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Operation Spanner was a late-1980s police investigation in the United Kingdom into consensual same-sex sadomasochistic practices. The Metropolitan Police Obscene Publications Squad conducted the inquiry from 1987 to 1990, questioning about 100 gay and bisexual men.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young | instance of | Party posters accused the Labour Party of supporting books | 0.80 | text |
| Gay | instance of | Party posters accused the Labour Party of supporting books | 0.80 | text |
| Proud | instance of | Party posters accused the Labour Party of supporting books | 0.80 | text |
| Evil Dead II | instance of | seizing horror films | 0.80 | text |
| The Driller Killer | instance of | seizing horror films | 0.80 | text |
| along with gay pornography | instance of | seizing horror films | 0.80 | text |
| whipping | instance of | that someone might have been killed during filming.Further tapes showing acts | 0.80 | text |
| spanking | instance of | that someone might have been killed during filming.Further tapes showing acts | 0.80 | text |
| and wax play were later found | instance of | that someone might have been killed during filming.Further tapes showing acts | 0.80 | text |
| Operation Spanner | related to background | Before | 0.60 | section |
| Operation Spanner | related to background | British | 0.60 | section |
| Operation Spanner | related to background | HIV/AIDS | 0.60 | section |
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