Huge Child Porn Bust in Spain

(Madrid, Spain) Spanish authorities have carried out scores of raids and arrested 57 people in an extensive child pornography network. An additional 47 people have been placed under investigation.

The operation used software developed by Norwegian police to detect people exchanging child pornography on peer-to-peer networks, which allow users to exchange files online directly between computers.

The network was shut down three days after it was uncovered, the police said.

Among those detained were two local police officers - one in the Basque region and one in the southern area of Andalusia.

Reported seizures included 328 hard drives, 40 laptops, 21 CPUs, two portable computers, hundreds of DVDs and CDs, 13 USB memory sticks and eight memory cards. Users were identified by employing NordicMule software developed by Norway’s National Criminal Investigation Service.