09/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - Interpol has indicated that on Monday it received hundreds of testimonies after having sent out a photo of a paedophile that same morning. Interpol decided to launch this appeal for witnesses worldwide (operation “Vico”) in an effort to identify the man suspected of being a paedophile and who had put photos of himself engaged in acts with children not the internet. The number of photos behind this appeal for witnesses are around 200. They involve acts with 12 different boys and were taken in Vietnam and Cambodia in 2002 and 2003. This is the first time that Interpol has launched such an appeal. To read the recommendation: http: //http://www.interpol.int/. Interpol has already elaborated a data base that has so far allowed almost 600 victims to be rescued in 31 countries. (bc)