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21/02/2007
Police uncover international 'paedophile ring'
Police have uncovered an alleged paedophile ring based in Britain, it has been revealed.
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, based in London, said that there were more than 300 members of the alleged ring worldwide.
The key suspects are understood to be based in the UK and the Ceop centre said that a number of arrests had been made.
An undisclosed number of children are also understood to have been rescued from alleged sexual abuse.
British police were helped by their counterparts in Australia, Canada and the US in order to break the suspected paedophile ring.
(KMcA)
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, based in London, said that there were more than 300 members of the alleged ring worldwide.
The key suspects are understood to be based in the UK and the Ceop centre said that a number of arrests had been made.
An undisclosed number of children are also understood to have been rescued from alleged sexual abuse.
British police were helped by their counterparts in Australia, Canada and the US in order to break the suspected paedophile ring.
(KMcA)
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