US man in child pornography ring pleads guilty: US authorities

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — An Idaho man pleaded guilty on Thursday to taking part in a vast global child pornography ring after authorities infiltrated the network, the US Justice Department said.

Warren Weber, 56, of Boise, Idaho, "has admitted to participating in a highly-sophisticated and well-organized criminal enterprise whose purpose was to proliferate child sex abuse images to its membership over a two year period," the department said in a statement.

The network trafficked in more than 400,000 images and videos, using sophisticated encryption, showing prepubescent children -- including toddlers --- engaged in a range of sexual and sadistic acts, it said.

Charges were brought against Weber and 13 others after the network was infiltrated by police starting in...