A man from regional New South Wales has been charged with 12 child abuse-related offences.
The 28-year-old man was arrested by the Australian Federal Police in Goulburn on May 16, following a report from the United States’ National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that an online user had uploaded child abuse material to social media.
A search warrant of the man’s home uncovered two mobile phones, allegedly containing over 2000 files of child abuse material, as well as a record of a sexually-charged online chat with an 8-year-old boy.
The phone has been seized for further examination.
the 28-year-old man has been charged with multiple offences, including possessing or controlling child abuse material, producing child abuse material, using a carriage service for sexual activity with a person under 16 years old and using a carriage service to access child abuse material. 
AFP Acting Sergeant Nick Xuereb said offenders will be caught.
“Every child deserves to feel safe and the AFP and its partners will do whatever we can to protect children,” Xuereb said.
“Our message to online offenders has not changed – if you procure, access and transmit child abuse material, you will be found, arrested and prosecuted.”
The man appeared in Goulburn Local Court on Friday and was refused bail.
