By The Associated Press - November, 28 2001
LONDON - Israeli police joined forces from 18 other
nations today in an international crackdown on child pornography.
Police arrested seven people in a series of raids across
Britain this morning as part of the international operation.
Police in 19 countries carried out 130 arrest and search
warrants as part of the operation, code-named Landmark, the National Crime
Service said. The operation targeted people who downloaded and distributed
child pornography from the Internet.
British police made the raids after a 10-month operation
in which they sifted through data from Internet newsgroups specializing in
explicit images of children.
Nine forces in England and Scotland carried out 10
raids, arresting seven and seizing computers and software.
Police in 18 other countries - Australia, Belgium,
Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, New
Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey and the United States
- also executed search and arrest warrants, acting on information supplied
by Interpol.
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