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International raids on internet "porn ring"
Today's Guardian (uk) reports at page 4, column 2:
[I've edited this down]
"Police move on Internet porn"
By Owen Bowcott
Vice squad officers from eight police forces yesterday took
part in an internationally-co-ordinated operation aimed at
suspected paedophiles who are alleged to have been exchanging
child pornography on the Internet.
Nine people were arrested in early morning raids in the
United Kingdom and a further 31 were detained elsewhere in her,
America, the far east and South Africa.
Codenamed Operation Starburst, the investigation follows
growing concerns [about internet porn] ...
In the United Kingdom, 13 search warrants were executed
... Computer equipment was seized. Those arrested were
questioned but later released on bail. [later the article
reports 9 arrests and 17 computers seized]
The inquiry was prompted by officers in the West
Midlands police commercial vice unit who had identified
several Britons they believed were distributing child
pornography on the Internet. The Paedophile Unit and the
National Criminal Intelligence Service made contact with
overseas police forces to trace people suspected of trading
obscene pictures.
[Detectives then quoted describing how "appalling" and
"hard core" the pictures were, and saying that the "perverts
were not making profits from the pictures" just trading them.]
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U.Miami School of Law London, England
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