Spain: wide net cast against child pornography Insafe node PROTEGELES' tips contributed to one of the largest police operations in Spain against child abuse images on the Internet with the arrests of 55 people and the seizing of 179 hard drives, 19 laptops, 17 computers and 2,500 external storage devices.

The LOBOS Operation showed how far paedophiles successfully used grooming and cyber harassment techniques, where minors were induced into sharing erotic images of themselves. These were later used to coerce the victims into sending more under the threat of disclosure.

Help from the public through the nodes' portal, www.protegeles.com proved invaluable as a part of a great collaborative effort from child defence associations, Interpol and Europol.