Internet sting identifies 1,500
suspected child
pornographers
September 30, 1997
Web posted at: 9:47 a.m. EDT (1347 GMT)
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A
"cybersting" operation has
identified more than 1,500
suspected child pornographers
trading pictures of minors or soliciting child sex
over the Internet,
New York Attorney General Dennis Vacco said.
The 18-month "Operation Rip Cord" already has led to more than
120 arrests in the United States, Germany and the
United
Kingdom and the prosecution of 31 people throughout
the United
States.
JW
Jan Whitaker
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