U.S. task force finds kid porn in Scotland

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. FBI agents have passed on to Scottish police information on more than 700 computer users in Edinburgh allegedly involved in child pornography.

Flint Waters, agent in charge of the Wyoming Internet Crimes Against, Children Task Force, said the number could actually be higher, The Scotsman reported.

"They may be individuals who have placed images in shared folders which others can download," Waters said. "They are not the only occasions where agents have been offered them directly, our software is also able to find these folders online."

Investigators in the United States, sometimes posing as children or pedophiles, found 10,000 images and videos on more than 700 computers in Edinburgh. Most depicted children under the age of 8 engaged in sex acts and included pictures of young children being raped.

The team in Wyoming is part of a coordinated investigation by law enforcement agencies in 18 countries, including Britain, named Operation Peer Blitz.