THE HAGUE - Police in several countries have arrested scores of alleged members of an online paedophile ring and rescued 230 children in "the biggest case of its kind", Europol said on Wednesday.
A third of the arrests in the round-up which began three years ago were made in Britain, the policing agency said.
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"Six-hundred-and-seventy suspects have been identified, 184 arrests have already been made and 230 children, the victims of these terrible crimes, have been identified and rescued from further harm," director Rob Wainwright told journalists.
The oldest of the suspects arrested over the past three years was 84. The group included at least one woman.
One suspect, arrested in Spain, worked with children at summer camps and is believed to have abused more than 100 in five years.
Most of the suspects abused children "in their closest environment, in their families or friends or neighbourhood," said Cesar Lorenzana of Spain's Guardia Civil.
"Our work continues and we will not rest until all of the offenders have been identified," said Wainwright, adding the number of victims was also expected to rise "maybe even significantly".ORIGINAL SOURCE
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