Counter Pedophilia Investigate Unit

Panama Star PANAMA. The number of pornographic videos involving minors has increased dramatically according to a report of the Judicial Investigation Department (DIJ). It receives an average of two movies a month.

Several investigations have revealed that behind the production of these pornographic videos with children are adults who profit from their sale. The most shocking factor is that some of the blue videos are recording by minors using the cameras of their cellular phones. The authorities confirmed that many of these videos were recorded in schools and asked teachers and parents to control the use of cellular phones.

According to the DIJ report, what is more worrying is that this child pornography is finding its way on the Internet, which constitutes a more serious crime.
In November 2007, the daily El Siglo reported that a net of pornographers were selling DVDs of minors performing lurid acts in David, Chiriqui province. The video was filmed in a local school.
This is an ongoing problems that the authorities trying to contain, but due to the financial rewards and the secrecy surrounding crimes involving minors it is difficult to detect and arrest the culprits.
Child pornographers face a sentence of between seven to ten years.

A West Australian man accused of possessing more than 700 child pornography images has been described as ‘a bit of a sick puppy’ during an appearance in Perth Magistrate’s Court.

Bradley Pen Dragon, 49, is alleged to have stored the images on computer thumb drives.

Today, Pen Dragon appeared in court on charges of possessing child pornography.

In applying for bail, his lawyer told the court her client was innocent until proven guilty, and if he was remanded in custody it would limit him moving forward in his life.

But the police prosecutor opposed his released, describing Pen Dragon as ‘a bit of a sick puppy’ who had two prior recent convictions for possessing child pornography.

Magistrate Steven Malley said the nature of the offences combined with Pen Dragon’s record indicated he posed a serious risk to the community.

He was remanded in custody and will appear in court again next month.

A children’s charity says a huge shortfall in counselling is leaving thousands of sexually abused young people struggling to recover.The NSPCC says many services are so overstretched that they are being forced to close their books.

It found fewer than one support programme per 10,000 children in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

MP George Galloway has revealed he was abused as a child, as he backed new checks for adults working in schools.

The NSPCC said there were up to 88,500 sex abuse victims across the UK.

The charity’s report found that when therapy was available to young victims, there could be a delay of up to a year on waiting lists.

Sexual abuse can have devastating consequences for a child but it remains a low priority Debbie Allnock NSPCC

And teenagers were particularly likely to miss out on counselling because they were considered too old for a child protection plan but too young for adult services.

Often therapy was offered too late, when a child was already showing the effects of the abuse, and a gap was identified in provision to deal with rape and sexual abuse.

The NSPCC’s Debbie Allnock, who led the research, said there was a need for “huge investment” into therapeutic services for children. (more…)