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Showing posts with label child pornography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label child pornography. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Statewide Sweep Nets Arrests In Child Porn Ring

A three-month investigation into distribution of child pornography on the Internet led to the execution of more than 40 search warrants and a series of arrests statewide Tuesday. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been assisted by local and federal authorities in the sweep, which so far has netted 18 arrests and the seizure of 60 computers. The GBI says Operation Shattered Innocence used software tools to find Internet users sharing computer files with child porn.

Friday, March 6, 2009

Child Pornographer Gets 70 Years

The man behind what the FBI calls one of the worst child sexual exploitation cases has been sentenced to 70 years in prison. Today a judge in Rome gave 39-year-old James Bartholomew Huskey of LaFayette 70 years behind bars. Law enforcement in several countries spent several years tracking on-line images of Huskey's victim, named "Tara." The Tara images became one of the most notorious series of child pornography traded online worldwide.

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