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The global forum had 70,000 followers at its height, leading to 4,000 intelligence reports being sent to police across 30 countries.
The operation has so far identified 670 suspects and 230 abused children.
Detectives say 184 people have been arrested - 121 of them were in the UK. Some 60 children have been protected in the UK.
The three-year investigation, Operation Rescue, was led by investigators from the UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop).
Speaking at a news conference at The Hague in the Netherlands, investigators said the network hid behind a legal online forum which operated out of the country - but its members came from around the world.
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Europol Director Rob Wainright on 'spectacular international police success'
Along with the Netherlands and the UK, suspects have been identified in Australia, Italy, Canada, New Zealand and Thailand.
The members of the network went into a private channel, boylover.net, and then used its secret systems to share films and images of abused children, said Rob Wainwright, director of European police agency Europol.
However, child abuse investigators, including a team from Ceop, had already infiltrated the network and were posing as paedophiles to gather intelligence.
In the UK, the 240 suspects include police officers, teachers and a karate teacher. One of the suspects in the UK is a woman.
The latest arrest was in Northamptonshire.
To date, 33 have been convicted, including John McMurdo, a scout leader from Plymouth. Another forum user was Stephen Palmer, 54, of Birkenhead, who shared abuse images with contacts in the US. A third man, 46-year-old Colin Hoey Brown of Bromsgrove, was jailed for making and distributing almost 1,000 images.
'New ground broken' Peter Davies, head of Ceop, said: "The scale and success of Operation Rescue has broken new ground.
"Not only is it one of the largest operations of its kind to date - and the biggest operation we have led - it also demonstrates the impact of international law enforcement agencies working together with one single objective, to safeguard children and bring offenders to justice.
"While these offenders felt anonymous in some way because they were using the internet to communicate, the technology was actually being used against them.
"Everything they did online, everyone they talked to or anything they shared could and was tracked by following the digital footprint."
Operation Rescue began when Ceop and colleagues in the Australian Federal Police separately identified the site as a key online meeting place for abusers.
The two forces deployed officers to infiltrate the site and to identify the members who were posing the most risk to children.
One of the early breakthroughs in the investigation was the arrest of four suspects in Thailand in 2008. Two of the men were British.
In March of the same year, Ceop identified the owner of the site and the location of its server in the Netherlands. The owner of the server is now co-operating with Dutch police.
Rob Wainwright of Europol said the man running the server had used "advanced security techniques" which took months to break down.
"If you think you can use the internet to abuse children you are wrong," he said.
"We will not allow these offenders to carry on committing these awful crimes against young children. We will not rest until we have identified every offender that has been active in this network and others that might be operating on the internet."[/quote]
Next up, 4Chan
Why don't they just shut down the forum?
so they can monitor for intelligence and track the pedos down?
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;28647647]Why don't they just shut down the forum?[/QUOTE]
While they do go after people transferring, their top priority would be creators and large-scale distributors. Also if the website has 70,000 followers I imagine that way in which they transferred files might not have been related to the website itself or not completely accessible to everyone if it was on the website.
But yeah they were definitely letting it go to catch the big fish.
I feel much better now that I know ROPOL is keeping Urope safe from pedophiles.
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;28647647]Why don't they just shut down the forum?[/QUOTE]
The people would just move to another.
Well this explains all the silent bans we've been having around here lately
Boylover.net? Really? That's about as sneaky as lip herpes.
[QUOTE=Second-gear-of-mgear;28648284]Boylover.net? Really? That's about as sneaky as lip herpes.[/QUOTE]
for real, thats about as stupid as googling "how do i build a homemade bomb"
Wikisposure will be pleased.
[QUOTE=yawmwen;28648346]for real, thats about as stupid as googling "how do i build a homemade bomb"[/QUOTE]
The .net throws off n00bs.
[quote]The global forum had 70,000 followers at its height, leading to 4,000 intelligence reports being sent to police across 30 countries.
The operation has so far identified 670 suspects and 230 abused children.[/quote]
God [B]DAYUM[/b].
[QUOTE=yawmwen;28648346]for real, thats about as stupid as googling "how do i build a homemade bomb"[/QUOTE]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/mymVx.png[/img]
At least this is progress.
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;28647647]Why don't they just shut down the forum?[/QUOTE]
Pool the users up, trace down the users, squash them together rather than spreading them all out
Those sick bastards
Wow, 70,000 users... that's a big-ass forum. And yeah, boylover.net is definitely the poorest choice of words ever.
[QUOTE=Bryanrocks0;28647613]Next up, 4Chan[/QUOTE]
And after that, the vatican!
That domain name's is so obvious it hurts.
[QUOTE=VistaPOWA;28649557]That domain name's is so obvious it hurts.[/QUOTE]
One would think they'd be way more cautious about the domains they use... but "boylover"? They're insulting our intelligence :v:
Interpol is now posting their experiences about how they got abused and what they do now. Just to cover up them selfs. They blame others.
[QUOTE=tomatmann;28649662]Interpol is now posting their experiences about how they got abused and what they do now. Just to cover up them selfs. They blame others.[/QUOTE]
Well most child molesters were actually sexually abused in their own childhood.
It isn't like they're making the shit up to get off the hook, lol, even if they were telling the truth it isn't like they would be sentenced any less severely because of it. I fail to see the point in lying.
Largest pedo ring?
I thought it would have been Maddy McCann's?
I can't believe some of the people they arrested were Police.
[QUOTE=-n3o-;28650076]I can't believe some of the people they arrested were Police.[/QUOTE]
News flash: Police are people just like everyone else
[quote]One of the suspects in the UK is a woman.[/quote]
Well that is pretty informative.
[QUOTE=Paramud;28648619]God [B]DAYUM[/b].
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/mymVx.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
'how do i build a box'
lmao really
[QUOTE=Moose;28650733]'how do i build a box'
lmao really[/QUOTE]
Do you know how to make your own cardboard? :colbert:
[QUOTE=s0beit;28650515]News flash: Police are people just like everyone else[/QUOTE]
Really? I always thought they were unusually intelligent pigs. :v:
[QUOTE=Moose;28650733]'how do i build a box'
lmao really[/QUOTE]
I'll give you one to use as an example.
[QUOTE=Psychokitten;28663641]Really? I always thought they were unusually intelligent pigs. :v:[/QUOTE]
Or Unintelligent pigs depening on which Facepuncher you asked and their criminal record.
Hurr durr fuk da pohleece
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