Paris, May 27: A French police official says 90 people have been detained in a nationwide sweep of suspected consumers of online child pornography.
The official says Tuesday’s operation stemmed from the 2004 arrest of an 18-year-old man who was running a child pornography ring.
The teenager, from the northern city of Clermont, traded pornographic photos and videos of children as young as babies. He has since been incarcerated.
The official said those detained on Tuesday had connected to the man’s server and downloaded images and videos and were of all ages and socio-economic backgrounds.
—-Agencies