Police smash net paedophile ring

Fifty people have been arrested in a co-ordinated international operation against internet paedophiles.

The raids were synchronised worldwide and six of those arrested were in Britain.

The operation was overseen by the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, which has worked for a year on the ring, known as the Shadowz Brotherhood.

Hundreds of officers in seven countries swooped on suspects' homes on Tuesday morning and dozens of computers and thousands of disks were confiscated.

Detectives said the images were among the most horrific they had ever seen.

Some showed babies and young children being abused.