Police uncover German paedophile ring using mobile phones

A paedophile network in Germand distributing pictures on mobile phones has been busted, police said Friday, reports Earth Times.

Police found mobile phones being used to distribute pictures via MMS on a large scale.

"This is not the biggest case in Germany's history," the prosecution said, "but it has an extraordinary dimension".

The search, codenamed "Operation Susi", started after the mobile phone of a 33-year-old man was found to contain the telephone numbers of 465 men and women with whom he had exchanged pornographic images of children.

Around 1000 police were involved in the nationwide search Tuesday and Wednesday, seizing telephones, computers, videos and storage devices such as hard drives, USB sticks and CDs.

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