Post by DatalinX on Jun 23, 2007 1:39:10 GMT -5
I came across this the other day... According to this...some of the 700 arrested were canadians... Just comes to show how truly disgusting people can be
700 arrested as British police smash global child porn ring
Last Updated: Monday, June 18, 2007 | 7:28 AM MT
CBC News
British police said Monday that they have broken up an international
child pornography network run from a British-based website, rescuing 31
children and rounding up more than 700 suspects — including some in
Canada.
Timothy David Martyn Cox, a British man who ran the child-porn chat
room under the online identity Son of God, was arrested in 2006 and
sentenced Monday.Timothy David Martyn Cox, a British man who ran the
child-porn chat room under the online identity Son of God, was arrested in
2006 and sentenced Monday.
(London police)
Some 200 of the suspects are based in the United Kingdom, said
officials from the London-based Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
(CEOP).
The investigation involved agencies from 35 countries, including the
Toronto Police Service, and has gone on for 10 months. Toronto police
conducted online surveillance along with British police, the centre said.
The network was traced to an internet chat room called Kids the Light
of Our Lives that featured images of children being subjected to
horrific sexual abuse, the centre said.
The host of the website — Timothy David Martyn Cox, 27, of Buxhall,
England — was given an indeterminate jail sentence on Monday. The sentence
means he will stay in prison until authorities determine he is no
longer a threat to children.
"You are obsessed with images of children being sexually abused," Judge
Peter Thompson told Cox as he sentenced him.
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"These are shocking images which involve very young children — in the
worst cases being subjected to sadistic, painful abuse which you, for
some distorted reason, appear to take enjoyment from."
Arrests in Canada
Elements of the investigation belonged to a larger global child porn
probe called Project Wickerman, which has already led to dozens of
arrests around the world, Toronto Det.-Sgt. Kim Scanlan told CBC Newsworld on
Monday.
Project Wickerman began in early 2005, when a 49-year-old man was
charged with distributing child porn after police raided his Edmonton home
while he was at his computer. That led to a larger investigation of
people who were using the internet to share images of sexual assaults.
The investigation was first made public in March 2006, when police said
they had infiltrated a series of child-porn chat rooms and arrested
dozens of people around the world, including 14 Canadians. They also
rescued six Canadian children.
Since then, 10 more Canadians have been arrested and one more Canadian
child has been rescued, Scanlan said Monday.
She said the child is from Ontario, but would not provide any further
information.
Briton ran website from family home
Cox, who used the online identity Son of God, ran the website from his
bedroom from a large farmhouse where he lived with his parents and
sister.
After his arrest in September 2006, he admitted to nine counts of
possessing and distributing indecent images, authorities said. Police found
75,960 indecent and explicit images on Cox's computer.
Police, including officers from the Toronto police's sex crimes unit,
were able to infiltrate the website's chat room and collect evidence on
other members.
Toronto police Det.-Const. Paul Krawczyk said officers assumed the
personas of users and built relationships with other users.
"We had been working this case 24/7 for months and months and months
[and] we knew these people better than they knew themselves," he said.
Another man who police say took control of the website after Cox's
arrest has pleaded guilty to 27 charges of making, possessing and
distributing indecent images and videos.
Gordon Mackintosh, 33, hasn't been sentenced.
700 arrested as British police smash global child porn ring
Last Updated: Monday, June 18, 2007 | 7:28 AM MT
CBC News
British police said Monday that they have broken up an international
child pornography network run from a British-based website, rescuing 31
children and rounding up more than 700 suspects — including some in
Canada.
Timothy David Martyn Cox, a British man who ran the child-porn chat
room under the online identity Son of God, was arrested in 2006 and
sentenced Monday.Timothy David Martyn Cox, a British man who ran the
child-porn chat room under the online identity Son of God, was arrested in
2006 and sentenced Monday.
(London police)
Some 200 of the suspects are based in the United Kingdom, said
officials from the London-based Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
(CEOP).
The investigation involved agencies from 35 countries, including the
Toronto Police Service, and has gone on for 10 months. Toronto police
conducted online surveillance along with British police, the centre said.
The network was traced to an internet chat room called Kids the Light
of Our Lives that featured images of children being subjected to
horrific sexual abuse, the centre said.
The host of the website — Timothy David Martyn Cox, 27, of Buxhall,
England — was given an indeterminate jail sentence on Monday. The sentence
means he will stay in prison until authorities determine he is no
longer a threat to children.
"You are obsessed with images of children being sexually abused," Judge
Peter Thompson told Cox as he sentenced him.
Continue Article
"These are shocking images which involve very young children — in the
worst cases being subjected to sadistic, painful abuse which you, for
some distorted reason, appear to take enjoyment from."
Arrests in Canada
Elements of the investigation belonged to a larger global child porn
probe called Project Wickerman, which has already led to dozens of
arrests around the world, Toronto Det.-Sgt. Kim Scanlan told CBC Newsworld on
Monday.
Project Wickerman began in early 2005, when a 49-year-old man was
charged with distributing child porn after police raided his Edmonton home
while he was at his computer. That led to a larger investigation of
people who were using the internet to share images of sexual assaults.
The investigation was first made public in March 2006, when police said
they had infiltrated a series of child-porn chat rooms and arrested
dozens of people around the world, including 14 Canadians. They also
rescued six Canadian children.
Since then, 10 more Canadians have been arrested and one more Canadian
child has been rescued, Scanlan said Monday.
She said the child is from Ontario, but would not provide any further
information.
Briton ran website from family home
Cox, who used the online identity Son of God, ran the website from his
bedroom from a large farmhouse where he lived with his parents and
sister.
After his arrest in September 2006, he admitted to nine counts of
possessing and distributing indecent images, authorities said. Police found
75,960 indecent and explicit images on Cox's computer.
Police, including officers from the Toronto police's sex crimes unit,
were able to infiltrate the website's chat room and collect evidence on
other members.
Toronto police Det.-Const. Paul Krawczyk said officers assumed the
personas of users and built relationships with other users.
"We had been working this case 24/7 for months and months and months
[and] we knew these people better than they knew themselves," he said.
Another man who police say took control of the website after Cox's
arrest has pleaded guilty to 27 charges of making, possessing and
distributing indecent images and videos.
Gordon Mackintosh, 33, hasn't been sentenced.