Madrid, 12 November 2023 (dpa/MIA) - The Spanish police have struck a major blow against child pornography with the arrest of more than 120 people.

It was "one of the most important actions against the production, distribution and possession of child pornography" in Spain, the national police said on Saturday.

A total of 125 homes and offices were searched in various parts of the country and around 500 terabytes of data "with extremely hard-core pornographic content" were confiscated, it said.

Of the 121 people detained, 118 were men and three women.

"More than 2 million files with serious sexual abuse of very young girls" were seized from one of the detained men in Madrid alone.

"Many of the videos were characterized by a high degree of violence towards the victims and were spread across 10 large hard drives," the statement said.

Investigations are continuing to identify further suspected perpetrators and victims.

The authorities did not initially provide any further information on the perpetrators and victims.

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