p2pnet news view | Crime:- Swiss poice say they’ve busted a kiddie porn ring that used a hip-hop site to distribute illegal images without the knowledge of the site’s owners.

“Vaud police have dismantled a worldwide pedophile network and are investigating 32 people within Switzerland,” World Radio Switzerland, going on:

“They uncovered the IP addresses for people in at least 78 countries — including Switzerland — ” while onwho are said to have been viewing child pornography on an Internet site based in Vaud.

“The cantonal police were alerted to the network by Interpol, which found files containing child pornography hidden on a Vaud website devoted to hip-hop. The owner of the site apparently knew nothing about the photos.”

Suspects have been, “reportedly arrested in the United States in connection with the case, while one person in Switzerland was ordered to pay a fine” says Swissinfo.ch, adding:

“A police official said cybercrime experts in Lausanne were alerted by Interpol more than a year ago that pornographic details were hidden on a website for hip-hop music run by a webmaster in western Switzerland.”
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World Radio Switzerland – Vaud police bust global pedophile ring, June 29, 2009
Swissinfo.ch – Worldwide paedophile ring busted, June 28, 2009

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