Norway police says 28 arrested in international child porn operation
The men, aged 22 to 54, had been arrested in Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany
Norwegian police said on Wednesday that 28 men across seven countries had been arrested in an operation targeting buyers of material depicting sexual abuse of children.
Norway’s National Criminal Investigation Service (Kripos), said the men had used the cryptocurrency Monero to pay for access to several forums on the dark web.
“We have worked closely with six countries to coordinate the arrests of the identified users who paid with cryptocurrency to gain access to the forums,” police prosecutor Terje Nedrebo Michelsen said in a statement.
The operation had been carried out in early June and the men, aged between 22 and 54, had been arrested in Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany, Kripos said.
More arrests were expected, potentially in additional countries, the agency said, noting that there were “many suspects”.