Huber, who was being sought in relation to distribution of child sexual abuse material, shot himself.
In the aftermath, the FBI began an operation to identify the users of a peer-to-peer platform that was allegedly used by paedophiles to share images on the dark web.
Globally, 79 people have now been arrested for their alleged involvement in the online network, based on more than 211 international “lead packages” the FBI intelligence shared with local law enforcement agencies.
Commander Helen Schneider from the AFP estimated that some alleged offenders had “potentially been committing offences over 10 years”.
The AFP said most of the alleged Australian offenders “were employed in occupations that required a high degree of ICT knowledge”.
“It will be alleged some of the children removed had been directly abused, others were removed as a child safety precaution.”.
Alleged offenders were arrested in Queensland, NSW, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia and the ACT. »
