More child porn arrests made

Polish police said they arrested 54 people this week in towns across Poland in an attempt to break up child pornography rings.

Several hundred police from across the country raided 60 apartments, houses and offices Tuesday morning and confiscated 84 computers, 32 hard drives, and over 5,000 CDs, DVDs, pen drives, mobile phones and other items containing images of child pornography.

Police spokesman Karol Jakubowski told reporters that the sting operation, coordinated by a special unit for combating human trafficking within the Criminal Bureau of Police Headquarters, had been carried out swiftly so that the suspects would not have time to alert each other.He added that in the case of ten of those arrested, this is a repeat offence.The seized computer disks and other items are now being examined by IT specialists and will be used as evidence in court.

This is the fourth sting operation this year to be carried out against internet pedophilia in Poland.

In February, 78 people were arrested an Operation code-named Typhon. In March, police arrested 56 people in a sting-op called Simone 3, and last month brought yet another 63 arrests for child pornography in operation Cytrus.

Possession and distribution of child pornography can result in a prison sentence of up to eight years.

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