ITALY
AGI
(AGI) - Syracuse, May 24 - They were in contact with children and were supposed to educate them, take care of them, and instead they were part of a paedophile organisation that was broken today in an operation around Italy. Twenty-seven people who worked with minors were arrested, including three priests from Palermo, Verbania, and Bolzano, and an educator in Palermo. 186 searches were down around Italy, as part of an investigation of the Syracuse prosecutor's office. The investigation was based on a website that could be seen by using a password, without an index page. The site showed sexual abuse of children between four and eight years of age. The investigations were done by the Syracuse investigations unit, coordinated by prosecutors Giuseppe Toscano, Antonio Nicastro and Mariella Cavallo. (AGI) .