

Seasoned paedophiles, they believed their sophisticated knowledge of computer encryption had made them untouchable, and in that safe zone, they commissioned, made and traded images of the youngest children involved in the worst sex acts.įBI executive assistant director J Stephen Tidwell says the pornography ring used highly specialised techniques to hide from law enforcement authorities.

'Operation Achilles' was initiated by Queensland police task force Argos and it is alleged that a core administrator of the highly secret website was a 29-year-old Queensland public servant.įor years, a network of men scattered across the world had reached what they considered to be the pinnacle of success. Police agencies around the world are now sifting through 400,000 pieces of evidence after they cracked a major online child pornography network that used a sophisticated encryption code.
