INTERPOL said yesterday it had begun following up a number of leads in response to an international appeal launched to identify a man shown sexually abusing children in images posted on the internet.

Around 200 people have responded to an international public appeal launched by Interpol to identify a man shown sexually abusing children in images posted on the internet.

INTERPOL sought public help yesterday in identifying a suspected paedophile, revealing a technique to unscramble digitally altered images to show the face of a man seen in internet photos sexually abusing young boys in Vietnam and Cambodia.

An Irish database of child pornography, which helped catch scores of paedophiles around the world, has found its perfect home at Interpol, its founder claimed tonight.