RESCUING OUR CHILDREN (Seven Massive Porn Rings Dismantled)

PFMLIT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, General, GOOD POLICING CATCHES SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS

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What started as a tip from Australian authorities in 2006 regarding a sexually explicitvideo has turned into one of the largest global child pornography investigations on record and amodel for how law enforcement cooperation can cast a powerful light into the darkest reaches of theInternet to bring child predators to justice.  Operation Joint Hammer has resulted in therescue of 14 girls, some as young as 3 years old, who were being sexually abused bypornographers.  Approximately 170 people have been arrested, more than 60 of them U.S.citizens.  Seven major child pornography rings, hosting the worst of the worst, have beendismantled.  And the investigation is far from complete.