CHILD PORN RING TRANSMITTED ACTS LIVE ON WEB: US

PFMLIT AUSTRALIA, CANADA, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, General, GOOD POLICING CATCHES SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS, INTERNATIONAL, INTERNET OFFENDER CASES, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES

U.S. and Canadian authorities said on Wednesday they had cracked an international child pornography network that in some cases transmitted molestations live over the Internet.  One case involved the abuse of a toddler less than 18 months old.  Twenty-seven people from the U.S. and Canada, Australia and Britain, are charged with possession, receipt, distribution and manufacture of child pornography in connection with the case.  Twenty-six of the suspects have been arrested and one is still at large.  Making child pornography carries a minimum 15-year prison sentence.  The other charges call for minimum sentences of at least five years.