The raid saw police impounding between 2.5 million and 3 million images, stored
on 290 CDs and DVDs and on two hard-disks. Each disk can contain between 4,000
and 6,000 pictures. The haul is believed to be the largest ever confiscated in
Sweden,
Police are not revealing details of the case, although a spokesman told local
paper Eskilstuna-Kuriren that all the photos had been confiscated from the same
man, who lives in the county.
The images are being examined by a single police officer, Christer Carlsson.
Carlsson is Sörmland's only child pornography expert, although a further police
officer is being trained to assist him.
The news comes as Ecpat, an international organization that campaigns against
child sex exploitation, has said that Swedish police are doing too little to
combat child pornography.
The issue is a low priority, Ecpat says, with only five people in the national
police's centralized anti-child porn group. Helena Karlén, secretary general of
Ecpat Sweden, said that the slow investigation of child pornography risks
leading to continued abuse of the children on the photographs.
