International child porn bust results in charges against 27 people

Authorities have charged 27 people in Canada, the United States, Australia and Britain in connection with child-porn chat rooms, which allegedly included live streaming video of adults sexually molesting children.

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Nine of the accused are from Canada, 13 from the United States, three from Australia and two from Britain.

Authorities allege that some users of the chat rooms made pornographic images of children and then circulated those images, including live shows, to members through the internet.

One suspect produced live streaming video of himself sexually molesting an infant, [U.S. Attorney General Alberto] Gonzales alleged.

"The behaviour in these chat rooms ... are the worst imaginable forms of child pornography," he said.

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The case began in May 2005 with an arrest in Edmonton. A 49-year-old man was charged with distributing child porn after police raided his home Jan. 26 while he was at his computer.