Huge pedophile ring busted

[Katana]

LONDON - Police shattered a global Internet pedophile ring, rescuing 31 children and rounding up more than 700 suspects worldwide, British authorities said Monday.

Some 200 suspects are based in Britain, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center said. The ring was traced to an Internet chat room called “Kids the Light of Our Lives” that featured images of children being subjected to horrific sexual abuse.

The investigation involves agencies from 35 countries and lasted 10 months.

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While there is cause to celebrate the fact that it was broken up, that this goes on at all (and is likely only one of many such operations) is so disheartening.

 

[TobiasTheViking]

someone hold me back before i do something i'll regret....

grrrr

 

[frank462]

Once these people(?) are convicted they should be put in the general prison population. There they can be Bubba's or Tiny's bitch for awhile. They will be able to experience all the brutality they did to innocent children. Then later they will be mutilated and executed by the other prisoners.

 

[MilwaukeeMike]

Bravo!!! Its a great day when scum like this is removed from society.

 

[Bikewer]

I have wondered about the true incidence of pedophilia in the population. Every time one of these individuals is busted, it's found that they have collections of many thousands of photos, videos, and so forth.
Admittedly, a lot of this stuff merely recirculates. Still, the market seems to be huge.
I once thought that pedophilia was a rather rare abberation; I begin to wonder.

 

[Random]

I have wondered about the true incidence of pedophilia in the population. Every time one of these individuals is busted, it's found that they have collections of many thousands of photos, videos, and so forth.
Admittedly, a lot of this stuff merely recirculates. Still, the market seems to be huge.
I once thought that pedophilia was a rather rare abberation; I begin to wonder.

It is doubtful that we will ever know the real numbers of pedophiles living among us. The social taboos against it are so strong, we end up only hearing about people who get caught breaking the law, and those NAMBLA freaks. Most of them probably never touch a kid in their lives and never get into trouble with the law. Would not really suprise me to find out that there are a million plus in the US.

Kinda creepy really.

 

[Grammatron]

Once these people(?) are convicted they should be put in the general prison population. There they can be Bubba's or Tiny's bitch for awhile. They will be able to experience all the brutality they did to innocent children. Then later they will be mutilated and executed by the other prisoners.

So you want them tortured and then executed?

 

[Katana]

It is doubtful that we will ever know the real numbers of pedophiles living among us. The social taboos against it are so strong, we end up only hearing about people who get caught breaking the law, and those NAMBLA freaks. Most of them probably never touch a kid in their lives and never get into trouble with the law. Would not really suprise me to find out that there are a million plus in the US.

Kinda creepy really.

It's disgusting.

You're right in that determining exact numbers would be difficult to impossible, but I'm certain that there are more out there than anyone previously thought.

 

[slingblade]

I have wondered about the true incidence of pedophilia in the population. Every time one of these individuals is busted, it's found that they have collections of many thousands of photos, videos, and so forth.
Admittedly, a lot of this stuff merely recirculates. Still, the market seems to be huge.
I once thought that pedophilia was a rather rare abberation; I begin to wonder.

Hardly.

I heard a figure once that one in every four women was sexually abused (in one form or another) as a child.

Oddly, I have had a really hard time finding those other three women.

 

[Grammatron]

Hardly.

I heard a figure once that one in every four women was sexually abused (in one form or another) as a child.

Oddly, I have had a really hard time finding those other three women.

Are you saying all the women are sexually abused?

 

[slingblade]

Are you saying all the women are sexually abused?

I'm saying, anecdotally, that when it comes up in conversation, more women than I would expect have at least one story to tell of things ranging from inappropriate touching all the way to full-blown rape.

Are any or all types/degrees of sexual contact (for children) abuse? I dunno; I guess that's arguable. I just hear it more often than not.

I do tend to "hang out" more with the impoverished, but this held true during my recent stint at college, too.

 

[timhau]

I have wondered about the true incidence of pedophilia in the population. Every time one of these individuals is busted, it's found that they have collections of many thousands of photos, videos, and so forth.
Admittedly, a lot of this stuff merely recirculates. Still, the market seems to be huge.
I once thought that pedophilia was a rather rare abberation; I begin to wonder.

If they're selling the stuff through the net, the market can be huge even if it is a rare aberration.

 

[shemp]

In other news, the Roman Catholic Church has announced that most of its churches will be closed this Sunday, as there is a sudden shortage of priests available to say mass.

Thank you, I'll be here all week, try the veal!

 

[skeptifem]

It's disgusting.

You're right in that determining exact numbers would be difficult to impossible, but I'm certain that there are more out there than anyone previously thought.

Im not so sure.

From what ive read it seems like the average number that a pedophile molests is very, very high over a lifetime, so I think that pedos who actually molest children are not very numerous. they just do a lot of damage.

 

[tumnus]

"Huge pedophile ring busted"

Sorry, I cant read this thread title without snickering to myself: "well, that's karma for ya"

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

So they didn't allow small pedophiles into their ring?

 

[Rasmus]

I have wondered about the true incidence of pedophilia in the population. Every time one of these individuals is busted, it's found that they have collections of many thousands of photos, videos, and so forth.
Admittedly, a lot of this stuff merely recirculates. Still, the market seems to be huge.
I once thought that pedophilia was a rather rare abberation; I begin to wonder.

Thousands of videos and images?

It doesn't seem to be quite so much, if you think about it. I could easily provide you with millions and millions of images and videos of legal pornographic material within a few days or hours.

A consumer here has little need to collect what he watches - the material is free or cheap and readily available. I doubt it has much value for trading stuff, either. Why should I bother to trade anything that I can just grab?

Illegal metarial would be different though: It's relatively difficult to get - so trading is more likely to occur. What a user have will be valuable to others. So he would keep what he hase since it is likely a major way of getting new stuff. Also, he will have to rely on the existing collection for using the material since it is not as readily avaible. Two good reasons to collect stuff that others would just watch once.

Finally, if you look at some numbers about how big the porn industry is I am sure the pedophiliac content will still fade in comparison.

How many images are there in an individual playboy?

 

[Morrigan]

Why is it that not only there are sickos who are sexually attracted to children (which is horrible enough already), but they -need- their pornographic material to be explicitly violent, too? I remember a story that was posted here a while ago, where someone described horrific videos with screaming children. I think I'm going to be sick...

In other news, the Roman Catholic Church has announced that most of its churches will be closed this Sunday, as there is a sudden shortage of priests available to say mass.

Thank you, I'll be here all week, try the veal!

You totally stole that from Fark.com.

 

[UserGoogol]

Why is it that not only there are sickos who are sexually attracted to children (which is horrible enough already), but they -need- their pornographic material to be explicitly violent, too? I remember a story that was posted here a while ago, where someone described horrific videos with screaming children. I think I'm going to be sick...

Child porn with upbeat happy children seems like it would be hard to make, (since it's hard to rape someone without upsetting them) and pedophiles who don't like that sort of thing would probably be drawn towards things that don't get them arrested. (i.e., Simulated child porn and non-pornographic pictures of children.) Thus, the market for "real" child porn would logically tend to skew towards the more violent pedophiles, even if pedophiles as a whole aren't into that sort of thing.

 

[Darat]

When I watched the various news reports of this tonight my stomach turned when I heard that what the site focused on in this investigation was live video streams of children and babies being sexually assaulted. That people could "book" these video streams. I can't remember the last time I've felt so disturbed at a news report. (Probably because I just wasn't expecting that.)

Apparently just over 30 children have been rescued (and that is the only word to use) thanks to this operation. I just really hope they are given the utmost in support for the rest of their lives, it is the least society can do for such victims.