A major bust exposing a global online network that reached from Europe to Asia.

The U S, Canada and New Zealand.

Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Justin Golf.

146 Matters have been referred to Europe, Asia, the United States, Canada and New Zealand about possible offending in those countries.

18 matters have been referred to the United States with three men arrested in the United States for multiple child abuse material offenses with over 800 charges ranging from producing child abuse material to based reality relating to four animals.

These are the latest arrests following the bust off the online pedophile ring in recent weeks when Australian authorities charged 44 men with possessing and producing child abuse material.

It involved a year long investigation in cooperation with the U.

S Homeland Security.

Adam Parks is the U.

S Homeland Security Investigations attache to Australia.

The referral numbers speak for themselves that this is a network, so it's a global network.

Although rooted in Australia, it includes ah network in the United States as well and really globally and so therefore we're responding in a global manner.

The investigation helped identify 46 Australian victims, including 16 Children, from a single child care center.

The police said the victims were aged between 16 months and 15 years.

They have not ruled out further arrests.