Arrests in International Child-Porn Exchange
From Times Wire Reports
Spanish police have arrested six people and shut down 62 international Internet forums that exchanged child pornography, the Interior Ministry said.
In an almost yearlong investigation, Spanish police detected the Web connections of 2,870 Internet users in 40 countries, including Spain, who distributed pictures and videos.
Internet addresses were passed to police in the countries where the users lived, the ministry said.
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