Counter Pedophilia Investigate Unit

Although offering more opportunities for education and information than at any time in history, the Internet has also amplified the scale and potential of threats to children, says a new report from UNICEF’s Innocenti Research Centre.

Child Safety online: Global challenges and strategies aims to provide a better understanding of the risks faced by young people online, and presents a framework for protecting them from the triple-headed dangers of child abuse images, online grooming and cyberbullying. (more…)

MANILA, Philippines — he Department of Education will soon come out with a more comprehensive child protection policy to shield the child against abuse, exploitation and discrimination including bullying and other forms of violence against children in school.

Education Secretary Armin Luistro said school personnel and the public in general must be reminded that corporal punishment and violence in any form is not allowed in public schools whether committed by adults or the children’s peers.

“We reiterate that school personnel who commit such acts are violating the provisions of Batas Pambansa 232 and that they can be held criminally liable including dismissal from the service,” added Luistro. (more…)

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — A sex sting operation in Skagit County netted two men police said were trying to have sex with underage girls.One of the men volunteered at an Oak Harbor Elementary School.The parents of children at Hillcrest Elementary received an email from the superintendent, informing them about the arrest of a volunteer who spent a very limited amount of time at the school and didn’t have the opportunity to be alone with children.That man is accused of communication with a minor for immoral purposes, attempted rape of a child and commercial sexual abuse of a minor. (more…)

Collection contained 176,000 images

LANCASTER, Ohio – A Fairfield County man caught with what authorities described as a “mind-boggling” collection of child pornography was sentenced yesterday to nine years in prison.

Richard E. Wood, 59, of Baltimore, told county Common Pleas Judge Richard E. Berens that he was sorry.

The mother of a victim stood up to confront Wood. “What you have done is unforgivable and may God help you,” she said.

The Dispatch does not identify victims of sexual abuse. (more…)

A Brisbane man has been sentenced to three years’ jail for defacing internet tribute pages set up for two slain children.

Bradley Paul Hampson, 29, pleaded guilty to seven charges, including distributing child exploitation material and using a carriage service in an offensive way.

The court heard he posted pornography and offensive comments on the Facebook pages set up for Bundaberg girl Trinity Bates, 8, and Brisbane boy Elliot Fletcher, 12.

Elliot Fletcher died after being stabbed at his Brisbane school, and Trinity Bates was abducted from her Bundaberg home and murdered

The Facebook pages established to honour them were apparently defaced within hours. (more…)

A Newmarket man should be labelled a dangerous offender because of the brutality associated with his crimes and an inability to control his sexual desire for children, prosecutors say.

Matthew Byers, convicted in 2007 of plotting to kidnap, rape and murder a child, is a moderate to high risk to re-offend, Crown prosecutor Nadine Courville told a Barrie courtroom Thursday.

Mr. Byers’ risk cannot be managed in the community, said Ms Courville, who is co-prosecuting the case with Marcy Henschel.

Mr. Byers was arrested in 2005 in a wooded area near Glen Cedar Public School in Newmarket. He was found with a backpack containing child pornography, condoms, duct tape and electrical wire.

Police later discovered writings at Mr. Byers’ home, graphically detailing plans to violently sexually assault, torture and murder an 11-year-old girl, identified in court records as the daughter of one of Mr. Byers’ female friends. (more…)

NATIONAL POLICE arrested a 20-year-old man in Viator (Almeria) who had threatened at least 600 girls between 12 and 17 via social networking sites since 2007. He had created more than 500 profiles using the same number of e-mail addresses, then threatened to post pictures of the girls on porn sites or infect their computers with a virus unless they sent him pictures of themselves nude or posed for the webcam.

A search of his home revealed almost 1,000 videos, links to child pornography sites and photos of naked girls. The investigation began after a 12-year-old girl in Oviedo reported that she had been threatened.

The detainee has been set free with charges of corruption of minors, threats, coercion and revealing secrets.

Source: EuroWeeklyNews

NAMPA — From kindergarten to high school, bullying is something that affects kids all across the country.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recently designated bullying as a “National Health Crisis,” affecting three million kids a year.  One Nampa teen knows all too well the devastating effects a school bully can have.

Sixteen-year-old Nicole Clark considers herself a typical teenager.

“I had my friends, I enjoyed going to school, I was a good student — straight A’s,” said Nicole Clark.

She was a sprinter on her school’s track team and even participated in the Miss Teen Idaho pageant. But things at school quickly changed for Nicole. (more…)

State police say child predators are using internet games to stalk your child.

Many children these days are using an Xbox, PlayStation, or computer to play games with strangers.

Police say predators are aware of this and have moved from the chat rooms to the gaming rooms to establish relationships with kids.

They say the predator will offer praise and tips to the gamer to win approval from the child and the relationship escalates from there.

Police say if there is wireless internet in your home, put a password on it so that your kids can’t get online to chat without you knowing about it.

Authorities also suggest putting passwords on your child’s hand-held gaming consoles like the PSP, iPod Touch and Nintendo DS. All have wi-fi connections.

Source: Wilx.com

By STABROEK STAFF
Dear Editor,

2011 has started very badly for women and children in Guyana. Two women have already been murdered by their male partners; another woman lies in hospital seriously injured from multiple stab wounds inflicted by her partner; an 11-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a police officer at the BV police station; a 9-year-old boy committed suicide; a male and female student from one of the most prestigious schools in Guyana were filmed having oral and penetrative sex; a teacher has been charged for sexually assaulting female secondary school students. And these are only the cases that have been reported in the media. We are less than two months into a new year and it already seems as though domestic violence, gender-based violence and child abuse are set to continue unabated.

It is alarming to read in SN of February 17 that according to Vanessa Francis, repeated reports of domestic violence, including serious threats from her former reputed husband to the Cove & John police station, never resulted in arrests or charges being laid. The Commander, officer in charge of Cove & John and the Commissioner of Police must explain what investigation was done and why this attempted murderer was not charged and placed before the court. (more…)