Spain: Police swoop on pornography ring

Spanish police investigating a child pornography ring have arrested 66 people and seized computer hard drives containing 48 million photographs and video images, officials said today.

The nationwide sweep came after a 10-month investigation, code-named Operation Penalty, that was co-ordinated with Interpol and began with information supplied by the German police, the Interior Ministry said. The ministry statement did not say when the raids were carried out.