Wellington, May 22 (ANI): A global sting operation sparked off by New Zealand Police has caught 55 people distributing images of child sexual abuse via social networking sites like Facebook.
Operation Laminar, which spanned 20 countries, saw 12 abused children, including one from New Zealand.
The New Zealand's Department of Internal Affairs' censorship compliance unit in October 2010 found significant numbers of images showing children being sexually abused and exploited being exchanged through Facebook.
International law enforcement agencies were alerted and the Department of Internal Affairs provided evidence to the countries involved in the operation.
Now, the Department spokesman Maarten Quivooy said the 55 people identified in the investigation are regarded as the 'top offenders' in the trade of objectionable images, The Herald Sun reports.
Most of the 55 are in prison or are facing prosecution and some were also involved in the sexual abuse of the children in the images.
According to the report, none were from New Zealand. (ANI)
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