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Vast international child-porn network uncovered
Houston Chronicle ^ | Saturday, August 4, 2012 | DENISE LAVOIE, AP Legal Affairs Writer

Posted on 08/04/2012 8:43:53 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o

BOSTON (AP) — The men came from different walks of life on two continents: a children's puppeteer in Florida, a hotel manager in Massachusetts, an emergency medical technician in Kansas, a day care worker in the Netherlands. In all, 43 men have been arrested over the past two years in a horrific, far-flung child porn network that unraveled like a sweater with a single loose thread.

Investigators made one arrest after another of men accused of sexually abusing children, exchanging explicit photos of the attacks and even chatting online about abducting, cooking and eating youngsters.

"This isn't just a child that's nude and someone's taking pictures of him; this is a child that's being raped by an adult..."

The oldest victim in the Netherlands was 4, the youngest just 19 days old.

Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, whose office prosecuted Diduca, said the demand for photos of sexual assaults of young children, including babies and toddlers, has increased sharply in recent years.

"This demand leads to the abuse of children, yet there is this misconception that somehow, viewing child pornography is a victimless crime," said. "It clearly is not."

The mother of one of the boys said she initially did not believe the allegations against Arnett, a family friend for about 15 years. She said her son, now 7, and several nephews often spent weekends at Arnett's home four or five years ago.

For the agents working on the case, the leads never seem to end.

(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: childvictims; corruption; pornography
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Alex Jones has been talking about this for years. This runs deep into our government and our society. This is just one little part.


21 posted on 08/04/2012 9:35:22 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Corollary - Electing the same person over and over and expecting a different outcome is insanity)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Photobucket Here's one of the perps but he couldn't be identified because of black sensor bar.
22 posted on 08/04/2012 9:35:57 AM PDT by RetSignman
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To: RightOnline

Satan is growing stronger everyday now. He will be leading the World Government soon.


23 posted on 08/04/2012 9:39:44 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Corollary - Electing the same person over and over and expecting a different outcome is insanity)
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To: Cowboy Bob
I've said it before and I'll say it again...focusing on the homosexual aspect of child abuse not only misses the point, but is such an insult to all the innocent girls whose lives are completely destroyed by evil predators.

If you have the guts, watch this all the way through...

Just Melvin, Just Evil

It's an HBO documentary about one families ugly dark secret and the grandson who set out to expose it. To see these severely damaged adult women describe their horrific lives at the hands of a lifelong child molester is heartbreaking. They've all tried numerous suicide attempts. Almost everyone is a homeless alcoholic.

If you've never seen this...you will never be the same once you have. It's one of the most disturbing views into the minds of evil and it's victims.

Just a warning...the language is extremely graphic.

24 posted on 08/04/2012 9:48:03 AM PDT by Tex-Con-Man (T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII 2012 - "Together, I Shall Ride You To Victory")
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To: Mrs. Don-o

About 17 years ago we had an old pastor from Atlanta, now deceased, come to our church in support of a young woman whose son was being raped by his father and the pictures sold on the Internet.

This pastor’s daughter married a doctor in Atlanta that later used his own daughter, 4 years old, in satanic rituals that he conducted. Because the network reached so high into the judicial hierarchy of that city, the old man fled with his wife, daughter, and granddaughter to LA. They were discovered there and had to flee to Charlotte, NC where they were successfully hidden for several years. I have no idea what happened to his daughter and grand daughter, but the pastor did tell me that over 100,000 children disappear each year in this country with many ending up in satanic rituals.


25 posted on 08/04/2012 9:48:39 AM PDT by Big_Harry (Ecc10:2 "A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left")
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To: RetSignman

LOL!


26 posted on 08/04/2012 9:49:42 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Congrats to Ted Kennedy! He's been sober for two years now!!)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I think I read somewhere that Harry Reid was the ring leader and he needs to prove that is not true.


27 posted on 08/04/2012 10:00:16 AM PDT by Wurlitzer (Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam!)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

@ Post 9 -

You nailed it. I would add that the quest for self gratification has become the ultimate pursuit for many in this age of selfishness. These people are so committed to themselves that they lack empathy for others to include children. Furthermore, just like an addiction to hard narcotics it continually takes more extreme doses (or material) to stimulate them.

