Brasília May 18 (TNS): Around 251 people have been arrested in Brazil in the second phase of a nationwide Federal Police crackdown against child pornography.
The ‘Operation Childhood Light’ was the largest police operation against child pornography in the country’s history. The number of arrests may still rise, as not even half of the 579 arrest warrants had been executed by the end of the day, Xinhua reported.
According to police, the operation took place in 24 states and the Federal District, where capital city Brasilia is located. A total of 2,600 officers joined the operation. Most arrests were made in the southeastern region, which is more populated and where Brazil’s largest cities, Sao Paulo and Rio, are located.
The main target of the operation was arrested in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais state. According to police, he was in possession of 780,000 files containing child pornography.
According to the authorities, the majority of the arrested had never been caught with child pornography before.
In the first phase of the operation, held in October 2017, police arrested 112 people.
