PARIS: Around 80 men, including a local councilor and two schoolteachers, were detained this week in France's most far-reaching swoop on suspected child sex abusers, police sources said.

Police made arrests in 53 of France's 101 departments, Commissioner Quentin Bevan told AFP on Saturday.

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