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Global child pornography network smashed

A Australian detectives have charged 22 men including a policeman, a senior lawyer and a child care worker in connection with a child pornography-sharing network spanning 70 countries. “The investigation into men sharing images over the Internet – rather than downloading from an illicit website, a crime that is easier to detect – was prompted by information from a covert Brazilian police investigation a year ago,” Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Andrew Colvin said.

B “The Brazilian information, which was shared via the international policing network Interpol, identified more than 200 suspects in 70 countries,” he said. “These are some of the worst images, I must say, that the Federal Police have ever seen,” Colvin told reporters. “Australian police have seized 500,000 images of child abuse and 15,000 videos, some showing children being abused for more than two hours. The victims were as young as 12 months old,” he said.

C “Those charged in Australia include a Queen’s Counsel, the nation’s most senior and lucrative rank of attorney, a police officer and at least one child care worker,” Colvin said. Police did not say whether any arrests were made outside Australia in connection with the case.

D None of those charged can by law be identified before they appear in court. “These offenders have access to children, be it their own children, their neighbours’ children, children from broken relationships, children they might have responsibility for – some of these people are in positions of responsibility,” Colvin said. “Two children had been removed from defendants although there was no evidence that they had been abused,” he said.

E Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Gaughan said more arrests were expected this week. “All the charges relate to accessing the images and could result in a 10-year prison sentence for possessing child abuse material. The victims were mostly from the Americas as well as Eastern Europe,” he said.

be it – ať už

covert – skrytý

defendant – obžalovaný

illicit – nezákonný

spanning – sahající

to charge – obvinit

1) Read the article and match each of the headings to a paragraph.

1 There are civil officers among the charged

2 Interpol identified a great amount of suspects, images and videos

3 The accused had access to children

4 Australian detectives have accused 22 people

5 Neil Gaughan’s comments

2) Read the article again and answer the questions.

1 What is the article about?

2 What have Australian and Brazilian officers done?

3 What is said about child abuse?

4 Who are the abusers? Where do they come from? What do thy do?

5 What could be their sentence?

3) Explain the following words.

1 child care worker

2 child pornography-sharing network

3 responsibility

4 broken relationship

5 victim

4) Answer the following questions.

What is child sexual abuse? What are types of child sexual abuse? What is child pornography? Who is a paedophile?

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http://www.metro.co.uk/news/world/441839-global-child-pornography-network-smashed