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A Pakistani national has been sentenced to 17 years in an Australian jail in a horrific online child exploitation case.
According to media reports, Mohammad Zainul Abedin Rasheed, 29 targeted hundreds of children both in Australia and abroad by pretending to be a teenage social media celebrity.
Rasheed reportedly reached children through social media sites, introducing himself as a 15-year-old influencer. He would befriend them, blackmail them into committing sexual acts. The threats to send explicit messages or photographs to their families and friends would be enough if they refused.
It was revealed by the court that Rasheed’s crimes, targeted at 286 victims, stretched for a whole year. In all, he was found guilty of 665 offenses ranging from engaging children on the discussion of sexual activities to requesting child explicit photos and possession of child exploitation material.
Rasheed first came to the attention of the authorities in 2021 following collaboration between Australian Federal Police, Interpol, and US law enforcement. It should be remembered at this point that he was serving a different sentence for sexually abusing a minor. ?
In a case labelled “unparalleled in Australia” by Judge Amanda Burrows, who meted out the sentence to Rasheed, for its extent and predatory nature, the revelations in this paper explain more about the enhanced threat of online child exploitation and vigilance from parents and social media platforms.
