By Graham Hayday, 27 March 2001 12:19
NEWS Officers based in Manchester's obscene publications unit led a series of raids across the UK at 07:00(BST) this morning with the help of 25 forces across England, Scotland and Wales. The three month investigation, called Operation Appal, led police to the homes of 45 men believed to be involved in the possession and distribution of illegal child pornography. The police used filtering software from SurfControl to help track down users trading illegal images online.
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