Things are being done and have been for some time, by the nature of the crimes and investigations, they can't always be as "Headlined" as is the illegal trade in MP3 etc ...

In my opinion anyone who pays or purposely views this stuff is as guilty as the supplier/manufacturer and should be dealt with accordingly. Without the demand for this stuff the supply would certainly reduce.

In 1998 the "Wonderland Club" aka "Wonderworld" was busted up - this secretive group traded images/video's of children as young as 9 months being raped. Internationally co-ordinated raids nabbed a large number of these sicko's in a number of countries. The operation resulted in a total of 107 arrests in the UK, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the United States after similtaneous raids were co-ordinated to stop these people getting word out to each other.

http://www.anti-kinderporno.de/wonderworld.htm ..... gives a bit of history for those unfamiliar with the operation (Operation Cathedral) - the start of the page is in German (I think) but if you scroll down a bit the rest is in English. A search on "Wonderland Club" is bound to turn up more.

As I said before, operations like this are going on all the time but due to the nature of the crimes it doesn't play too well if you put your cards on the table first. The first most people will ever hear about these is when the raids happen and the offenders are arrested - then we get to read the "Headlines".

If you stumble across something of this nature, report it - although it may appear nothing is being done immediately - you can be assured that it will be investigated and if found to be authentic - the appropriate action taken. Remember "your" find might only be the tip of the iceberg and protracted investigations across international boundaries take a fair amount of time and planning to gather the evidence.

By reporting it, some child somewhere will be grateful, although they will probably never know it.