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Police have arrested 190 people in a major US crackdown on images showing child sex abuse, officials say.
The month-long “Operation Orion” also resulted in 18 children being rescued, federal agents said.
Arrests were made mostly in the US but also took place in countries including Spain, Argentina, the UK and the Philippines.
The official in charge said many of the cases began with a child chatting with someone they had encountered online.
“Let this operation be a warning to anyone who would think they can use the internet to exploit children – we are out there looking for you, we will find you, and you will be prosecuted,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton said in a statement.
The statement said that Operation Orion focused on the production, possession and distribution of child pornography in videos and photographs.
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