Australia’s Perth Police are advancing the fight against child sexual exploitation with the disbanding of a pedophile ring that was grooming teens on social media. On Aug. 29, they announced the arrest of 11 men connected to the operation, charging a further seven suspects with a string of related offenses.
Operation Timing Belt successfully identified 140 targeted teenagers across the city of Perth, reports the Daily Mail. Of those, 23 had suffered sexual abuse, and some were as young as 13 years old.
