Italian Police Crack Down on Porn Ring

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Tuesday May 24, 2005 4:16 PM


By AIDAN LEWIS

Associated Press Writer

ROME (AP) - Italian police raided the homes and offices of 186 suspected members of a child pornography ring - including three Roman Catholic priests and a local mayor - that downloaded pictures from an exclusive Web site, officials said Tuesday.

The group downloaded photos and video of sex abuse against children, whose ages ranged from 4 to 8, from a Web site that could only be entered with a password, according to a police officer in the Sicilian town of Syracuse, where the investigation was based.

The officer, who cited office policy that he could not be identified, said the site had operated for just nine days before authorities closed it down in July after receiving a tip from Telefono Arcobaleno, a local association that scans the Internet to combat child abuse.

Police searched the homes and offices of 159 suspects in 16 of Italy's 20 regions Tuesday, the official said. The remaining 27 suspects had their homes and offices searched in recent months.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5028274,00.html

[thecai]

1. Italian Police Crack

down on porn ring?
Let me know when Italian Police Crack is back up on porn ring. ;-)

[Lars39]

2. CHILD porn is the porn in question.

[warrens]

3. RE-volting

4-8 year olds. What is WRONG with these monsters?