An Interpol crackdown has led to the arrest of 95 suspects across 17 countries over alleged child sexual abuse material online, including a father accused of selling videos made of his young son. Dubbed “International Effort Confluencia”, the operation ran through four parallel investigations between March and September 2026. Officers carried out 127 search warrants, with roughly 89% of those arrested reported as men and 11% as women. Police said the cases targeted the production and distribution of illegal material via online platforms, with investigators focusing on messaging applications and cryptocurrencies used for communication and transactions. In Colombia, authorities rescued a five-year-old child after finding links between separate files. Investigators said the footage showed abuse dating back to when the child was one year old, and cross-referencing digital evidence led them to the parent accused of producing and trafficking the material. The parent was arrested on suspicion of producing and selling child sexual abuse material. In Argentina, police arrested a suspect accused of contacting more than 260 girls across different countries and demanding personal photographs and sexually explicit videos. Investigators said the suspect allegedly used sextortion, pressuring victims to send increasingly explicit content and threatening them when they refused. In Panama, police arrested the administrator of an online group involved in distributing child sexual abuse material. The group had more than 700 members. In Ecuador, a review of a suspect’s electronic devices uncovered more than 4,000 files of child sexual abuse imagery, totaling about 15 GB of data. Interpol said some online groups also included teenagers who requested or distributed child sexual abuse material. It warned that repeated circulation of files continues to harm children after the original abuse. Further analysis of seized material is expected to identify additional suspects and children still at risk. The 17 countries involved were Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain and Uruguay.