To crime news first, and a WA man will appear in court today over allegations he solicited sexually explicit images of children from overseas, while he was travelling in another foreign country. The Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force officers allegedly found suspicious messages on his phone after searching it at Perth Airport. Using intelligence-led screening, ABF officers had selected the man for a baggage examination on April 30. AFP officers then seized the mobile phone and interviewed the man. They allegedly found messages where he had negotiated with other adults for child abuse material and coerced children into sending him sexually explicit images of themselves. Police also allegedly found child abuse material stored on the phone. The man, 39, has been charged with soliciting child abuse material using a carriage service, and causing child abuse material to be transmitted to himself using a carriage service. In a separate incident, a man, 27, from Halls Head has also been arrested for possessing and transmitting child abuse material on a free instant messaging app. He will also appear in court today. AFP acting Inspector Scott Caulfield said the AFP worked closely with partners in Australia and across the world to protect children, wherever they lived. “Through the AFP’s International Command, investigators will work with foreign law enforcement partners to try to identify anyone allegedly attempting to engage in illicit digital conversations with children,” he said. “Australian citizens should not think they are out of the reach of the AFP if they commit offences while they are overseas. “Children are not commodities to be used for the abhorrent gratification of sexual predators.”