article_snippet: The Australian businessman charged with horrific acts of child abuse acted as the ring leader of an international paedophile ring that served Australian clients, according to investigators.
article_snippet: Peter Gerard Scully's alleged operated an  international paedophile ring that served Australian clients, according to AFP investigators.
article_snippet: The 52-year-old was under investigation from 2009 by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission but avoided being charged with 117 fraud and deception offences, having departed Victoria.
article_snippet: he was formally charged on Friday.
article_snippet: The Age reports he was never charged with child sex crimes in Victoria but a number of associates claimed he had a horrific sexual history.
highlights_snippet: Allegedly ran an international paedophile ring, including online streaming .
  
highlights_snippet: Australian Federal Police suspects he had clients on our shores .
  