Police Arrest 11 in International Child Trafficking Bust—American, Australian Among Them

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Police in Georgia dismantled a child-trafficking ring that exploited girls as young as 8 to produce pornographic material, in what authorities said on Sept. 19 was the largest operation of its kind in the country.

Among the 11 people detained were a U.S. and an Australian citizen as well as parents, relatives, and acquaintances of some of the up to 10 girls involved, the Georgian interior ministry said in a statement.