A university dean from Georgia is among 14 suspected pedophiles arrested and charged in an undercover sting operation.

Keith Walters, 44, has been suspended from his post at Valdosta State University's college of science and mathematics following accusations he tried to meet children for sex after allegedly grooming them online.

The men, aged between 24 to 57, were charged with a range of offences including computer pornography, child exploitation and sex trafficking.

Across four days, Georgia Bureau of Investigation executed an operation code-named Broken Arrow which had seen undercover investigators spend several months posing as children and engaging with the alleged pedophiles via web chat forums.

Keith Walters, 44, has been fired from his post at Valdosta State University's college of science and mathematics following accusations he criss-crossed the state to meet children for sex after grooming them online

Arrested: From left to right, Walter Curry, 33, a laborer, Josue Trejo, 31, a forklift driver, Keith Morrison, 43, a truck driver

Many of the conversations saw the arrested men share pornographic pictures with the 'child' and even request the 'minors' to take nude photos of themselves.

'Every individual arrested during the operation believed they were going to a location to meet with a child and engage in prearranged sex acts,' GBI spokesperson Lindsay Marchant said in a statement.

She went on to explain: 'Online child predators visit chat rooms and websites on the internet, find children, begin conversations with them, introduce sexual content and arrange a meeting with the children for the purpose of having sex.

'Over the course of the operation, investigators had more than 120 exchanges with persons on various social media or internet platforms.

'During many of these exchanges, the subjects directed conversations towards sex with persons they believed to be minors.'

From left to right: Billy Carter, 57, a truck driver, Eugene Mainah, 35, unemployed, Eric Copeland, a press operator

Jamian Hogan, 34, a retail associate, Rene Phillips, 36, an electrician, Justin Warren, 24, a student, Bronson Tripp, 24, a retail associate

Dave Vincent Almon, 43, a retail manager, John Henry Hursey, 45, a carpenter, Wilford Sermons, 28, a customer service representative

Forty men stung were believed to meet the threshold for arrest, but only 14 were carried out.

One of the 14 men had previously arrested on 'peeping tom' charges, while two were further arrested for carrying a gun and two arrested for drug possession.

Nineteen mobile devices and several additional electronic devices were seized as evidence.

Since 2014, Georgia's Internet Crimes Against Children taskforce has arrested 150 suspected pedophiles.

Along with Walters, the other arrested men include Dave Vincent Almon, 43, a retail manager, Billy Stephen Carter, 57, a truck driver, Eric Bernard Copeland, a press operator, Walter Lee Curry, 33, a laborer, Jamian Hogan, 34, a retail associate, John Henry Hursey, 45, a carpenter, Eugene Andega Mainah, 35, unemployed, Keith Morrison, 43, a truck driver, Wyman Rene Phillips, 36, an electrician, Wilford Sermons, 28, a customer service representative, Josue Trejo, 31, a forklift driver, Bronson Jamari D. Tripp, 24, a retail associate and Justin Na’eem Warren, 24, a student.