Australian police arrest 150 in massive internet child porn crackdown

POLICE seized computers holding more than 2 million images of child pornography - some involving children as young as two - and arrested scores of people, including two teachers, in Australia’s biggest child porn crackdown, police said yesterday.

Australian Federal Police said more than 150 people, including a police officer and a childcare centre owner, were charged with 2,000 child pornography offences.

“The scale of this operation paints a worrying picture in relation to the extent and spread of online child pornography,” said Mike Phelan, the head of the Australian High Tech Crime Centre.