There are some very sick souls out there and despite overwhelming evidence that pedophiles are incurable we continue to release them to harm children. In my opinion, a society that does not place the rights of innocent and defenseless children above the “rights” of perverts does not deserve to exist or thrive. You can’t help but think that God feels the same. I believe abortion by it’s very nature uses the same logic leading adults to place themselves above babies.

We live in dark times and too many Americans have acquiesced to the spread of darkness.


28 posted on 08/04/2012 10:04:32 AM PDT by volunbeer (Don't worry America, our kids will pay for it!)
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To: bmwcyle

Satan and muslims control the world.


29 posted on 08/04/2012 10:09:55 AM PDT by abclily
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To: jjotto
Some say Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) is part of this child porn ring.

He needs to answer these chargers.

30 posted on 08/04/2012 10:10:44 AM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: dfwgator
He needs to answer these chargers.

Remember the line: it's not about the evidence; it's the severity of the charges that make investigation necessary.

31 posted on 08/04/2012 10:17:08 AM PDT by cicero2k
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Oh Lord have mercy on us! When I clicked on this thread, I had no idea the depth of evil I was about to see. Unspeakable.

I must admit, I wonder if Penn State had anything to do with this??


32 posted on 08/04/2012 10:21:40 AM PDT by surroundedbyblue (Live the message of Fatima - pray & do penance!)
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To: jjotto

Harry Reid needs to confront these rumors, which are growing day by day. I actually saw this in a comment on the “Commentary” website, and that’s a pretty staid group.

Reid also needs to release his own tax returns, going back since he entered the Senate, at least, to demonstrate to the public how he was able to amass his vast wealth while living on the mere pittance we pay our public servants.

For pretty much anybody else (even such as Anthony Weiner, Bill Clinton, Tiger Woods) I would never associate their name with such a passle of scum as are mentioned in this news story, but Reid has sunk so low it doesn’t bother me at all.


33 posted on 08/04/2012 10:32:44 AM PDT by jocon307
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To: jocon307

The allegations about Harry Reid are shocking when you consider the fact that it has not been denied and that the Senate Majority leader is perhaps a child molester. Scary that we might have someone that high up in the Government with this level of evilness.

I wonder when we will be hearing from his supporters. I want them outted too.


34 posted on 08/04/2012 10:37:40 AM PDT by commonguymd
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To: bmwcyle
Satan is growing stronger everyday now. He will be leading the World Government soon.

The good news is that Christ is coming for His Bride. Soon. Very soon.

35 posted on 08/04/2012 10:39:05 AM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I can’t help but think that a culture that embraces killing the unborn as a routine method of birth control isn’t a culture that places much importance on the kids who survive that first gauntlet.


36 posted on 08/04/2012 11:14:31 AM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

During the Nineties, a similar group of pedophiles and their enablers and protectors was uncovered in France and Belgium. There was a big uproar particularly about being to trusting of government officials. I think a few woke up to the dangers of big government bureaucracy.


37 posted on 08/04/2012 11:15:09 AM PDT by 12Gauge687
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To: JimSEA

Even the most primitive tribe in the Amazon will kill or expel people like these.
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Yeah but some tribes in New Guinea institutionalized man-boy sex with the belief that boys need semen to turn into men.

And sexual use of children was not uncommon in the ancient world, including the Romans, the forefathers of Western civilization.

Thailand and Vietnam turn a frequent blind eye toward child prostitution. I saw a documentary where the little girls in a Vietnamese brothel seemed more traumatized being taken into state custody than they did waiting for customers.

The sexual desire for children is not freakishly rare - which is why parents must be careful - no letting your children stay over with unrelated men - and why law enforcement has to stomp on predators.


38 posted on 08/04/2012 11:22:10 AM PDT by heartwood
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Hang em’ high in the blazing sun until they rot!


39 posted on 08/04/2012 11:22:29 AM PDT by republicanbred (...and when I die I'll be republican dead.)
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To: commonguymd

Who needs proof - let’s just smear!

Let’s cast scandal about a bad man - like the Tolerance Nazi’s do about the “bad” men and women we love and respect.

Then we can be true hipocrates!

If there is a government conspiracy of child predators - so be it. Right yourself with God and work to stamp out evil whereever you STAND. What did Lot do? Shoot everybody? He did his best to follow God. What’s wrong with the world? I am.


40 posted on 08/04/2012 11:26:08 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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