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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: 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.


41 posted on 08/04/2012 11:26:18 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Scarier than any witless zombie movie could ever be, imo.


42 posted on 08/04/2012 11:29:34 AM PDT by metesky (Brethren, leave us go amongst them! - Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond, The Searchers)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Proof of sex with a child under the age of 6 should carry a mandatory death sentence - to be carried out within 12 months. No exceptions. Liberals probably want child rapists to be able to 'marry' their two year old victims - but it's NOT a civil rights issue - it's a crime.

Liberals created a permissive court system, we need to change it back...

43 posted on 08/04/2012 11:30:18 AM PDT by GOPJ (Political correctness is simply George Orwell's Newspeak by a non-threatening name. FR- Bernard Marx)
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To: mongo141
“Some say Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) is part of this child porn ring.”

Is that from a reliable source that can't be named?

44 posted on 08/04/2012 11:33:54 AM PDT by GOPJ (Political correctness is simply George Orwell's Newspeak by a non-threatening name. FR- Bernard Marx)
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To: jjotto

“Some say Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) is part of this child porn ring.”

And until he releases his FBI files, how do we know he’s not?

LOL.


45 posted on 08/04/2012 11:35:19 AM PDT by BobL (Cruz'd to Victory - July 31, 2012)
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To: GOPJ
Proof of sex with a child under the age of 6 13 should carry a mandatory death sentence.
46 posted on 08/04/2012 11:42:26 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: heartwood

The entry into adulthood at puberty is very common in the history of most cultures, including ours. However, sex with infants and toddlers has never been common. Pederasty, is common over many cultures. What these creeps did isn’t. Also, the fantasizing about cannibalism, while hot unknown, is quite rare.


47 posted on 08/04/2012 11:52:06 AM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Tex-Con-Man

“I’ll say it again...focusing on the homosexual aspect of child abuse not only misses the point,”

I’ve see the homo angle pointed to here on FR and nowhere else. Denying the homo angle doesn’t do a hell of a lot of good either.


48 posted on 08/04/2012 11:52:34 AM PDT by TalBlack
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To: carriage_hill

These filthy pigs should be slowly tortured to death. They don’t have the right to be treated as humans after committing such horrible crimes against helpless babies.


49 posted on 08/04/2012 11:58:42 AM PDT by peeps36 (America is being destroyed by filthy traitors in the political establishment)
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To: peeps36; lightman

IMHO, the kindest thing we could do is kill them quickly and send them to Judgement before God - “hasten the Final Meeting” - and He can take it from there. His Eternal Punishment would absolutely dwarf anything we could do to them here on earth.


50 posted on 08/04/2012 12:05:30 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Harry Reid [PERVERT-NV] has Vickie-the-goat in lingerie and stiletto heels, tied-up in his office.)
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To: BobL

Harry Reid [PERVERT-NV] has Vickie-the-goat in lingerie and stiletto heels, tied-up in his office. Prove me wrong, Dingy Harry!


51 posted on 08/04/2012 12:08:07 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Harry Reid [PERVERT-NV] has Vickie-the-goat in lingerie and stiletto heels, tied-up in his office.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
The guy in the middle photo is the Latvia-born Dutch ringleader of the international pedophile ring. His name is Robert Mikelsons, and the selection below comes from an article about how he did his work;

One arrest of particular interest is Mikelson’s husband Richard van Olffen. Yes, I said husband. Although Richard van Olffen didn’t participate in the molestations, he did know what his pervert spouse was up to and didn’t turn him in. Richard van Olffen was sentenced to 6 years for complicity.

Reminds me of why we need to keep Chick-fil-A far away from our "values." BTW, notice that the Dutch don't even impose long prison sentences for raping babies. Very liberal country over there.

52 posted on 08/04/2012 12:24:40 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: carriage_hill; peeps36
IMHO, the kindest thing we could do is kill them quickly

I prefer the wisdom and methodology os St. Gregory the Great:

“Brimstone calls to mind the foul odors of the flesh, as Sacred Scripture itself confirms when it speaks of the rain of fire and brimstone poured by the Lord upon Sodom. He had decided to punish in it the crimes of the flesh, and the very type of punishment emphasized the shame of that crime, since brimstone exhales stench and fire burns.

It was, therefore, just that the sodomites, burning with perverse desires that originated from the foul odor of flesh, should perish at the same time by fire and brimstone so that through this just chastisement they might realize the evil perpetrated under the impulse of a perverse desire.”

53 posted on 08/04/2012 12:38:53 PM PDT by lightman (One of the marks of the Beast is a white lower case "f" on a blue square.)
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To: lightman; peeps36

Okay, do this first; then kill them. I just want the penguins in Antarctica to be so scared by the perverts’ *screams of agony*, that they crap all over the icebergs. Heh.


54 posted on 08/04/2012 12:49:30 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Harry Reid [PERVERT-NV] has Vickie-the-goat in lingerie and stiletto heels, tied-up in his office.)
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To: Tex-Con-Man

Just got through watching it. That’s going to stay with me for awhile. Thanks for linking it.


55 posted on 08/04/2012 3:19:37 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: Mrs. Don-o
I just don't get it. There's nothing sexual about a child. A rock has more sexual appeal to me.

In fact, I'm kinda getting turned on by thinking about a rock. You know, the sexy way a rock crushes scissors, and the tantilizing way a rock gets covered by paper..... bow chicka wah wah...

56 posted on 08/04/2012 3:35:01 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I hate the Universe, and it hates me.)
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To: bill1952
even chatting online about abducting, cooking and eating youngsters.

CHATTING ONLINE ABOUT

57 posted on 08/04/2012 3:37:16 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I hate the Universe, and it hates me.)
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To: Lazamataz

One has pictures of what appears to be dead kids. It’s like mentioned in the last paragraph.


58 posted on 08/04/2012 3:43:58 PM PDT by commonguymd
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To: Tex-Con-Man
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.

AMEN. My sister-in-law was raped as a toddler by an adult male and required surgery.

Those cases don't make the rounds here on FR. For the few obsessed, it's more about creating a false sense of reality to bolster than own biases. They're not really concerned about the crimes or victims, just their own smug moral superiority.

59 posted on 08/04/2012 4:01:41 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Pontius Pilate 'voters' are arrogant, delusional, lilly-livered collaborators.)
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To: Tex-Con-Man
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.

AMEN. My sister-in-law was raped as a toddler by an adult male and required surgery.

Those cases don't make the rounds here on FR. For the few obsessed, it's more about creating a false sense of reality to bolster their own biases. They're not really concerned about the crimes or victims, just their own smug moral superiority.

60 posted on 08/04/2012 4:02:01 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Pontius Pilate 'voters' are arrogant, delusional, lilly-livered collaborators.)
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