DIA officers and police seized an iPhone 12 and a PlayStation 5 gaming console from the house in August 2024 as they acted on multiple tips from overseas agencies, which had been notified of Keefe’s online activities. Keefe collected and distributed extremist sexual materialThe material Keefe was collecting and posting included the worst sexual abuse of young children imaginable. Online network spans the globeThe online network Keefe was involved with spans the globe. The users gathered child sexual material to create digital “lore” books, which are used as currency, traded, archived and promoted to increase a user’s status or to recruit members. “This individual preyed on the innocence of children by distributing horrific child abuse and exploitation images online, including personally requesting explicit images from a teenager.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 21, 2026 05:31 UTC