Guenther Platter, the Austrian interior minister, said that the material was of the "worst kind of child sexual abuse" where girls could be seen being raped, and you could also hear screams.
"This is the largest case of the distribution" of child pornography ever uncovered in Austria," he told a press conference.
The videos were viewed 8,000 times from 2,360 computers in the space of 24 hours before police shut the website down.
[I]n a 24-hour period, authorities recorded more than 8,000 hits on the website. This left a trail of over 2,360 computer addresses from 77 countries, principally the US and Germany.
No arrests have yet been made, but 14 people being questioned by police have admitted downloading the images, which included children as young as five.
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Guenther Platter, the Austrian interior minister, said that the material was of the "worst kind of child sexual abuse" where girls could be seen being raped, and you could also hear screams.
"This is the largest case of the distribution" of child pornography ever uncovered in Austria," he told a press conference.
The videos were viewed 8,000 times from 2,360 computers in the space of 24 hours before police shut the website down.
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[I]n a 24-hour period, authorities recorded more than 8,000 hits on the website. This left a trail of over 2,360 computer addresses from 77 countries, principally the US and Germany.
No arrests have yet been made, but 14 people being questioned by police have admitted downloading the images, which included children as young as five.
Vienna busts huge child porn ring
Under Austria law, the maximum prison term for possession of pornography involving children under 14 years is two years. [emphasis added]
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