Tedn'Alice@notellin.com wrote in news:d15qu3lrvvti8logfm0o86ni20dm5dq6lp@
4ax.com:
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:41:23 +0000 (UTC), Frogbutt
> <frog@pamboisinsane.org> wrote:
>
>>Tedn'Alice@notellin.com wrote in
>>news:ounou35ep4p3q37v356bldihgr2m68n3v2@4ax.com:
>>
>>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:55:58 +0000 (UTC), Frogbutt
>>> <frog@pamboisinsane.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Check this out.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/how-police-broke-net-pedophile-
>>>>ring/2008/03/22/1205602728709.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Frank Walker
>>>>March 23, 2008
>>>>McCormack, centre, and Ben Wilkinson, right.
>>>>
>>>>McCormack, centre, and Ben Wilkinson, right.
>>>>Photo: AFP
>>>>Advertisement
>>>>
>>>>AUSTRALIAN police have played a leading role in smashing an
>>>>international pedophile internet network.
>>>>
>>>>More than 22 pedophiles who thought their super encryption code was
>>>>unbreakable have been arrested in the US, Canada, Europe and
>>>>Australia.
>>>>
>>>>Police around the world are using a new high-tech program - Child
>>>>Exploitation Tracking System (CETS) - that links millions of files on
>>>>child abusers. It was developed on the orders of billionaire
Microsoft
>>>>chairman Bill Gates and given to Australian police this month.
>>>>
>>>>Australian Federal Police High Tech Crime Centre director James
>>>>McCormack said police were getting on top of the internet criminals.
>>>>
>>>>"It is a war being fought on many fronts. They do have very
>>>>sophisticated means to hide their crimes but we are also using more
>>>>and more sophisticated techniques and we are now having great success
>>>>in this area," he said.
>>>>
>>>>"I am very confident we are going from strength to strength in
beating
>>>>these people in the high-tech war."
>>>>
>>>>In recent weeks:
>>>>
>>>>? NSW police made their first arrest using a new law that makes it a
>>>>crime to "groom" children for sex over the internet.
>>>>
>>>>? NSW and Queensland police swooped on 24 people after a tip-off from
>>>>the FBI they had been paying for access to internet child porn.
>>>>
>>>>? Queensland police were key in breaking an international cabal of
>>>>pedophiles known as "The Group", who were so secretive they were
>>>>regarded as untouchable in the murky world of internet crime.
>>>>
>>>>The breakthrough came after a tip from New Zealand police, who
spotted
>>>>heavily encrypted images being flashed to Australia. Queensland
police
>>>>then set up Operation Achilles. (See graphic).
>>>>
>>>>With Australian police now adding CETS to their high-tech arsenal
they
>>>>will be more able to track peoples who click on to child-sex sites.
>>>>
>>>>"The internet is no longer an anonymous place. The trade in these
>>>>images is estimated to be up to $20billion. We are finding more and
>>>>more of it but that may be because we are getting better at tracking
>>>>it," Mr McCormack said.
>>>>
>>>>AFP agent Melissa Northam is one of those trackers. "We have seen all
>>>>facets of abuse, stuff we didn't even realise was possible. It is
>>>>extremely traumatising in what we see but we know these children are
>>>>relying on us to rescue them and we are their only hope.
>>>>
>>>>"We get a lot of psychological help and it is tough. But seeing those
>>>>images makes us more determined to catch these people and free the
>>>>children from their abusers."
>>>>
>>>>fwalker@sunherald.com.au
>>>>Operation Achilles
>>>>
>>>>1 New Zealand police discover secret internet trade in heavily
>>>>encrypted child pornography.
>>>>
>>>>2 New Zealand investigators find a link to Australia.
>>>>
>>>>3 Queensland detectives penetrate pedophile network "The Group".
>>>>
>>>>4 They intercept European-made child-porn videos and notify Interpol,
>>>>France.
>>>>
>>>>5 Interpol sets up operation with police in Germany, Austria, the
>>>>Netherlands, and Belgium.
>>>>
>>>>6 Australian police identify two abused girls, later rescued. Belgian
>>>>police arrest their father.
>>>>
>>>>7 Police arrest an Italian filmmaker, who shot films to order.
>>>>
>>>>8 Police trace 2500 customers in 19 countries. Nine people in
>>>>Australia arrested; 48 targeted.
>>>>
>>>>9 US joins forces with Australian undercover officer who penetrated
>>>>The Group.
>>>>
>>>>10 Arrest of 22 core members in the US, Canada, Germany and Britain.
>>>>Arrest of 100 people who paid for images.
>>>>
>>>>11 Two people arrested in Australia - in Queensland and Victoria.
>>>
>>>
>>> Smart?
>>>
>>> Compared to you ... no trouble.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "I'm going to be caught soon"
>>>
>>
>>
>>And who's the one who keeps posting kiddie porn?
>
> Not me, dickhead.
> Must be you.
>
>
>
>
> "I molest little boys"
>
So you're one of those child molesters who let the other idiots risk
their lives by posting while never posting anything yourself? How very
brave of you, coward.
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