Radar Naughty List: Satanic Sydney Sex Cult
- Michael Costa
- 2 days ago
- 5 min read
Updated: 3 hours ago
Police in Sydney say they have dismantled an international child sex abuse material network steeped in satanic and occult imagery, and at the center of it all is a queer activist journalist who branded himself a defender of victims. Andy Ngo reports that Landon Germanotta-Mills, a 26-year-old independent journalist and founder of the “Underground Media Network,” is now accused of helping run a ring that traded in videos of children being tortured, from babies to 12-year-olds, alongside bestiality content.
Landon Germanotta-Mills, Satanic Sydney Sex Cult ringleader and founder of Underground Media Network. (Source: Ngo Comment)
New South Wales Police launched Strike Force Constantine earlier this year to investigate “ritualistic and satanic” child abuse material circulating online. That probe led detectives to a Sydney-based group they allege was actively involved in possessing, distributing and facilitating child sexual abuse material through an offshore website. Police say electronic devices seized during coordinated raids last week contained thousands of videos depicting the abuse of children, including INFANTS, sometimes accompanied by symbols and rituals linked to satanism and the occult.
Four men have been charged so far. Alongside Germanotta-Mills, authorities named Stuart Woods Riches, 39, Mark Andrew Sendecky, 42, and Benjamin Raymond Drysdale, 46. All four are accused of involvement in an international network trading in “satanic” child abuse material. Police and multiple international outlets report that none of the men are currently alleged to have filmed the abuse themselves, but investigators say they helped distribute and facilitate access to previously recorded material, turning child torture into a shared hobby inside encrypted channels.
“NSW Police storming the Waterloo unit of Landon Germanotta-Mills.” (Source: ABC – NSW Police)
Germanotta-Mills is accused of playing a “leading role” in the ring. According to Australian media and court documents, he faces multiple counts of making child abuse material available, accessing and possessing child abuse material, and separate charges for disseminating and possessing bestiality content. The alleged ringleader was dragged from his Waterloo apartment after police used a battering ram during early-morning raids captured on video and released by NSW Police and crime reporters.
Underground Media Network is run by “journalists, survivors, and truth-tellers.”
On paper, Germanotta-Mills sold himself as the opposite of what police now allege. He describes himself as a queer activist and independent journalist, running the “Underground Media Network” to “expose institutional abuse, systemic failures and misuse of power,” with a special focus on victims, including children. Photos circulated in coverage show him in drag and transvestic outfits. Reports note that he covered Antifa demonstrations and presented as a “progressive” campaigner for social justice, LGBTQ+ causes, and animal rights.
(Source: 7NEWS)
Detective Superintendent Jayne Doherty called the seized content “abhorrent” and “particularly devastating,” stressing that while all child abuse is horrific, this material was marked out by the ritualized way the children were degraded and tortured on camera. Investigators say the four men were allegedly part of a broader international network using encrypted platforms and a foreign-hosted website to swap videos of children being abused, alongside animal abuse content, under the guise of occult worship and satanic symbolism.
Police currently believe none of the identified videos were filmed by the Sydney suspects, which is its own kind of indictment. The horror already existed somewhere else in the world and was then collected, catalogued, and passed around as entertainment by a group of men who, according to authorities, delighted in the ritualistic framing of the abuse. As of the latest reporting, investigators are still working with international partners to identify victims, trace where the abuse happened, and locate the original perpetrators.
Landon Germanotta-Mills is dragged from his apartment after an early-morning raid. (Source: Daily Mail)
Everywhere you look in this case, there is a grotesque inversion. A man who branded himself as a voice for victims is now accused of helping circulate videos of children being tortured. A self-described queer activist and drag performer, who postured as a watchdog over “institutional abuse,” is alleged to have poured his energy into a global pipeline of occult-themed child sexual exploitation instead of exposing it. Meanwhile, the same establishment that clutches its pearls over “moral panic” whenever anyone raises concerns about child safety around drag culture, queer activism, or online grooming is suddenly very cautious and clinical.
The satanic ringleader founded and wrote for the Underground Media Network.
THOUSANDS of videos, victims ranging from BABIES to preteens, symbolic and ritual abuse, and suspects whose public lives intersect with progressive activism, journalism, and even youth sports coaching are at the heart of this case. It may be very disturbing to read, but this is exactly the kind of story that should bring forth a reckoning about who gets trusted access to children, who is allowed to launder their image through “woke” branding and queer politics, and why anyone questioning that pipeline is smeared as a conspiracy theorist.
All four men have been denied bail and remain behind bars while their cases move through the courts, with their next appearances reported for late January 2026. Whatever the eventual verdicts, this investigation has already torn the mask off one corner of the modern abuse economy. The Satanic Sydney Sex Cult is on this year’s Gays Against Groomers Naughty List because behind the language of “progress” and “inclusion,” police say they found an occult-obsessed network sharing the worst things adults can do to children. And no matter how the LGBTQ+ media shills tiptoe around it, parents around the world are watching and drawing the only conclusion that makes sense: the predators are not just in dark alleys and anonymous chat rooms. They are also hiding behind trendy hashtags and performative concern for the very kids they are accused of betraying.
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