700 suspects in pedophile probe

[Ghost in the Machine]

LONDON, England (AP) -- A team of international investigators infiltrated an Internet chat room used by pedophiles who streamed live videos of children being raped, rescuing 31 children and identifying more than 700 suspects worldwide.

Undercover officers in Britain, the U.S., Canada and Australia busted up the pedophile ring using surveillance techniques more commonly associated with fighting terrorism and organized crime.

The chat room, which was called "Kids the Light of Our Lives," featured images, including live videos, of children -- some only months old -- being subjected to horrific sexual abuse, said Jim Gamble, chief executive of Britain's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center.

"You could go and if you were in the club, arrange a time and a place when online you could view a child being raped and brutalized in real time," he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/18/uk.pedophile.ring.ap/index.html

[rpannier]

1. I'd like to say I'm shocked, appalled and disgusted

But, I'm not shocked, just appalled and disgusted

I've wondered after reading these kinds of stories, just what kind of sick and twisted fantasies people could come up with that could happen in real time.

My biggest concern is that we will see more of these types of rooms and sites that are even more bizarre, sick and disgusting coming along in both the near and distant future.