Massive Internet child abuse ring busted, 63 arrested

Ipswich (England) – Law enforcement agencies from 35 countries have busted a massive ring that was trading in explicit pictures and live streaming video of children being tortured. So far 63 suspects have been arrested out of a total of 700 suspects where were members of the Internet chat room called “Kids The Light Of Our Lives”. 31 children have also been rescued.

The chat room was an exclusive members-only club that specialized in explicit child sex abuse images and real-time video streaming of abuse sessions. British police announced the bust after identified 200 of its citizens as members of the group. British courts also recently sentenced the group’s leader, Timothy David Cox, who went by the handle “Son of God”.

So far, additional arrests have been made in Canada and Australia. Most of the 31 children rescued have been in England. Canadian police arrested 24 people and rescued 7 children.

Police found more than 76,000 explicit images on Cox’s computer along with 1100 videos. He was sentenced to an “indeterminate” time in prison which means he will get out when the government thinks he is no longer a threat to society.