Paris, Dec 9 (EFE).- A major police operation against pedophile crimes, the largest in France to date, has led to 80 arrests across the country since Dec. 4, all males.<\/p>
The accused are charged with sharing photos and videos online.<\/p>
The crackdown focused on suspects whose occupations put them in regular contact with children, a police commissioner told the French news agency AFP. <\/p>
Those arrested include an elected official, an ambulance driver, two school teachers, several sports coaches and a night watchman at a home for disabled children who had been convicted of rape many years earlier but was allowed to change his identity.<\/p>
Some of the alleged offenders arrested had previously been identified for sexual assault, pedophilia, or use of pedophile content.<\/p>
Of those arrested, about fifteen were held in pre-trial detention and the rest were placed under judicial supervision. <\/p>
“Eighty is a significant number, a number that has never been seen before,” said Linda Kebbab, spokeswoman for the police union Unit\u00e9 SGP Police-Force Ouvri\u00e8re, who pointed out that France carries out large-scale operations “three or four times a year” that result in several dozen arrests at a time. EFE <\/p>
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