Dozens arrested in Europe over child pornography ring

BBC News
16 December 2011

Police in 22 European countries have arrested 112 suspects in an online child pornography investigation, Europe’s police agency, Europol, says.

The suspects allegedly shared videos of children and babies being sexually abused and raped, Europol director Rob Wainwright said.

Nineteen men face charges in Denmark, where police seized dozens of computers and thousands of hours of video images.

Denmark’s chief of police said it was a huge amount of evidence to examine.

The investigation, named Operation Icarus, was ongoing and more arrests were expected, said Mr Wainwright.

“So far, in 22 countries we have identified 269 suspects with 112 arrests,” he said…

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