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Authorities have charged four men in connection with an alleged international network involved in the distribution of satanic child sex abuse material, according to police reports.

On Thursday, law enforcement officers executed six search warrants at various locations across Sydney, including areas such as Waterloo, Ultimo, and Malabar.

A 26-year-old man, apprehended in Waterloo, is believed to be the ringleader of the operation. He was subsequently taken to Mascot Police Station, where he faces several serious charges, including seven counts of using a carriage service to access child abuse material.

He was taken to Mascot Police Station, where he was charged with multiple offences, including seven counts of using a carriage service to access child abuse material.

At a unit block in Malabar in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, three men aged 46, 42 and 39 were arrested and taken to Maroubra Police Station.

Police charged the oldest man with multiple offences, including using a carriage service to make child abuse available.

The 39-year-old was also charged with multiple offences, including possessing child abuse material and possessing bestiality material.

The 42-year-old man was charged with possessing child abuse data using a carriage service, accessing child abuse material, and possessing child abuse material.

All three men were refused bail and appeared in court on Friday.

Police will be speaking on the charges at a press conference at 11.30am AEDT.

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