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65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

icyfroth — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:29:54 GMT

NSW police say two teachers, a priest and a former priest have been arrested as part of a global investigation into a Canadian-based child pornography ring.

Six Australian children are among the 386 around the world who have been removed from harm, they say.

More than 340 suspects around the world, including 65 Australians, were arrested during the swoop that was led by Toronto police.

The three-year investigation was announced by Canadian authorities on Thursday night.

The 65 Australians arrested have been charged with 399 offences.

In NSW they include a 42-year-old school teacher arrested at Cowra on July 24 and another 42-year-old Emu Plains teacher arrested on August 7.

A 72-year-old retired Catholic priest was arrested at Lake Haven on the Central Coast on August 20 and a 57-year-old priest was arrested at The Rocks on July 29.

They have all been charged with possessing child abuse material and using a carriage service to access child pornography and remain before the courts.

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The Scope of that is just mind-boggling. And the high-profile type of people in trusted positions is just sickening.

Where do they find the children, who supplies them? Are they some other parent's Maddie?

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

polksaladallie — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:37:55 GMT

I heard a detailed article on the radio this morning about this. The men ranged from 25 to 72, and included teachers, priests and police officers. The Canadian man payed men in Eastern Europe and elsewhere to film the abuse of these boys. He has made $4 million over a few years. 6 children in Australia have been rescued. It has always been occurring (these rings), but the internet has made it so much easier now.

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

***super_nova*** — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:42:37 GMT

I do not think the kids were kidnapped; it was the parents/parent/guardian or a relative who would have used them this way. Yes, it is absolutely mindboggling the scope.

But I cannot say it surprises me, over the years I have met number of people who were at some time placed in foster homes, and large proportion of them said that they were abused there. One lady I know well (she used to live next door for years) was placed in foster home because as a 10 years old her father raped her, and the man in the foster family did the same, and she was too frightened of him to say anything.

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

*crikey*mate* — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 01:04:11 GMT

your title is very misleading, ya know?

it wasn't just porn, it was kiddie porn!

and I do believe in Capital Punishment. Shame they weren't caught in texas etc...

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

icyfroth — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 01:14:32 GMT

@my*mum wrote:
your title is very misleading, ya know?

it wasn't just porn, it was kiddie porn!

and I do believe in Capital Punishment. Shame they weren't caught in texas etc...

Oh so sorry you don't approve of my title! It was C&P'd straight off the news site. Made ya look though didn't it?

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

icyfroth — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 01:16:50 GMT

@polksaladallie wrote:
I heard a detailed article on the radio this morning about this. The men ranged from 25 to 72, and included teachers, priests and police officers. The Canadian man payed men in Eastern Europe and elsewhere to film the abuse of these boys. He has made $4 million over a few years. 6 children in Australia have been rescued. It has always been occurring (these rings), but the internet has made it so much easier now.

Yes it has always been occurring, but the internet has helped in it's proliferation and expansion.

Fortunately the internet has also made it easier to trace them.

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

**meep** — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 01:20:30 GMT

Police Officers....people whose job is to protect them..

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

*elizabeths-mum* — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 01:27:01 GMT

Not only foster homes, super nova. A child as young as 2 can be used in exchange for drugs for years, even until puberty when the appeal lessens, by their biological parents. Probably even younger than 2.

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

*crikey*mate* — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 01:33:00 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
@my*mum wrote:
your title is very misleading, ya know?

it wasn't just porn, it was kiddie porn!

and I do believe in Capital Punishment. Shame they weren't caught in texas etc...
Oh so sorry you don't approve of my title! It was C&P'd straight off the news site. Made ya look though didn't it?

I wasn't being mean! (not intentionally)

on here, where a traffic ticket is trumped up to equal a national crisis, ya just get used to things being over dramatized, so i was a bit surprised at the content of your thread, that's all.

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

polksaladallie — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 01:39:11 GMT

@**meep** wrote:
Police Officers....people whose job is to protect them..

When the police began to experiment with videotapes in child abuse cases, the first two children filmed had been abused by one, a police officer father, and the other child, her grandfather. It is standard practice now I believe, and usually when the perpetrator sees the videotape, he admits to what he has done, and so what follows is made easier.

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

the_hawk* — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 01:51:36 GMT

@**meep** wrote:
Police Officers....people whose job is to protect them..

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

polksaladallie — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 03:47:47 GMT

What corruption?

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

the_hawk* — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 04:08:01 GMT

People in positions off power have been inplicated for decades in SA, one was named many years before charges were ever made

google the name "peter liddy"

and then have a read up and join the dots http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_Murders

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

polksaladallie — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 04:31:58 GMT

Thanks for that. I remember a little of all that and will read it later. This sting has netted people like him and men from all other professions, plus ordinary men including students and old men. The victims were as young as two years old. It took three years to finalise. But there are other rings operating and probably will always be.

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

lakeland27 — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 04:40:49 GMT

@the_hawk* wrote:
People in positions off power have been inplicated for decades in SA, one was named many years before charges were ever made

google the name "peter liddy"
and then have a read up and join the dots http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_Murders

he is my mothers second cousin. he's also related to g gordon liddy, of watergate fame and author of 'will'. also a right wing commentator . i guess that makes them both (very distant) relatives of mine.

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

polksaladallie — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 04:47:48 GMT

@lakeland27 wrote:
@the_hawk* wrote:
People in positions off power have been inplicated for decades in SA, one was named many years before charges were ever made

google the name "peter liddy"
and then have a read up and join the dots http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_Murders
he is my mothers second cousin. he's also related to g gordon liddy, of watergate fame and author of 'will'. also a right wing commentator . i guess that makes them both (very distant) relatives of mine.

Oh Lakeland!! Talk about 6 degrees of separation.

I am related by those 6 degrees to Sean Connery. Not boasting about that, since he is/was a wife basher.

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

***super_nova*** — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 05:11:42 GMT

Yes, it's just ordinary people, like people you talk to, work with, like them, and would not suspect.

Many years ago I worked in a place with this really lovely guy, he was the manager and great boss; always happy to let you have time off if needed. . It was fantastic place to work, he made it friendly and lovely, and everybody adored him. In those times we still got paid in cash on Friday, and many wives of the guys would come in on pay day to get money to do the weekly shopping. They all had 2 -3 kids, and they would all run into the boss's office and he would give them lollies, and sit them on his lap, and everybody was saying what a great guy B. is, and how fantastic he is with kids. I also liked him very much, but after while I started to feel that there was something somewhat creepy about the way he was with the kids. Anyway, after few years I left but occasionally would drop in if I was in the area. Then one day I got there and B. was not there; when I asked about him, there was this dead awkward silence, then I was told he is gone, but nobody would tell me where or why. I always wonder.............

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

polksaladallie — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 05:16:31 GMT

Ah, yes. The "sitting on the lap" scenario. Beware of some Santas.

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lakeland27 — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 06:02:41 GMT

sean a wife basher ? i must read the wrong material . one of the now no -longer named 'persons of interest' from Hewks link had a specialist antique business on unley road, the bus stop was out front of his shop. the unley high students used to queue for the bus there. i wonder if julia saw him ? i'm not convinced liddy was involved there .

Re: 65 Aussies arrested in Canadian porn bust

**meep** — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 06:25:35 GMT

@polksaladallie wrote:
Ah, yes. The "sitting on the lap" scenario. Beware of some Santas.

how do you know which ones to beware of?

i came across bad santa once......he was drunk too....