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Police have arrested 190 people in a major US crackdown on child pornography, BBC reported.

The month-long "Operation Orion" also resulted in 18 children being rescued, federal agents said.

Arrests were made mostly in the US but also took place in countries including Spain, Argentina, the UK and the Philippines.

The official in charge said many of the cases began with a child chatting with someone they had encountered online.

Those arrested included a 35-year-old babysitter in Louisiana suspected of using a seven-year-old child to make pornography.

A 28-year-old man in Michigan was found to have more than 1,200 images and 109 videos of suspected child pornography on computers and media storage devices, officials said.

Eight men were also arrested in Los Angeles, including one who met his alleged 12-year-old victim on the internet.

He was charged with enticing a minor to commit lewd acts after agents pretended to be the girl online and arranged to meet him at a shopping centre.

No details were given of the arrests conducted abroad. The US Justice Department also listed Sweden, Serbia and the Netherlands as involved in the operation.