The Australian Federal Police are asking the public for help to solve child abuse cases, releasing censored images to see if any new leads can be found.
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00:00 As part of National Child Protection Week, the Australian Federal Police have released
00:05 a series of images that they believe may help to identify the victims of historic child
00:10 sex abuse.
00:11 The four images are non-confrontational and are rather distinctive, with the first one
00:15 showing a room with a fireplace and the others showing a bed frame with a radio system built
00:19 in, with rooms having yellow curtains and brick walls.
00:23 Police believe the victims who would recognise the photos are now adults and are calling
00:27 on other members of the public such as tradespeople or real estate agents who may also recognise
00:31 the objects in the photos to come forward.
00:34 Authorities discovered the photos from the internet and the dark web and are confident
00:37 that they're all places from Australia.
00:40 Australian Federal Police Commander Helen Schneider says no clue no matter how big or
00:44 small will help them to track down these victims of sex abuse or offenders as well.
00:49 I'm asking you to go onto the ace.gov.au website and look at these objects and see if you can
00:55 identify them or if you hold any information about these objects.
01:01 The slightest piece of information can lead to assisting a vulnerable victim, identifying
01:07 new victims or potentially the arrest of an offender.
01:11 What's really important for the AFP is to make sure that victims feel that they are
01:15 safe and will be supported when they come forward, not only in making a report to police
01:20 but in terms of any future investigation.
01:23 The Commander also said that it's important for people to remember that the people who
01:27 may live in these houses now may actually have no links to the abuse at all.
01:30 The images have been released as part of their Stop Child Abuse and Trace an Object campaign
01:35 which was first launched in 2021 and has resulted in over 900 tip-offs so far.
01:40 These images and more information are available on the Australian Centre to Counter Child
01:45 Exploitation website under the Trace an Object link.
01:48 Here, members of the public are able to remain anonymous or put their name and phone number
01:53 to help authorities track down these victims and offenders of child sex abuse.
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