- Australian authorities help bust child porn ring
- News.com.au
- 18/04/2009 Make a Comment
- Contributed by: The Rooster ( 258 articles in 2009 )
THEY were known in their secret world by simple nicknames like "Lizard", "Eggplant" and "Box of Rocks", but what they were peddling was anything but innocent.
The men ran a sophisticated, high-volume child pornography internet ring offering Australian, US and European paedophiles sickening videos and images.
They thought their identities were safe, protected by computer encryption, but they did not realise shrewd Australian police had infiltrated the group.
Those officers were hailed yesterday by the US Department of Justice after five US-based ringleaders were sentenced to life in prison.
Arrests have been made elsewhere, including Australia.
Queensland police constable Brenden Power, who in 2006 outfoxed the group by posing as a paedophile, passing their tests, was singled out for praise.
" (He) infiltrated the group in August 2006 (and) testified at trial about how group members employed a complex system of pseudonyms, screening tests for new members and sophisticated encryption methods to avoid detection," the department said.
"He also testified that the group traded more than 400,000 images and 1000 videos of child sexual abuse."
The men ran a sophisticated, high-volume child pornography internet ring offering Australian, US and European paedophiles sickening videos and images.
They thought their identities were safe, protected by computer encryption, but they did not realise shrewd Australian police had infiltrated the group.
Those officers were hailed yesterday by the US Department of Justice after five US-based ringleaders were sentenced to life in prison.
Arrests have been made elsewhere, including Australia.
Queensland police constable Brenden Power, who in 2006 outfoxed the group by posing as a paedophile, passing their tests, was singled out for praise.
" (He) infiltrated the group in August 2006 (and) testified at trial about how group members employed a complex system of pseudonyms, screening tests for new members and sophisticated encryption methods to avoid detection," the department said.
"He also testified that the group traded more than 400,000 images and 1000 videos of child sexual abuse."
Source: https://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,,25349297-5001021,00.html
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