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Saving our children

Devoted dad Akhim has shed light on the team who catch Aussie predators

Akhim Dev, 54, Sydney, NSW

Staring openmouthed at the prisoner in Long Bay jail, I couldn’t believe his words.

‘There are communities in the thousands on the dark web trading child abuse material,’ he’d said.

The man had been jailed for child abuse, but his words about the scale of what was going on shocked me.

As a documentary maker, I’d started a project where I met with high-risk re-offenders.

Hearing this in 2014, and as a father

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