Seventy people have been arrested in a nation-wide child pornography bust dubbed Operation Centurion.The operations is a joint investigation between Australian Federal Police and state forces and for the past six months has been looking at paedophile communities online and how they trade images of child pornography on the internet.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/05/2265503.htmChild porn web broken by 70 arrests
Dozens of men have been arrested for child pornography and abuse offences – including community leaders, a police officer, a teacher and a youth worker – after the nation’s biggest anti-pedophile investigation.The six-month joint operation by the Australian Federal Police and state police forces uncovered several cases of child molestation and highlighted the astonishing way in which pedophiles form secret communities in cyberspace and use the global reach of the internet to trade child exploitation images.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/06/04/1212258910275.html
http://www.theage.com.au/national/70-arrests-in-childporn-dragnet-20080604-2lvv.htmlPorn perverts in police sights [AAP]
More arrests will be made as a result of one of Australia’s largest investigations into child pornography, Australian Federal Police commissioner Mick Keelty says.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23813533-2,00.htmlSpanish police arrest 55 in Internet child porn racket [AP]
Spanish police have detained 55 people suspected of running an Internet child pornography racket.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/03/spain.porn.ap/
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/06/03/5755961-ap.html