on himself.
The divorced father-of-two, who ran computer consulting businesses, is believed to have used a doorbell camera to monitor the agents before opening fire on them through his closed door as they arrived to execute the search warrant, killing two and injuring three more agents.  

Suspected pedophile David Lee Huber, [photo], a divorced father-of-two, shot the agents with a rifle then turned the gun on himself when they closed in on him in Florida. He was a member of a pedophile network which the FBI traced back to Australia

Huber came to the attention of the feds after he came suspicion for exchanging pornographic images of underage children engaging in sex acts.
The pedophile network was traced back to Australia and officials there worked closely with the FBI to shut it down. Most of the 19 Australian suspects – men aged between 32 and 81 – ‘were employed in occupations that required a high degree of ICT knowledge’, police said.
‘Members used software to anonymously share files, chat on message boards and access websites within the network,’ the Australian Federal Police said.
‘Network members were able to search for and distribute images and videos of child abuse material and allegedly used encryption and other methods to avoid law enforcement detection.’

One of the 19 Australian men charged in connection with a global pedophile ring – Police investigating the ring in Australia said 13 children have been ‘removed from harm,’ as a result

FBI Legal Attaché Nitiana Mann said: ‘We are proud of our longstanding relationship with the Australian Federal Police resulting in 19 Australian men facing criminal prosecution as a result of our collaborative investigation.
‘The complexity and anonymity of these platforms means that no agency or country can fight these threats alone.
‘As we continue to build bridges through collaboration and teamwork, we can ensure the good guys win and the bad guys lose.’
Australian Detective Superintendent Linda Howlett said: ‘If you choose to offend against children, it is only a matter of time before police come knocking on your door.
‘Together with our law enforcement counterparts, we will continue to use every power available to us to put those targeting children behind bars.’

Two of the phones seized by the Australian Federal police P in connection with the pedophile ring, which so far has seen two men sentenced

Computer equipment was seized by police who said most Australian men charged had hi-tech jobs in communications or IT and members of the ring used software to anonymously share files, chat on message boards and access websites within the network

Police behind the huge investigation, dubbed ‘Operation Bakis,’ found videos of one suspect abusing a toddler. He was raided exactly one year after the FBI agents were murdered.
Police said his hard drives included 16,000 files involving 800 child victims. He also had a ‘pedophile handbook’ with instructions on how to deal with police if caught.