Police arrest 160 in child pornography case

Czech police have arrested 160 members of an alleged child porn distribution network, a Prague police spokeswoman told reporters on Wednesday. In one of the biggest cases of its kind in the country’s history, the police carried out 150 home searches, confiscated 342 computers and other devices, and arrested some 160 suspects aged 20 to 70, including two current and one former police officers. Most of them have reportedly confessed.

The police was alerted by one of the suspect’s girlfriend who went to the police in Prague. Most suspects, some 40 of whom are women, were arrested in the capital and north and south Moravia.