Overview
- PICACC coordinated 35 operations in 2025 that rescued 92 children in the Philippines and led to charges against 18 alleged facilitators.
- AFP-led investigations resulted in 13 Australians being charged this year, with 40 children removed from harm through AFP action.
- A 43-year-old man from Wangaratta was intercepted on arrival at Melbourne Airport and charged with possessing and soliciting child abuse material.
- Related Philippine actions included the arrests of two women and one man, search warrants in Davao, and the removal of 11 additional children from harm.
- Since PICACC launched in 2019, partners have conducted 324 operations, rescuing 865 victims and charging 187 people, with AFP cases accounting for 77 charges and 315 rescues in the Philippines.