Yeah! What she says!

Yeah! What she says!

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

It Is A Good Day

If nothing else goes right today, this did. A little team work via many nations and their law enforcement agencies yields a great catch.

LONDON — British police, aided by U.S. authorities, have smashed a global Internet pedophile ring that broadcast live-streamed videos of children being abused, investigating more than 700 suspects worldwide and rescuing 31 children in a 10-month probe, officials said Monday.

Some 200 suspects are based in Britain, said the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center, a government agency. Of the 31 children, some only a few months old, more than 15 were in Britain, the center said. British authorities would not give a breakdown of where the other suspects or children came from, but said more than half the suspects in Britain were already being prosecuted.


This is just very good news. Teamwork always gives the best results, but these were amazing results and I couldn't be happier about it. It is sad that it was too late for some these children, but maybe many others will be spared.

2 comments:

Ron Simpson said...

I want to know more details on the 10 month part......
If it were up to me, I would not wait 10 months to start making arrests. Is it saying that some of these children were being sexually abused for 10 months while law enforcement agencies continued to compile evidence? I sure as hell HOPE not.

Mrs Xoke said...

That is a very scary point you make Ron. It is disgusting to think that the abuse continued for ten months for some of the children that must have already been discovered while the investigation was underway.

Even if ten months passed I am still glad that they made such progress, but you are right. I hope there wasn't needless suffering on the parts of the children who must have already been found...