German Police Raid 50 Homes in Child Porn Investigation

Michael Esser, head of the investigation group, talks to the media at a press conference about nationwide child pornography raids, at the police department in Cologne, Germany, on Sept. 2, 2020. Martin Meissner/AP Photo

BERLIN (AP)—A thousand police officers in Germany raided the homes of 50 people as part of a nationwide crackdown on the online sharing and distribution of child pornography, Cologne police said Wednesday.

None of the 48 men and two women suspected of involvement was arrested during Tuesday’s raids, but investigators seized around 2,000 phones, computers, and other devices upon which images were stored, police said.