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Global Child Sex Ring Busted

Arrests made in US, UK and Australia after two-year probe

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 6, 2008 11:00 AM CST

(Newser) – Detectives coordinated by the FBI have busted a global pedophile ring and rescued eight children in the UK, reports the Guardian. Some 22 arrests have been made in the US, Britain and Australia, and 400,000 images of child abuse seized. Police, moving in after... Read full story »

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