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Operation Pin is an initiative of the Virtual Global Taskforce, which consists of UK's National Crime Squad, the FBI, Interpol, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Australian Hi-Tech Crime Centre / Australian Federal Police ( AFP ).

Its stated aim is to identify pedophiles and other people who are using the internet to access child pornography.

Announced on 18 December 2003, the operation is said to involve the creation and operation of a number of websites ( so-called " honeypots ") purporting to offer illegal images.

While these websites will not contain child pornography images, they will be designed to look like the real thing so as to ensnare as many offenders as possible.