{"id":1994459,"date":"2023-08-08T15:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T19:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/19-men-arrested-in-fbi-probe-of-australian-pedophile-ring-2-agents-dead\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T15:27:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T19:27:00","slug":"19-men-arrested-in-fbi-probe-of-australian-pedophile-ring-2-agents-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/19-men-arrested-in-fbi-probe-of-australian-pedophile-ring-2-agents-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"19 men arrested in FBI investigation of Australian pedophile ring, 2 agents killed."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F19-men-arrested-in-fbi-probe-of-australian-pedophile-ring-2-agents-dead%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1994459&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stock Image. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>12:21 PM \u2062\u2013 Tuesday, August 8, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Following\u2064 a \u2063years-long American and Australian-led FBI investigation that \u200cresulted in the deaths of two American undercover agents, 19 individuals \u200chave now been charged with sex\u200b crimes in Australia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday,\u200c authorities\u2062 reported that 19 males, between the ages of 32\u2064 and 81, were successfully detained and charged with a total of 138 charges in connection with\u200b an international pedophile network.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe \u200cwill allege that\u200d these men were\u2063 members \u200bof a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/19-men-arrested-in-fbi-probe-of-australian-pedophile-ring-2-agents-dead\/\" title=\"19 men arrested in FBI investigation of Australian pedophile ring, 2 agents killed.\">technologically sophisticated online child abuse network<\/a> that was\u200b operating across the\u2064 country,\u201d said\u00a0Australian Federal Police Commander Helen Schneider.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>13 children were rescued during\u200b the \u200doperation, \u2063but the victims\u2019 health and injuries have not been made public.<\/p>\n<p>Australian officials say\u200b that\u200c two of \u200bthe arrested individuals have\u2062 already been \u200bconvicted and sentenced, thanks to the joint effort. Those found\u2063 guilty now reportedly\u200d face \u2062up to at\u2064 least 15 years in the Australian Capital Territory and five years in New South \u2064Wales.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 Australian probe was initially launched in the aftermath of a deadly shootout in 2021 between FBI\u2062 agents and an American\u200c suspect in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Alfin and Laura Schwartzenberger, FBI special agents in Florida who\u200d were investigating a suspected\u2063 pedophile named David\u200b Lee Huber, were \u2064killed by automatic gunfire on the doorstep of his\u2064 Miami\u2062 home \u200cin February 2021. They were preparing\u200b to carry out a\u200d search warrant seeking\u200d evidence \u200bof \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-sex-trafficking-advocates-slam-twitter-on-heels-of-bombshell-lawsuit-from-teen-victim\/\" title=\"Anti-Sex Trafficking Advocates Slam Twitter On Heels Of Bombshell Lawsuit From Teen Victim\">child sexual abuse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Huber, 55, \u2064an IT \u2062employee and the one who pulled the trigger, is believed to \u2063have observed the \u2062FBI agents through \u200bhis doorbell\u200c video and\u200b then fired his assault rifle through the door. Reports say \u200dthat Huber killed himself soon after.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI\u2019s\u2064 investigation into Alfin and\u200b Schwartzenberger\u2019s\u2063 findings did not end \u200dafter their demise,\u2062 and in early 2022,\u2063 the\u2063 FBI \u200ddiscovered Huber was part of\u2063 a much larger child abuse network \u200cthat authorities were able to track to the Land Down Under.<\/p>\n<p>Operation Bakis, conducted by the Australian Federal Police\u2019s \u2062(AFP) \u200canti-child exploitation\u2063 unit, was formed to dismantle dark-web \u200dnetworks where individuals exchange and film their own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blackburn-and-blumenthal-demand-answers-from-pinterest-over-sex-themed-image-boards-of-minors\/\" title=\"Blackburn and Blumenthal demand answers from Pinterest over 'sex-themed' image boards of minors\">child abuse material<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cMembers used software to anonymously share files,\u2063 chat on \u2062message boards, and \u2063access\u200d websites\u2064 within the network,\u201d the AFP said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Among \u2063the 16,000\u200d files \u2062recovered on \u200cthe man\u2019s hard drive \u200bdisplayed around 800 child \u2063victims, as well as a \u201cpedophiles handbook\u201d on \u200dhow to\u200d talk to authorities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOn Tuesday,\u200b we \u2063lost not one of our own, but two,\u201d \u200cWray said at the \u2063funeral services. \u201cTwo warriors who \u200ctook on \u2063one of\u2062 the hardest jobs in \u2062the FBI,\u2063 crimes against children. Two best friends who shared the\u200d same passion, the same determination, and\u2014in spite of all they\u2063 had\u2062 witnessed\u200b in their extraordinary careers\u2014the same sense of optimism and hope that comes from \u200bwork that matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daniel Alfin,\u2062 36, and Laura Schwartzenberger were honored on February\u200c 6,\u200b 2021 (Photo via \u2063the Federal Bureau of Investigation \u2013 \u2063FBI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In \u200c2007, Schwartzenberger became the FBI\u2019s first and only female SWAT squad member in\u200d Albuquerque, New Mexico. In\u200d 2010, she relocated to Miami to join the violent \u200ccrimes \u200dagainst children team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt \u2063was here, in Miami, that she found \u200cher true \u200ccalling\u2014keeping kids safe. Laura chose to be part of a team that spends their\u2064 days \u2062in darkness, confronting the very worst\u2064 parts\u2063 of humanity,\u201d Wray said. \u201cIt\u2019s a job with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-americans-support-monthly-child-tax-credits-why-dont-republicans-in-congress\/\" title=\"ANALYSIS: Americans Support Monthly Child Tax Credits. Why Don\u2019t Republicans In Congress?\">high stress<\/a>, high emotional toll, and high burnout. But Laura never stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Alfin \u200chad been working for the FBI for almost a decade and\u200b had worked on\u2062 cases\u200b involving\u200b crimes against children for the last six years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, he\u2064 was a member of the team \u200bthat brought\u200c down \u200bwhat was thought to be the world\u2019s largest child\u200c pornography \u2062website, resulting in the identification and rescue of 296 sexually abused children\u2062 and the arrest of 548 \u200ccriminals throughout \u200bthe globe.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the same with\u200c any criminal \u200cviolation: As\u2062 they get smarter, we\u2063 adapt, \u2063we find them,\u201d\u00a0Alfin said back in 2017.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a cat-and-mouse game, except\u200d it\u2019s\u200d not a game. Kids are being abused, and it\u2019s\u200c our job to stop that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your\u200c inbox for\u200b free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Houston \u2064Astros visit the White House following their 2022 World Series\u200c win<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nearly two \u200byears ago, 13 U.S.\u2063 service\u2063 members were killed during the withdrawal from \u2063Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Two Conservative Groups recently filed\u2062 a lawsuit to block the Biden Administration\u2019s plan \u200bto \u2064cancel\u2064 Student Loans.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Trump is not \u2063alone in his calls\u200d to move the January 6 trial to West Virginia as the state\u2019s Attorney General Patrick\u200d Morrisey has \u2062echoed the same\u200c call<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BENGALURU (Reuters) \u2013 South Korea\u2019s \u2064Hyundai Motor Group said\u200c on \u2063Tuesday it plans to launch more electric vehicles under the Hyundai and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BERLIN (Reuters) \u2013 German technology\u2062 group Robert \u2062Bosch \u2062said\u200d on Tuesday \u2063that it will establish a joint venture\u200b with TSMC, Infineon\u2062 and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>TAIPEI (Reuters) \u2013 Taiwan Semiconductor\u200b Manufacturing Co (TSMC) said on\u200c Tuesday that its board\u2064 had approved a 3.5 billion euro\u200b ($3.8 billion)\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Gwladys\u2064 Fouche OSLO (Reuters) \u2013 Meta Platforms \u200dis asking a court in Norway to stop a fine the Nordic country\u2019s \u200bdata\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stock Image. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images) OAN\u2019s Brooke Mallory reports that after a lengthy FBI investigation led by the US and Australia, 19 individuals have been charged with sex crimes in Australia. Two American undercover agents lost their lives during the operation. 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