PARENTS CHARGED IN PORN RING

PFMLIT BELGIUM, CALIFORNIA, DENMARK, ENGLAND, FAMILY MEMBERS, General, GERMANY, GOOD POLICING CATCHES SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS, INTERNATIONAL, INTERNET OFFENDER CASES, SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS IN POSITIONS OF TRUST, SWITZERLAND, TEXAS

U.S. Customs Service officials announced charges Friday against 10 American and 10 Europeans involved in the club, a group of parents who sexually molested and photographed their own children and swapped pictures over the Internet.  Forty-five children were victimized, including 37 Americans ranging in age from 2 to about 14.  The suspects are men except for Bente Jensen of Denmark, who was charged along with her husband, Eggert.  Among the U.S. citizens charged since January are chiropractor Lloyd Alan Emmerson of Clovis, California, who has pleaded not guilty, and eight others named in a federal indictment unsealed Friday in Fresno, California.  Jeffrey Naimo of Killeen, Texas, has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.  This was a joint investigation with the Danish National Police that reached Belgium, Germany, England, Switzerland and the Netherlands.  More arrests are expected.  Authorities are still trying to identify children in some of the pictures.

(Washington)