15 Arrested in Internet Predator Sting
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By Brian Haas, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 23--The Broward Sheriff's Office conducted its own version of Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator, arresting 15 people in an Internet child predator sting.   Sheriff's Office detectives posed as children online from Jan. 29 to Feb.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 19--Anyone not stuck in a bunker the last few years knows the perniciousness of sexual predators who stalk the Internet for young victims. In some cases, like that of a 15-year-old Cary boy, the end of the story is violation by an adult.
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Police arrested more than 150 people and seized computers holding more than 2 million images of child pornography in Australia's biggest crackdown yet on child porn, police said Thursday.
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Australian police acting as part of an international "cyber cop" network will be able to trap pedophiles who use the Internet to "groom" or lure children for sex, under new laws passed by parliament on Tuesday.
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U.S. law enforcers have arrested  dozens in a crackdown on "spam" e-mail, identity theft and  other fraudulent online activity, a person involved in the  investigation said Wednesday.
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Six convicted sex offenders have been arrested in Texas for posting online profiles on the MySpace social networking site.
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Four fake "gangstas" have been arrested  after posting footage of themselves brandishing weapons on the  Internet, police said on Tuesday.
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Â A group representing online merchants said it helped the U.S. Department of Justice hunt down online scam artists, in an sweep of online criminals dubbed "Operation Web Snare."
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More than 100 people have been arrested following the US law enforcement agencies&#39; latest offensive against Internet related crime.
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Several online journalists have been arrested, raising fears of a government crackdown on internet dissidents.
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By BILLY PATERSON CLAIMS that teen bullies are using an internet chat site to terrorise victims and identify targets are being probed by police.
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SEATTLE -- A 27-year-old man described as one of the world's most prolific spammers was arrested Wednesday, and federal authorities said computer users across the Web could notice a decrease in the amount of junk e-mail.
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More than 150 individuals have been arrested or convicted in a US-wide crackdown on internet fraud and abuse, according to an announcement from Attorney General John Ashcroft on Thursday.
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FEDERAL authorities have indicted 19 people in the United States and abroad on charges related to a website investigators claimed was one of the largest online centers for trafficking in stolen identity information and credit cards.
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According to the National Center for Missing &amp; Exploited Children, one of every seven children between 10 and 17 has been solicited for sex on the Internet. It's the kind of statistic that can frighten parents into pulling the plug.
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By TOBI COHEN  TORONTO (CP) - Police forces around the world spend fortunes trolling for and arresting Internet predators and educating parents, teens and children about cyber-safety.
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Fifteen serious criminals whose details were misplaced for a year by the CPS are sought by police.