Cops bust online firm selling live pornography

ZHONGSHAN, Guangdong: Police here yesterday claimed to have arrested 37 people during raids on several hideouts of an underground Internet firm which specialized in online pornography.

The Internet police division of the Zhongshan municipal public security bureau raided 17 locations in the city's Tanzhou township on June 16 after using sophisticated software to trace the company, which did not have a name.

"A total of 17 hideouts were unearthed and 37 suspects, including six organizers, two of whom were from Taiwan, were arrested," an official from the bureau said, adding that police confiscated 110,000 yuan ($16,000) in cash and more than 20 computers from the locations.