Hidden threat of internet child porn

Child protection experts believe there are many people around the country taking abusive images of children. Colette Keane reports on how gardaí may have just hit the tip of the iceberg.

THE arrest of a man in West Cork in connection with the production of pornographic images of children is the realisation of every parent's fears.

While no one has ever been convicted here of that crime, child protection experts are convinced there are people scattered across the country who are taking abusive images of children and distributing them on the internet.