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Friday, 16 December 2011 16:56 |
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Law enforcement agencies from 26 European countries, supported and
coordinated by Europol, have carried out a major crackdown against
online child sex abuse file-sharing networks. So far ‘Operation Icarus’
has helped to identify 269 suspects and arrest 112 suspects, spread
across 22 involved countries.
AThe operation targeted those sharing the most extreme forms of video
material, which included babies and toddlers being sexually abused and
raped. A lot of the material seized during the house searches is
awaiting forensic examination in order to support follow-up
investigations and possible prosecution of offenders. However, this
operation has already uncovered previously unknown networks of child sex
offenders operating on different internet channels. |