A two-year international operation led by New Zealand that identified over 90,000 online accounts that possessed or traded child sexual abuse material was finalised on March 2, arresting hundreds of offenders and rescuing children from harm. Across the duration of the operation, authorities arrested 450 offenders in the United Kingdom, 117 in Australia, 46 in New Zealand as well as others from around the world. The multinational law enforcement effort also safeguarded 153 children, including; 79 in the United Kingdom, 51 children in Australia, 12 in Canada, six in New Zealand, four in the United States and one child in Europe. Dubbed “Operation H” internationally and called “Operation Molto” in Australia, the investigations began in 2019 when New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) alerted international law enforcement agencies of a tip-off. A service provider had informed the DIA that tens of thousands of offenders were using a platform to …