An Australian man has been jailed for 40 years over an international paedophile network, where a child he and his partner bought from Russia was abused. Peter Truong and his partner Mark Newton bought the child in 2005, and falsified documents so Newton was listed as his biological father, allowing him to be adopted and brought to Queensland, presenting themselves as loving fathers. Police say in a 'depraved' case, the men allowed at least eight men in several different countries, including Australia, the US, Germany and France, to molest the boy when he was between two and six years old. Newton has been sentenced to 40 years in jail for his crimes. Truong is awaiting his sentence, while two other American men have also been charged. In 2011, New Zealand authorities discovered images revealing the boy had been used in child pornography. They alerted Taskforce Argos and Queensland police raided the couple's house, just after the men and the boy had left for the US. Queensland police officer Jon Rouse, who investigates online child exploitation as part of Taskforce Argos, says authorities will not rest until all the men involved in the network are behind bars. "With this network, rest assured that we will pursue them to the ends of the Earth to make sure each and every one of them faces justice for what their role has been in crimes against this child. "The purchase of the child for the explicit and sole purpose of exploiting him across a network of men is incredibly depraved and very sad tale for that little boy." The child is now in state care in the US.
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First published: Sunday, 7th July 2013 - 5:32pm