The Cocaine Inc. podcast produced by News Corp Australia and The Times shows how criminal gangs are exploiting our financial system to hide their profits. Serious and organised crime costs Australia up to $60 billion each year. Money is hidden from police and the Tax Office and “laundered” through seeminglyContinue Reading
No matter what your stance on pornography may be, you likely have a vivid idea in your head about how it is created. One image may be a flirty free-for-all where there are no rules, or miserable, bland sets where performers have no choice but to follow orders. But theContinue Reading
A schoolteacher has been charged with more than 200 offences after an investigation into alleged indecent treatment of children in Queensland’s northeast. The 35-year-old man was initially charged with three counts of indecent treatment of a child under 16 and possessing child abuse material after his arrest on November 10.Continue Reading
A major discount retailer is facing criminal charges for a raft of disturbing alleged child employment offences. Wage Inspectorate Victoria is taking TK Maxx, the popular off-price retailer, to court on allegations it employed two children under the age of 15 without a permit on 12 occasions, failed to ensureContinue Reading
Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has been slapped with a $610,000 fine after failing to “adequately” respond to questions about its efforts to detect and remove illegal material. On Monday, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant revealed the fine, saying the country expects meaningful transparency and accountabilityContinue Reading
A family member of a childcare worker accused of being a serious sex offender is selling his possessions, claiming her brother is dead and his belongings must go. The man’s identity was revealed on Tuesday as Ashley Paul Griffith, 45, from the Gold Coast. Mr Griffith is accused of rapingContinue Reading
A mum who was left heartbroken after her son’s death has been left haunted by a disturbing find on his phone. Cherina and Rob Gray’s worst nightmare became a reality back in October 2021, when their beloved son Dean tragically drowned while on a camping trip with friends. The unimaginableContinue Reading
TikTok kicks 190,000 users off its platform a day for lying about being older than 13 years old, a senate inquiry has been told. The inquiry is examining how Australia’s law enforcement agencies tackle child exploitation, including online trends for explicit material and access to child abuse material. It’s alsoContinue Reading
Warning: Graphic content. Twenty years on, Alicia “Kozak” Kozakiewicz has recalled her kidnapping aged just 13 and being trapped in her captor’s dungeon for four days during which she was stripped naked, raped, tortured and beaten. She was just a teenager when an online predator lured her from her parents’Continue Reading
A mum has shared the horrifying story of how her daughter was groomed by an online predator. Parent Cyber Safety Consultant founder Jen Hoey said her daughter met the perpetrator, who posed as another nine-year-old girl, while her daughter was playing an online game at a friend’s home. “Essentially whatContinue Reading