- Childcare worker, cop in porn arrests
- By AAP
- 11/12/2008 Make a Comment
- Contributed by: The Rooster ( 264 articles in 2008 )
A POLICE officer, a childcare worker and a retired QC are among those arrested as part of a 12-month investigation into an alleged child pornography ring.
Police said some of the images seized during the investigation were the worst they'd ever seen.
The investigation, dubbed Operation Resistance, resulted in the arrests of 22 men across New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.
Those arrested were among 200 people from 70 countries named as persons of interest following an investigation by Brazilian authorities, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said.
More than 15,000 videos and 500,000 images of child abuse were seized by the AFP's Child Protection Operations Team during the investigation.
The images and videos, allegedly shared between members of peer-to-peer network, included the sexual abuse of children as young as 12 months old.
AFP acting deputy commissioner of operations Andrew Colvin said two children in NSW had been removed from contact with alleged offenders.
"The videos seized as part of this operation have to be among the worst we have seen," Mr Colvin said.
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"Some depicted sexual abuse of children lasting more than two hours."
Mr Colvin said those arrested were from a range of employment backgrounds and included a Victorian QC, a childcare worker and a NSW police officer.
The matter involving the police officer is before the courts.
It was unclear as to whether any of the children in the videos or images were Australian, he said.
Further arrests were likely over the next couple of days, he said.
Police said some of the images seized during the investigation were the worst they'd ever seen.
The investigation, dubbed Operation Resistance, resulted in the arrests of 22 men across New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.
Those arrested were among 200 people from 70 countries named as persons of interest following an investigation by Brazilian authorities, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said.
More than 15,000 videos and 500,000 images of child abuse were seized by the AFP's Child Protection Operations Team during the investigation.
The images and videos, allegedly shared between members of peer-to-peer network, included the sexual abuse of children as young as 12 months old.
AFP acting deputy commissioner of operations Andrew Colvin said two children in NSW had been removed from contact with alleged offenders.
"The videos seized as part of this operation have to be among the worst we have seen," Mr Colvin said.
Related Coverage
"Some depicted sexual abuse of children lasting more than two hours."
Mr Colvin said those arrested were from a range of employment backgrounds and included a Victorian QC, a childcare worker and a NSW police officer.
The matter involving the police officer is before the courts.
It was unclear as to whether any of the children in the videos or images were Australian, he said.
Further arrests were likely over the next couple of days, he said.
Source: https://www.news.com.au/story/0,,24785359-421,00.html
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