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:
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>>Check this out.
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>>http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/how-police-broke-net-pedophile-
>>ring/2008/03/22/1205602728709.html
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>>
>>Frank Walker
>>March 23, 2008
>>McCormack, centre, and Ben Wilkinson, right.
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>>McCormack, centre, and Ben Wilkinson, right.
>>Photo: AFP
>>Advertisement
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>>AUSTRALIAN police have played a leading role in smashing an
>>international pedophile internet network.
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>>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:
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>>? NSW police made their first arrest using a new law that makes it a
>>crime to "groom" children for sex over the internet.
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>>? 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.
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>>2 New Zealand investigators find a link to Australia.
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>>3 Queensland detectives penetrate pedophile network "The Group".
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>>4 They intercept European-made child-porn videos and notify Interpol,
>>France.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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> Smart?
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> Compared to you ... no trouble.
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> "I'm going to be caught soon"
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And who's the one who keeps posting kiddie porn?
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