Overview
- Japan's National Police Agency, which disclosed the results Monday, said 99 people ages 14 to 72 were arrested or referred to prosecutors, including three foreign nationals.
- The coordinated phase ran from March 23 to April 17 across seven countries and territories and led to 445 suspects being identified by participating agencies.
- In Japan, police arrested 12 people and sent cases for 87 more, with 25 middle and high school students included and four women among those cited.
- Leads flowed both ways as a Singapore tip helped police catch a man who made child sexual‑abuse files viewable via file‑sharing software, while Japan sent net‑patrol findings to partners.
- Investigators searched 382 locations across the network and seized computers, phones, tablets, and storage devices, in a campaign Japan joined for a second year as Brunei entered this cycle.