Detectives have smashed a nationwide child pornography ring that allegedly included a former police officer and a trainee teacher. In a series of co-ordinated raids at homes across NSW and Victoria on Saturday night, police seized thousands of photographs of young children and arrested six men.
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More child porn ring arrests [AAP]
Police expect to make more arrests as a global child pornography ring unravels. Two teachers and a former police officer were among six men arrested as police cracked the pornography ring in weekend raids after a covert 11-month Australia-wide operation.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/12/17/1197740127807.html
http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=445302Orange man caught in child porn swoop
An Orange man has been charged in relation to an alleged child pornography ring which police claim had international links.
http://orange.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/orange-man-caught-in-child-porn-swoop/1142848.htmlMalvern man among seven arrested in child porn bust
A RETIRED Melbourne man is among seven Australians accused of being implicated in a nationwide child pornography ring with overseas links.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22933704-661,00.htmlAustralian porn ring ‘targeted overseas children’
Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty says more arrests are likely from an investigation into a child pornography ring that spanned three states and targeted children in Australia and overseas. A trainee teacher, a swimming instructor and a former policeman were among six suspects arrested yesterday with alleged links to the ring.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/17/2120294.htmau: Child porn swoop nets seven suspects
A former policeman, a swimming instructor and a student teacher are alleged to be members of a pedophile ring that sought to groom children for internet pornography. The alleged Australian network, which police say had links to others overseas, comprised six men and a 17-year-old youth, all of whom were arrested in an operation by NSW, Queensland, Victorian and federal police yesterday.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/12/16/1197740096711.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/12/16/1197740090752.htmlau: Child predator network dismantled [news release]
Seven men have been charged and a child predator network has been dismantled following an intensive 11-month joint investigation led by the NSW Police Force, with the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
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Australian online porn ring traced to country NSW
Detectives have smashed a nationwide child pornography ring that allegedly included a former police officer and a trainee teacher. In a series of co-ordinated raids at homes across NSW and Victoria on Saturday night, police seized thousands of photographs of young children and arrested six men.