Irishmen caught in web child sex investigation

Three Irishmen are among 1,000 adults identified in an international online sex crimes investigation involving young children.

The investigation by children’s rights organisation Terre des Hommes Netherlands, identified more than 1,000 adults willing to pay children in developing countries to perform sex acts in front of a webcam.

With the help of a virtual 10-year-old Filipino girl named Sweetie, the researchers identified adults from more than 65 countries in less than two and a half months. The video footage of the child predators has been handed over to Interpol, which is expected to contact the gardaí.