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NSW Police End Two-Year Child Abuse Material Probe With 62 Arrests

Access granted by the cloud company let detectives unmask hundreds of users across Australia.

Overview

  • The final NSW arrest, made Thursday after a South Nowra raid, closed the two-and-a-half-year Strike Force Glandore investigation.
  • Police say the operation seized the largest cache of child abuse files in NSW history after about 150 search warrants across the state.
  • Matthew Roberts, 37, was arrested in Corrimal after the raid and charged with 21 offences, including 13 counts of using a carriage service to make material available.
  • He was refused bail and is due back in Wollongong Local Court on July 1, with police alleging he possessed, shared, and solicited child abuse material.
  • Investigators identified more than 700 Australian-linked accounts on a shared cloud folder and laid just under 400 charges, safeguarding 20 children, while interstate partners pursue remaining leads including a separate Tasmanian case where a 75-year-old was charged and remanded.