China on Monday published details of seven criminal cases uncovered during a crackdown on online pornography and piracy to protect minors.
The National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications in February launched a campaign against the production, sale and distribution of illegal publications and online content that could affect juveniles.
In one case, police in Xuzhou city, Jiangsu Province, shut down a profit-making child pornography website. The investigation showed the website used cloud storage services to provide more than 15,000 obscene videos and 31,000 pornographic pictures to its 7,771 registered members.
Another case in Huangshi city, Hubei Province, saw police seize a man surnamed Hong and confiscate more than 16,000 copies of unlicensed publications intended for students. Hong had sold publications with a total value of 5 million yuan (747,686 U.S. dollars) since 2011.
In other cases, police busted the illegal printing and sale of pirated books for children. Production and storage sites and illegal bookstores were closed and suspects involved were arrested.
