Washington, Jun 7 (Prensa Latina) U.S. authorities charged seven men and are investigating 20 others for belonging to an international network that produces and distributes photographs and movies with pedophile content on the Internet.
US Assistant Attorney General Larry Breuer said the defendants face various charges related to the possession and sale of obscene images and videos of children between two months and five years old.
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The police arrested the seven individuals in the city of Indianapolis and the 20 other suspects in nine states as part of Operation Bulldog, launched in November 2010 to fight this scourge.
Breuer said the government is also investigating possible gang members in countries like: Sweden, Holland, the UK and Serbia.
According to the latest report from the international children’s defense group Telefono Arcobaleno, based in Italy, the United States and Europe are the main producers, suppliers and consumers of child pornography on the net.
Data collected by the group in 2011 showed an increasing presence of child pornography on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, with 73 percent coming from Europe and 23 percent from the United States.