Ten people have been arrested in Italy, the United States, France and Portugal, and another 112 are being investigated on suspicion of child pornography, Italy's computer crime police bureau NIT said in a statement.
Police carried out raids in several countries on Thursday morning in "Operation Nanny" to dismantle what NIT called "an extensive international community of pedophiles".
Investigators froze computer data in U.S. social network servers and took down several online communities that served to recruit new members and pool illegal material.
The data revealed an Italian-founded criminal group with more than 700 followers around the world, exchanging thousands of images and videos, NIT said.
No one except ordinary parents really care about this "weakness" that seems rampant among the more elite groups around the world.
The news is that a police organization has found some excuse to arrest some members of this group and investigate more members.
This could be part of a power push that has been more widely reported in the alternative media. Some interpret it as a takeover by a more honest group, but that is far from clear at this point.