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National
Marty Silk

Upsurge in children being exploited online

Police warn of a rising trend in Australian kids being coerced, blackmailed and exploited online. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Hundreds of accounts being used by overseas criminals to transfer money from Australian child victims of sexual exploitation have been frozen by police and the anti-money laundering watchdog.

The Australian Federal Police says the 500 bank, financial service and cryptocurrency accounts were used to transfer funds from victims, mainly boys aged 15 to 17, to criminals offshore.

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