Operation Amethyst

Operation Amethyst
Operation nameOperation Amethyst
TypeChild pornography crackdown
Participants
Planned byUnited States
Executed byAustralia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Mission
TargetAssociated credit card holders used for memberships associated with website portal Landslide Productions.
ObjectiveTo round up and prosecute suspects named in a Tip by the United States FBI from Operation Avalanche
Results
Suspects100

Operation Amethyst was a Garda Síochána (police) operation targeting child pornography in the Republic of Ireland. Involving simultaneous searches on May 27, 2002,[1] of over 100 individuals suspected of downloading child pornography, it was one of the largest police operations in Ireland's history.

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