Operation Auxin
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Operation Auxin was an Australian Federal Police operation in September 2004, leading to the arrest of almost 200 people on charges of child pornography. These people were all accused of purchasing child pornography over the Internet, using their credit cards, from Belarusian crime syndicates, the credit card payments having been processed by a company named Landslide.com in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Among the accused were people holding positions of trust in the community, such as police officers (including one officer assigned to investigate child pornography), members of the military, teachers and ministers of religion. Several of the suspects committed suicide. It was the follow-up to the U.S. FBI operation Operation Avalanche. And has been associated with Operation FALCON[1]
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Operation Auxin | |
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Operation Name | Operation Auxin |
Type | Child pornography crackdown |
Roster | |
Planned by | United States |
Executed by | Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States |
Mission | |
Target | associated users associated with website portal Landslide Productions. |
Objective | To round up and prosecute suspects named in a Tip by the United States FBI from Operation Avalanche |
Timeline | |
Results | |
Arrests | ~200 |
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