I hope they go after the other sick bastards who have child porn rooms on WinMX next & hope they all rot in jail.
source :news.yahoo.comA private Internet "chat room" used worldwide to facilitate the trading of thousands of images of child pornography -- including streaming videos of live molestations -- was infiltrated in an undercover investigation, resulting in charges against 27 individuals to date in the United States, Canada, Australia and Great Britain, the Department of Justice, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and cooperating international authorities announced today.
This week, indictments and criminal complaints were unsealed in nine U.S. judicial districts in Illinois, Tennessee, Michigan, Nevada, Florida, New York, Arizona and Hawaii, as well as in state court in North Carolina, charging 13 defendants with various offenses including possession, receipt, distribution and manufacture of child pornography. The additional 14 defendants have been charged in other countries -- nine in Canada, three in Australia and two in Great Britain -- in connection with activity in the chat room known as "Kiddypics & Kiddyvids," which was hosted on the Internet through the WinMX software program that also allowed users to engage in "peer-to-peer" file sharing. One of the 27 charged defendants is a fugitive
updated report.
Three Australians have been charged in connection with an alleged international child pornography ring, and police say they expect more arrests as their understanding of the crime improves.
Australian Federal Police (AFP) joined authorities in North America and Europe to investigate the network.
Twenty-seven people from nine US states and Canada, Australia and Britain, are accused of possession, receipt, distribution and manufacture of child pornography in connection with the case, authorities said.
Twenty-six of the suspects have been arrested.
In Australia, charges have been laid against three men: a 56-year-old man from Melbourne, a 22-year-old from Queensland and a 30-year-old from Newcastle in New South Wales.
source: abc.net.au
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