Gardaí use bogus websites to catch paedophiles

GARDAÍ have joined forces with British police who have set up bogus websites to catch paedophiles logging on to child porn sites on the internet.

Gardaí use bogus websites to catch paedophiles

Police in the West Midlands have developed software which can trace the internet address and home address of a person logging on to the bogus sites.

A West Midlands Police spokesman said that if Irish-based paedophiles accessed the sites, despite warnings on the opening page, the information would be supplied to the gardaí.

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