A retired Victorian Queen's Counsel and a childcare worker were among 19 men arrested as police cracked a global child porn network that allegedly shared images of abuse "among the worst" seen by investigators.









Retired top-flight Victorian legal figure Neil James Williams, 74, of Newham, is among 19 men arrested across Victoria, NSW and Queensland.

Williams was arrested by Australian Federal Police on October 22 and appeared in the Bendigo Magistrates' Court soon afterwards, where he was granted bail.

He is charged with one count of using a carriage service to access child pornography and one count of knowingly possessing child pornography.