Hardcore Child Porn Peddled by Camera Phones

Picture messaging phones with images of children being abused have been found by the police in a raid in Central Scotland. The Scottish police were participating in «Operation Ore inquiry», an investigation into 7000 suspected paedophiles in the UK.

According to the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), and reported by the Sunday Mail, "Paedophiles use the phones to download child porn from the internet which they then send to each other. The phones also enable them to take pictures secretly of children in the nude which they also send to each other."

Unlike photos transferred by computer, there are no records left of images transmitted by camera-phones, making it more difficult for police to trap paedophiles. The telephone watchdog ICSTIS has also expressed concern and some of the mobile phone companies are already talking about a filtering system which would stop indecent images being accepted or transmitted, according to the Sunday Mail.

emily | 5:23 PM | Porn and Dark Side of MMS |
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