US officials Wednesday unveiled charges against 72 people in their largest global probe into Internet ***** pornography which smashed a "nightmare" online bulletin board catering to pedophiles.
The investigation launched in 2009 has led to arrests in the US and 13 other countries of participants in Dreamboard, which had a "VIP" ranking system for members trading in graphic images and videos of adults ********* ******** age 12 and under, often violently, the Justice Department said.
"Dreamboard's creators and members lived all over the world -- but they allegedly were united by a disturbing belief that the sexual ***** of ******** is proper conduct that should not be criminalized," Attorney General Eric Holder said.
