Detectives are on the hunt for a registered sex offender who has gone missing in the days before Christmas. 

Convicted sex creep Django Nabelski, whose own name is tattooed across his neck, has been dodging Victorian police and ignored stringent reporting regulations designed to protect the community from predators like him. 

The 48-year-old is described as being 172cm tall with a medium build, grey hair, blue eyes and an olive complexion.

He has two distinctive tattoos on his neck – on the right side he has the word ‘Nari’ and on the left side he has his own name ‘Django’ with a scroll underneath the name.

Nabelski is known to frequent the Wallan, Thomastown and Cranbourne areas, but is also familiar with parts of New South Wales. 

Detectives have released  images of Nabelski in the hope someone recognises him and can provide information on his whereabouts.

But police have warned anyone who sees Nabelski not to approach him and instead phone triple-0 immediately.

The purpose of ‘Section 61G’ of the Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 is to require certain offenders who commit sexual offences to keep police informed of their whereabouts and other personal details for a period of time. 

It is done in the hope of reducing the likelihood that they will re-offend, facilitate the investigation and prosecution of any future offences that they may commit and prevent registered sex offenders working in child-related employment. 

Offenders become registrable by being sentenced for sex offences against children. This includes possession and transmission of child pornography.

There are many offences which result in registration, and the reporting time frames are calculated according to what offences have been committed, and how many.

An offender can be registered for eight years, 15 years, or life.

It ordinarily considered an offence under the Act for a person to publish information about a registrable offender if the person knows or ought reasonably know that the publication would ‘create, promote or increase animosity toward, or harassment of, a person identified’.

Those found guilty of such an offence are liable for up to two years’ imprisonment.

However, when someone goes on the run, the ‘gloves come off’, allowing publications such as Daily Mail Australia to alert the community.  

Anyone with information on Nabelski is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a confidential report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au