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| Concerns over child porn inquiry | Concerns over child porn inquiry |
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| A BBC investigation has raised concerns about the way the UK's biggest internet child porn inquiry was conducted. | A BBC investigation has raised concerns about the way the UK's biggest internet child porn inquiry was conducted. |
| Operation Ore focused on over 7,000 people whose credit cards were used to buy illegal porn from a US website. | |
| Lawyers and computer experts have told BBC Radio 4's The Investigation that many of those arrested may have been innocent victims of credit card fraud. | Lawyers and computer experts have told BBC Radio 4's The Investigation that many of those arrested may have been innocent victims of credit card fraud. |
| Police say some on the list may have been fraud victims, but deny that any of them were subsequently prosecuted. | Police say some on the list may have been fraud victims, but deny that any of them were subsequently prosecuted. |
| Lawyers and computer experts have told the BBC programme that some forces did not carry out proper checks to see if suspects arrested as part of the investigation were fraud victims. | Lawyers and computer experts have told the BBC programme that some forces did not carry out proper checks to see if suspects arrested as part of the investigation were fraud victims. |
| Operation Ore was launched in May 2002 when police received the list with the names of people whose credit cards had been used to buy child pornography from a US website called Landslide Inc. | Operation Ore was launched in May 2002 when police received the list with the names of people whose credit cards had been used to buy child pornography from a US website called Landslide Inc. |
| So far, 2,300 people on the list have been found guilty of offences. | So far, 2,300 people on the list have been found guilty of offences. |
| Under investigation | Under investigation |
| But another 2,000 people spent many months under investigation before charges were dropped. | But another 2,000 people spent many months under investigation before charges were dropped. |
| Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at Cambridge University, told The Investigation, that he thinks many of those investigated were innocent victims of fraud. | Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at Cambridge University, told The Investigation, that he thinks many of those investigated were innocent victims of fraud. |
| The UK's largest police hunt against internet paedophiles was launched after US investigators found customers around the world were accessing images of child abuse from the Texas-based website. | The UK's largest police hunt against internet paedophiles was launched after US investigators found customers around the world were accessing images of child abuse from the Texas-based website. |
| Credit card details used to access material on the site gave investigators direct leads on 250,000 people worldwide. | Credit card details used to access material on the site gave investigators direct leads on 250,000 people worldwide. |
| It led to raids at addresses around the UK, involving a number of police forces. | It led to raids at addresses around the UK, involving a number of police forces. |
| The Investigation is on BBC Radio 4 at 2000 BST on Thursday, 10 May. | The Investigation is on BBC Radio 4 at 2000 BST on Thursday, 10 May. |