The , a consortium of national police from eight countries, this week , which saw five people arrested and the take-down of 230 child exploitation websites. Operation Basket originated from a US-led investigation but required the coordination of multiple countries for its success.

However, according to two of the VGT's board members, greater international collaboration is still required to ensure future successes.

"We want to expand our reach into different parts of the world that we're currently in," Australian Federal Police (AFP) national manager of high tech crime operations, Neil Gaughan, told.

"But obviously we need to do this slowly, take into consideration different cultures, the different capabilities of different countries and the difference in cultural and legal aspects of having new members on board."

Though the taskforce has steadily grown to eight members since its inception in 2003, Gaughan said the recent induction of the United Arab Emirates had caused the board to reconsider the possible cultural and legal barriers to sharing information and carrying out similar investigations into the future.