US, UK, Australia break up global paedophile ring

Police describe the use of webcams to stream live child abuse — especially from developing countries — as a “significant and emerging threat.’’

“This investigation has identified some extremely dangerous child sexual offenders who believed paying for children to be abused to order was something they could get away with,’’ said the deputy director of the agency’s command for child protection. “Being thousands of miles away makes no difference to their guilt. In my mind they are just as responsible for the abuse of these children.’’