Video of boy, 4, leads to arrest of child porn gang

21 November 2006

MADRID — Police arrested 13 people across Spain on Tuesday for distributing thousands of pornographic pictures of children through the Internet.

On video included a five-minute film involving a child of four years old.

Two women, two minors, a media professional, computer workers, salesmen, a health worker and a council official from the regional government in Galicia were among those arrested.
 
The operation – codenamed Free – was organised by the Technological Investigation Brigade of the National Police.

Raids were carried out in Barcelona, Girona, La Coruña, San Sebastián, Bilbao, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Burgos, Ciudad Real, Zaragoza, Palma de Mallorca, Jaén, Valencia and Santiago de Compostela.

The investigation began when agents came across the video featuring the four year old.

[Copyright EFE with Expatica]

Subject: Spanish news