![]() officials arrested 125 people on charges of child pornography. The arrests are the latest victory for the world's law enforcement agencies as they try to battle with individuals sharing and promoting pedophilia on the Web. "No matter how savvy online predators think they are, we will find them, dismantle their networks, and bring them to justice." "The charges unsealed today show the department's continued commitment to a strategy of targeting the most sophisticated child exploitation networks, at home and abroad," Breuer added. ![]() "Using sophisticated methods to evade detection by law enforcement, Dreamboard members allegedly used the power and anonymity of the Internet to motivate each other to commit their horrific acts of sexual abuse of minors and trading in child pornography. "As alleged in court documents, Dreamboard was a self-described global 'community' of pedophiles dedicated to the relentless victimization and exploitation of children 12 and under," Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer said in a statement. The members also "created a massive private library of images of child sexual abuse." Members of the message board allegedly traded images and videos of children 12 years old and under being molested. The individuals charged were allegedly members of Dreamboard, a private message board of more than 500 people who "promote pedophilia and encourage the sexual abuse of very young children, in an environment designed to avoid law enforcement detection," the Justice Department said. They will also face a lifetime of supervised release. So far, 13 of those 52 people have pleaded guilty and will serve terms ranging from 20 to 30 years in prison, the DOJ said. Federal law enforcement officials have charged 72 people for their alleged involvement in an online child pornography ring, the Department of Justice announced today.įifty-two of the people charged have already been arrested as part of the investigation, called Operation Delego, which the Justice Department launched in December 2009.
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