Ireland takes part in international police operation to identify child sex abuse victims

The operation was carried out by officials from 24 participating countries between April 29 and May 10 at Europol offices in The Hague, the Netherlands. Picture: Europol

Ireland has taken part in a massive international police operation tasked with examining more than 68 million media files in a bid to identify victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse.

The colossal undertaking took place over two weeks and has already resulted in four children being identified and safeguarded by authorities in the respective countries.