Mass arrests in UK over online child porn

British police are sifting through suspected cyber child porn seized in a series of raids across the country.

British police are sifting through suspected cyber child porn seized in a series of raids across the country.

A total of 36 suspected Internet paedophiles were arrested after 43 houses were raided in an operation which followed a tip-off from US authorities.

The crackdown (codenamed Ore) targeted computer users accessing pay-per-view websites based in the US.

The sites were selling images of sexual abuse of children as young as five.

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US authorities tipped off the National Criminal Intelligence Service and the operation was co-ordinated by the National Crime Squad, Britain's equivalent to the FBI.

PA