(via the Associated Press) This type of news is most welcome.
German authorities have broken up 38 child-pornography rings with links to tens of thousands of suspects around the world, including in the United States, officials said Friday.If there is one thing that makes this writer happy, it is the apprehension and imprisonment of these disgusting perverts.
The pursuit of a child pornographer in the eastern city of Magdeburg had led investigators to a total of 26,500 suspect Internet users in 166 countries, officials said.
In Germany, 530 people are suspected of possessing or distributing child pornography, said Klaus Jeziorsky, the top security official in Saxony-Anhalt state.
The German suspects, who allegedly downloaded illegal images of children as young as 4 months, included teachers, sports instructors, police officers and a priest involved in youth work, police said.
Some of those allegedly involved in the rings were known "high-grade pedophiles," state justice minister Curt Becker said. Those convicted could face up to 10 years in jail.
About 1,500 German police searched more than 500 homes during the past week, seizing 745 computers, more than 35,000 CDs and thousands of floppy disks and videos, officials said.
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