创新英语-Police Bust Biggest Ever Paedophile Ring

An international police operation has shut down the largest Internet paedophile ring ever discovered. Police officers rescued 60 children in Britain and a further 170 children in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the US. The team was led by Britain's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP). The operation leader, UK police chief Peter Davies, said: "In the UK alone 60 children have been safeguarded and 121 offenders² arrested of which there have been 33 convictions. Investigations³ across the world continue." The arrests have come after three years of surveillance and monitoring of suspected paedophiles. He said the network was based in the Netherlands and had 70,000 members.

The head of Europol Rob Wainright called the arrests a “spectacular international police success”. He had a message for paedophiles: "If you think you can use the Internet to abuse children you are wrong," he said. He added: "We will not allow these offenders to carry on committing these awful crimes against young children. We will not rest until we have identified every offender¹ that has been active in this network and others that might be operating on the Internet." The police forces uncovered the ring by using officers to infiltrate⁴ the site to identify the most active members. One of the early breakthroughs was in 2008 when two British men were caught uploading images in Thailand.

1 offender   

n.冒犯者，违反者，犯罪者

参考例句：

• They all sued out a pardon for an offender.他们请求法院赦免一名罪犯。
• The authorities often know that sex offenders will attack again when they are released.当局一般都知道性犯罪者在获释后往往会再次犯案。

2 offenders   

n.冒犯者( offender的名词复数 )；犯规者；罪犯；妨害…的人（或事物）

参考例句：

• Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 判处长期徒刑可对违法者起到强有力的威慑作用。
• Purposeful work is an important part of the regime for young offenders. 使从事有意义的劳动是管理少年犯的重要方法。

3 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

4 infiltrate   

vt./vi.渗入，透过；浸润

参考例句：

• The teacher tried to infiltrate her ideas into the children's minds.老师设法把她的思想渗透到孩子们的心中。
• It can infiltrate as much as 100 kilometers into enemy territory at night.可以在夜间深入敌领土100千米。