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Swiss police uncover int'l child porn ring
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-06-28 19:35

BERN, Switzerland: Swiss police say they have uncovered a child pornography ring involving more than 2,000 people in 78 countries.

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Federal Police spokeswoman Eva Zwahlen says authorities were monitoring a Web site with a provider in the Swiss canton Vaud, acting on a tip from Interpol.

She says the site was devoted to hip-hop music. But unknown individuals used a forum on the site to hide illegal child pornography films.

Zwahlen confirmed a Swiss newspaper report that the investigation involves people from the US, Poland, Greece and other countries.

Weekly SonntagsZeitung reported Sunday that 32 men are under suspicion in Switzerland.