SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian police say they have seized some 2 million child pornography pictures and 7,000 video clips in the arrest of an alleged member of an international online child pornography ring.
Police said on Monday that the unidentified 46-year-old suspect was arrested over the weekend following a raid on his home in the northern town of Derventa.
Spokeswoman Mirna Soja said police also found a suitcase full of children’s clothes.
Soja described the suspect as an “important member” of the international pedophile community and said he was “producing and posting online child sexual abuse materials.”
However, she said he appeared not to be linked with a huge international pedophile ring centered in The Netherlands that was revealed last week following a three-year investigation codenamed Operation Rescue. The operation against the ring centered on an Amsterdam-based online forum called boylover.net uncovered 670 suspects and identified and safeguarded children in more than 30 countries by arresting people accused of abusing them.
The investigation of the heavily encrypted forum which had up to 70,000 members was led by Britain’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center but also involved law enforcement agencies as far afield as Australia, the United States and Thailand.
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