By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correpondent
Detectives have confirmed they are investigating 76 new cases of suspected historical abuse at children's care homes in north Wales.
Police officers leading Operation Pallial say the allegations centre on 18 different care homes between 1963 and 1992.
A total of 84 individuals have been named as abusers by complainants and 16 of those have been named by more than one victim.
Detective Superintendent Ian Mulcahey said: "Almost everyone that Operation Pallial is aware of has now been video interviewed by specially trained officers.
"Many have provided graphic accounts of abuse, in some cases of very serious criminality."
Offences range from verbal and physical assaults and abuse through to indecent assaults, rape and buggery.
One of the victims who has taken new allegations to the police has previously told Sky News how he was abused in various North Wales care homes.
"Michael" also revealed how as a 12 year old he was repeatedly put on a mini-bus with other children, driven down to London and forced to take part in lurid sex parties.
Last November he told Sky News how the men who abused him were all "posh people" who plied the boys were drink and drugs before abusing them.
He said: "It was how compliant you were, how nice you were towards them and looking back it was all about what they could get away with."
The Waterhouse Inquiry in 2000 found evidence of widespread sexual abuse and various care home staff members were convicted for various offences.
Compensation was then paid to 140 victims but there have long held suspicions that the true extent of abuse in the homes in north Wales has never truly been uncovered.
Operation Pallial was set up to ensure allegations were indeed properly investigated.
Phase One of the work "has resulted in the collection of significant evidence of systemic and serious sexual and physical abuse of children whilst in care".
Operation Pallial has also shown "no evidence of systemic of institutional misconduct by North Wales Police officers or staff".
Last week detectives made their first arrest as part of the investigation into historical allegations of abuse.
A man was arrested in Ipswich, Suffolk and questioned on suspicion of a number of serious sexual offences before being bailed to until the end of July.
Officers expect phase two of the operation to involve further arrests.
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