An Australian man formerly at the centre of a global child exploitation ring has told the ABC he too is a victim of the same network of men.
But Four Corners has revealed 36-year-old Peter Truong was linked to offenders around the world and was part of a much larger child exploitation conspiracy operating online and in secret for almost two decades.
Truong and his American partner Mark Newton were arrested and charged in February 2012 over their involvement in a child exploitation conspiracy involving their then six-year-old son.
Both pleaded guilty after police discovered videos showing their son being sexually abused by two American men: 35-year-old Jason Bettuo, a junior tennis coach from Michigan, and 38-year-old John Rex Powell, an attorney from Florida.
In 2013 Newton was sentenced to 40 years for his role, while Truong received a 10-year reduction, serving 30 years as a result of his decision to cooperate with investigators.
Four Corners has exposed Truong's links to a much bigger online paedophile network discovered by authorities in the US. Truong communicated with the network from his home in Queensland.
The network was called Tail of the Dragon and at the time it was discovered by authorities in 2011, it had about 20 core members located around the world including in the UK, Lebanon, the US and Mexico. (more...)
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