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Investigating the devastating effects of investigations related to child abuse images - even when charges are dropped. Jane Wakefield hears from individuals who say they were wrongly targeted and that police action wreaked enormous damage on their families and reputations, even though officers have eventually decided not to pursue criminal investigations. She hears how suspects' phones and other devices were seized with long waits for the police to examine them for evidence. Meanwhile their lives went on hold. The programme investigates how police track the people who trade in these awful images and examines concerns about the reliability of the reliance on IP (internet protocol) addresses for locating suspects.
Producer: Sarah Treanor