Police uncover UK 'pedophile ring'
Pastor Dale Morgan
Police uncover UK 'pedophile ring'*
From correspondents in London
February 22, 2007 06:46am
Article from: Reuters
A GLOBAL police operation has uncovered a suspected paedophile ring
which is based in Britain and has more than 300 members worldwide.
British, Australian, Canadian and US detectives operated in shifts on
the Internet to infiltrate the suspected paedophile ring.
The London-based Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)
said today that an unknown number of children had also been rescued from
possible sexual abuse.
"There have been a number of arrests and a number of children rescued
from abuse," said CEOP chief executive Jim Gamble.
"We closed what we believe was a paedophile ring with in excess of 300
members. Principal suspects were in the UK," he said.
The agency was set up last April to group together police, computer
industry experts and specialists from children's charities in one group.