Category Archive for : ‘INTERNATIONAL’

The most emotive subject is about where to house paedophiles and other serious offenders in the community after their release from prison.

Two German men, believed to be the leaders of an international ring suspected of involvement in the sexual abuse of children, have been arrested.  They are suspected of abusing children, since 1993, between the ages of 3 and 14.

Eric Millar, 47, an RUC constable, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for rape in Belfast Crown Court.  He was convicted of raping a woman several times over a five year period, the rapes began when she was 15.  He was suspended from duty following his arrest.

Japan’s lower house of Parliament today banned the production and sale of child pornography and outlawed sex with a minor, answering mounting criticism over the country’s lax sex-crime laws.  The new law bans the sale, distribution, production, possession and trading of child pornography and imposes punishments of up to three years in prison or fines of up to $24,400 for violators.  The legislation also makes it illegal to have sex with a minor 17 or younger.  Violators will face a prison term of up to three years and fines of

German police are developing an Internet search engine that will hone in on illegal activity on the Web, including pedophile networks and neo-Nazi propaganda, and lead detectives to those who publish or even view such sites.  

(Bonn, Germany)

Fifty men from the city’s religious, professional and business establishments were found by CBS Radio News who say they were victims of a pedophile ring in Cornwall, Ontario.  The men claim they were abused by about 20 people.  The ring has been preying on boys for more than 40 years.  This ring includes priests, lawyers, parole and police officers, teachers and business executives.  The ring members all had one thing in common – the church.  Documents show a local bishop agreed to an arrangement whereby a victim was paid $32,000