Or something simular was displayed on a website offering child porn.... at least 125 failed to stop at seeing that.
Let's face it, there isn't an adult in the US that actually needs to be told that child pornography- whether we are talking about the production of, the distribution of, or the possession of- is illegal. Even if they do it on the internet. Even if they use fake emails, or anonymous web browsers.
And yet- despite the warning from the site, and despite the common knowledge that child porn is illegal, the Feds were able to arrest 125 in a recent investigation.
In a way, this is good news, and something that we all should be cheering. The law has been able to track down and stop 125 people- including a Bible camp counselor from Vancouver, Wash.; a Boy Scout leader from Mission, Texas; a pharmaceutical researcher in New Jersey; a police officer and a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer. The materials that they were producing, distributing, or possessing showed the sexual abuse, sexual torture of children as young as six months old.
More Information:
CBS News
MSNBC
PDF's of Criminal Complaints (warning disturbing content):
Layne Bracht criminal complaint (.pdf)
Jonathan Burke criminal complaint (.pdf)
Domingo Santos criminal complaint (.pdf)
Micah Reagor criminal complaint (.pdf)
George Payne criminal complaint (.pdf)
William Morehouse criminal complaint (.pdf)
Albert Montemayor criminal complaint (.pdf)
Sean McMichael criminal complaint (.pdf)
Stephen Lasher criminal complaint (.pdf)
Gene F. Knorr criminal complaint (.pdf)
Cory Harris criminal complaint (.pdf)
Vincent J. Gambale criminal complaint (.pdf)
Brian Fahey criminal complaint (.pdf)
Jason Faccibene criminal complaint (.pdf)
Matthew Dulak criminal complaint (.pdf)
Michael Brown criminal complaint (.pdf)
But back to the "in a way this is good news" my point in saying that is very real. We should be applauding this crackdown. And yet, 125 is actually a very small number when you come to think about it. I get at least that many searches for indecent and illegal material a month- and clearly they aren't finding what they are looking for here. These 125 people were arrested because of their use of one website.... but how many other sites like this are out there? How many other predators are still hiding behind their keyboards, seeking out this disgusting material? Not to mention the ones that are out there actually raping and torturing these kids in order to produce these images and movies.
H/T to Lisa
Categories: predators, molesters, internet,
Let's face it, there isn't an adult in the US that actually needs to be told that child pornography- whether we are talking about the production of, the distribution of, or the possession of- is illegal. Even if they do it on the internet. Even if they use fake emails, or anonymous web browsers.
And yet- despite the warning from the site, and despite the common knowledge that child porn is illegal, the Feds were able to arrest 125 in a recent investigation.
In a way, this is good news, and something that we all should be cheering. The law has been able to track down and stop 125 people- including a Bible camp counselor from Vancouver, Wash.; a Boy Scout leader from Mission, Texas; a pharmaceutical researcher in New Jersey; a police officer and a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer. The materials that they were producing, distributing, or possessing showed the sexual abuse, sexual torture of children as young as six months old.
“When I say `hard-core' pornography, I am talking about child pornography that includes images of children as young as six months involved in bondage and sodomy,” U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie said. “This type of depraved conduct is something a civilized society cannot tolerate.”
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Among those arrested was an information technology manager from northern New Jersey. According to court documents, federal agents searched his home and found more than 500 images of child pornography on his computer, including one showing an adult male having anal sex with a male infant. And, I'd think that you would agree... when you look at it that way, 125 doesn't seem all that many at all.
More Information:
CBS News
MSNBC
PDF's of Criminal Complaints (warning disturbing content):
Layne Bracht criminal complaint (.pdf) Jonathan Burke criminal complaint (.pdf) Domingo Santos criminal complaint (.pdf) Micah Reagor criminal complaint (.pdf) George Payne criminal complaint (.pdf) William Morehouse criminal complaint (.pdf) Albert Montemayor criminal complaint (.pdf) Sean McMichael criminal complaint (.pdf) Stephen Lasher criminal complaint (.pdf) Gene F. Knorr criminal complaint (.pdf) Cory Harris criminal complaint (.pdf) Vincent J. Gambale criminal complaint (.pdf) Brian Fahey criminal complaint (.pdf) Jason Faccibene criminal complaint (.pdf) Matthew Dulak criminal complaint (.pdf) Michael Brown criminal complaint (.pdf)But back to the "in a way this is good news" my point in saying that is very real. We should be applauding this crackdown. And yet, 125 is actually a very small number when you come to think about it. I get at least that many searches for indecent and illegal material a month- and clearly they aren't finding what they are looking for here. These 125 people were arrested because of their use of one website.... but how many other sites like this are out there? How many other predators are still hiding behind their keyboards, seeking out this disgusting material? Not to mention the ones that are out there actually raping and torturing these kids in order to produce these images and movies.
H/T to Lisa
Categories: predators, molesters, internet,