Australian online CSE taskforce protects hundreds of children as referrals soar

9th July 2025Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons spoke to two officers from the South Australian Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (SA JACET) – one of a number of JACET units across the country – about their successes in protecting children and arresting offenders involved in online child sexual exploitation, as annual referrals to the national Centre to Counter Child Exploitation soar, increasing more than five-fold over the past seven years.

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Australian online CSE taskforce protects hundreds of children as referrals soar

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