Parents are urged to talk to their kids about online safety after nine people were charged with more than 30 child exploitation offences during a two-week blitz.
Australian Federal Police, in tandem with Australian Border Force and NSW Police, conducted raids across Sydney, the Central Coast and Wollongong.
The search warrants were executed between August 28 and September 11, coinciding with the end of National Child Protection Week.
AFP Commander Brett James warned parents they had key questions to ask themselves about the online activity of their children.
"Who are your children interacting with? What privacy settings are enabled on their devices? And what information are they publishing online?" he said on Sunday.
Cmdr James encouraged them to talk to their children about how to protect themselves, saying "the earlier that happens, the better".
"These conversations might be uncomfortable, but they are more important than ever," he said.
Those charged in the raids included a 62-year-old man alleged to have paid an alleged Filipino child trafficker for three video calls believed to be of live-streamed child sexual abuse.
The man has been remanded in custody and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in jail if convicted.
It is alleged the man, from Wyongah on the Central Coast, exchanged almost 200 messages with the alleged trafficker.
A woman from Cranebrook in western Sydney was charged on September 9 after being alleged to have uploaded 14 files containing child abuse material to a social media platform.
She is also alleged to have received more than 100 illicit videos and images from an instant messaging application. She faces a maximum of 15 years' imprisonment if convicted.
Another man allegedly posed as a female online and engaged in sexualised conversations with minors and received sexually explicit content.
Six other men were arrested on separate charges of online exploitation of children. More than 50 electronic devices, including phones, laptops, USBs and hard drives were seized for forensic examination.
None of those arrested hold employment positions with access to children.
Cmdr James said more content involving child abuse material was being uncovered every day, with a 41 per cent increase in reports to the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation over the last financial year.
"These numbers are confronting, but they drive home why we need a community and law enforcement response. We need to be connected," he said.
He encouraged parents to research potential red flags.
"To the predators who think they can hide behind their screens: if you exploit our children, please expect a knock on the door from the AFP or our law enforcement partners," Cmdr James said.
"Everyone online is traceable and we will find you."
Superintendent Sean Baker, from Australian Border Force, said it had also launched a crackdown on the importation of childlike sex dolls into Australia, with 47 intercepted in the last financial year.
"These items are grotesque and offensive and have absolutely no place in society," he said.
"The ABF has a zero-tolerance approach to child exploitation material, and will utilise all available powers at our disposal to combat it."
