THIS is the moment a ‘satanic paedo ring’ is busted by armed police, as four people are charged over horrific international crimes against children.
The chilling footage shows a riot squad breaking down the door of an apartment in Sydney, Australia last week.
Amid the chaos a glimpse into a dank room with a sheet covering the window, a fish tank and other paraphernalia can be seen.
New South Wales police arrested a 26-year-old man wearing matching psychedelic black and white t-shirt and shorts, his head bowed as he is led out in handcuffs by investigators.
Landon Germanotta-Mills was one of four Australians to be locked up for his alleged involvement in the paedophile network.
It’s believed the network was actively possessing, distributing and facilitating child sexual abuse involving ritualistic or satanic themes.
Police allege Germanotta-Mills is one of the leaders and was charged with multiple offences including possession of child abuse material, making available child abuse material, and disseminating and possessing bestiality material.
Germanotta-Mills is the self-described founder and editor-in-chief of underground Media Network, an independent news site which exposes “institutional abuse, systemic failures and the misuse of power”, as reported by The Guardian.
“Founded by journalist Landon Germanotta-Mills, the platform is survivor-led, trauma-informed, and legally aware – built by and for those impacted by the systems we investigate,” the website reads.
Six other search warrants were executed across Sydney and three other men – Benjamin Raymond Drysdale, 46, Mark Andrew Sendecky, 42 and Stuart Woods Riches, 39, – were arrested.
All men were refused bail.
Police said they had not yet verified where the abuse material was produced, nor identified any of the children who were abused.
Superintendent Jayne Doherty, commander of the sex crimes squad, told a news conference: “Due to the nature of the material that they were sharing and the conversations that we became aware of, we were concerned about any children that these people might come in contact with as a result of that”.
Doherty said officers had seized thousands of videos depicting the abuse of children aged 12 and below, including babies.
“Police will allege in court that this international group were engaging in conversations and the sharing of material which depicted child abuse and the torture of children involving symbols and rituals linked to Satanism and the occult,” Doherty said.
Doherty said authorities did not believe that the arrested men had recorded any of the material themselves, and that officers were working with international partners to identify the victims.
All four will appear in court next in late January.
