Massive Dutch-run child pornography ring revealed
Radio Netherlands
16 March 2011
184 suspects have already been arrested in a large-scale international child pornography ring centred in the Netherlands.
Speaking from the Hague, Europol Director Rob Wainwright, together with law enforcement representatives from five countries, announced the break-up of the internet ring on Wednesday.
In the largest ever operation of its kind, police in 30 countries have arrested 184 suspects and identified 486 others. Mr Wainwright says more will follow in short order.
Peter Davies, Director of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, says arrests were being made yesterday and today in the UK and more are planned for tomorrow. Meanwhile, five arrests have been made in the United States and 17 in Spain. The investigation, called Operation Rescue, started three years ago.
Arresting Amir I
An important break in the case came when Dutch authorities arrested Amir I, the brains behind the internet forum Boylover.net, the centre of the ring. At its peak, the forum had more than 70,000 members around the world. No child pornography was distributed on the forum itself, rather, members used the forum to facilitate individual exchanges of photos or videos online. Boylover.net was run out of Amir I’s home in North Holland.
The 37-year-old Israeli-born Dutch citizen was arrested in 2009 for possession of child pornography and has since cooperated fully with investigators. Police have been able to trace 71,000 IP address, in 109 countries, from his computer. On Tuesday, Amir I pled guilty in a Haarlem, North Holland court to possession of child pornography, and to sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy in the Brazilian city of Sao Paolo. He faces up to three and a half years in prison. Read more…
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