Major UK Child Porn Investigation Flawed

Oxygen99 writes "The Guardian (UK) is carrying a story on Operation Ore, a major police investigation aimed at catching online pedophiles. This has resulted in several high-profile arrests, such as those of Pete Townshend and Robert Del Naja (both falsely accused), while attracting significant press attention. Yet, the reality of the investigation is one of stolen credit cards, wrongful accusations, and ignorance leading to a significant number of the 7,292 people on the list being wrongfully accused of a very emotionally charged crime. There have been 39 suicides and a number of other people on the list will probably never be investigated. It seems to me this case highlights flaws inherent in the way law enforcement agencies handle evidence that only a small minority of front-line officers fully understand."

Comments

Re:Why yes... "Research"... That's it...

[guruevi]

Well, what's the matter with research? Are we going to kill scientist next for saying there is global warming caused by man? Or are we going to round up the law enforcement in this investigation since they saw or had contact with child porn?

Who told you that?

[I*Love*Green*Olives]

Except that it's the wrong kind of love. Philos is a good love. Eros is a lustful love, a jackass that didn't understand Greek named it. A pedophile would be more like a doctor. They care about children. You seem to have confused the word paedophile with the words sadist, rapist, and molester. Please consult your dictionary, note the meanings of the words and compare them, then try again, this time not blaming the dictionary for your lack of understanding.

--I*Love*Green*Olives

Re:WTF?

[Ender Ryan]

Wow, you are a fucking idiot. The truth is, you do not know what happened. You are making an assumption, and a knee-jerk one at that.