Paedos are creating ‘most wanted’ lists of children who they want to trick into sending nude images
The website lists hundreds of students from 70 schools where users trade and sell nude images of their targets on request
DEPRAVED photographs of young schoolgirls are being shared, sold and bought online on a clandestine internet forum for paedophiles.
The perverts' ring lists more than 70 schools from all six Australian states where users phish for nude photos of particular schoolgirls they are "hunting".
Hundreds of names have appeared on "wanted" lists, including entire friendship groups and names of underage girls.
Once their name appears on the list, other members of the group offer identifying details such as her name, a picture of her face, school, home address and phone number.
The sick users are then encouraged to "go get her" - while "bounties" are offered for images of particularly sought after girls.
Many of the photos posted on the site have been taken without the girls' knowledge, while others are explicit pictures likely shared by previous partners.
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Victims have pleaded to have their nude photos taken down, including one girl who states that she is just 14 in the image.
News.com.au spoke with a mother of a 13-year-old girl targeted on the site.
The mother, from Melbourne, said she was “absolutely disgusted and terrified” when she realised that men were trawling for images specifically of her daughter.
“I felt completely helpless because I didn’t know what to do. These are disgusting monsters who are colluding together to extract images from these girls.
“My daughter is too young to understand the gravity of this. For now she is embarrassed, confused and feels intimidated.
“They were like a pack of hungry vultures whose appetite was suppressed only when they had humiliated and dehumanised a girl. This was not so much for sexual urges but a game of control and abuse.”
While the 13-year-old had never taken or shared nude photographs of herself, the mother is still very anxious about her current safety and wellbeing.
“I feel really scared and nervous about how this might open the door to other predators. [When I learned my daughter was a potential target] I felt very vulnerable and very worried about how it would impact on her and very concerned about the level of violation that other girls on the site are also facing.
“As parents we must fight back with every ounce of strength we can muster to ensure that our girls feel safe and validated. What is happening in our society for boys and men to think that it’s OK to dehumanise young girls like that?
“These boys think they are looking at boobs, but behind those boobs is a heart that belongs to a human being who has feelings” said the mother.
“They are compartmentalising girls’ bodies, but they are not thinking about the rest of the human being that is attached to that clitoris.” she said.
One 15-year-old girl who attends a Queensland school listed on the site says she was “shocked and sickened” to realise that boys in her school were allegedly involved.
“I was scared that there was a whole community dedicated to humiliating and violating girl’s privacy,” she said.
An Australian Federal Police spokeswoman said authorities are investigating.
“The AFP is currently liaising with its domestic and international law enforcement partners and relevant government agencies to evaluate this matter and to determine appropriate courses of action,” she said.
“It is important to note that creating, accessing or distributing child pornography is a serious offence, even if you are a child yourself.”
“Child pornography offences have a maximum penalty of 15 years’ imprisonment.”
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is also being urged by concerned members of the public to shut down the website by any means necessary.
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