Counter Pedophilia Investigate Unit

Kristy was killed because his attackers thought he was a witch, yet we should not view this abuse differently from other forms

The murder of Kristy Bamu, tortured to death because his attackers believed he was a “witch”, has been greeted with disbelief and horror.

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UK business and local councils are increasingly at risk from paedophiles using their networks to spread child sexual abuse images and videos, according to new research.

In a report entitled Cleaning Up Britain (PDF), software company NetClean highlights a growing problem of paedophiles sharing illegal images and videos via the networks of unsuspecting organisations, introducing them to employers’ systems via USB drives and other portable devices.

According to figures supplied by the UK police’s Child Exploitation & Online Protection centre (CEOP), 66 per cent of those caught with child sex abuse material have no previous criminal record – enabling them to operate undetected in corporate environments.

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(CBS/AP) BANGOR, Maine – A week after being sentenced on federal child pornography charges, Julie Carr, a woman who sexually abused a 2-year-old girl while a man in the United Kingdom watched live via webcam, received an additional 15-year sentence from a state judge Tuesday.

Carr was sentenced last week to 20 years in federal prison. On Tuesday, Judge Bruce Jordan imposed the additional penalty for gross sexual assault and sexual exploitation of a minor. The sentences will be served concurrently.

According to CNN, the victim was Carr’s youngest daughter.

The 33-year-old pleaded guilty to the charges earlier Tuesday.

Officials in the state of Maine were alerted in June 2009 after police in West Midlands, England, came across four video clips, recorded by Nicholas Wilde, while investigating another child pornography case.

Carr, who became the subject of dual state and federal investigations, told federal officials that Wilde “conned” her into performing oral sex on a girl while he watched.

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An Oroville registered sex offender pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to receipt and distribution of child pornography.

Donald Wayne Johnson, 46, faces no less than 15 years and up to 40 in prison, according to the Department of Justice.

On Nov. 11, a repairman fixing Johnson’s printer called Butte County Sheriff’s deputies after he found animated images of child pornography on the printer, according to court documents.

During a search Johnson’s home, officers found two computers and multiple thumb drives, memory cards, and CDs that contained more than 3,000 images and videos depictions of minors engaged in sexual conduct, according to court documents.

Johnson was convicted in 1991 in Sacramento County of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor under the age of 14 and since had to registered as a sex offender.

The Sacramento Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force conducted the investigation. The task force includes agents from federal, state, and local agencies. The group investigates online child exploitation crimes, including child pornography, enticement, and sex trafficking. Assistant United States Attorney Kyle Reardon prosecuted the case.

The Department of Justice filed the case as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

People can get more information on the project at www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

United States District Judge John A. Mendez on June 7. Along with prison, he faces a lifetime term of supervised release and a $250,000 fine.

Source: ORO VILLE

By Ben Rooney

Child sexual abuse images are a heinous problem on the internet which have persisted despite years of effort to purge them. Now a Swedish company is offering an innovative approach that can match any image against a database of known child pornography regardless of the source of the image, or if the computer is online.

NetClean’s approach is based on image recognition, but differs from previous image-based pornography filters. Early attempts used AI to try to discern the contents of an image, typically looking for certain outlines and tonal values. Such approaches are unable to discern between legitimate pictures, e.g. a nude, and pornography.

Other attempts include blocking sites by IP address or domain name. These are not particularly effective as pedophile trades often take place either across peer-to-peer networks, or via IRC chatrooms that are open for a few hours only and then disappear.

According to NetClean’s founder, Pelle Garå, their approach is based on capturing the existing knowledge that police forces have, and automating the process. (more…)

A former teacher from Solihull has admitted downloading hundreds of indecent images of children.

Christopher Davis, 43, from Monkspath in Solihull, pleaded guilty to 11 offences at Warwick Crown Court.

His brother Timothy, 38, who was also a teacher, was sentenced on Wednesday for the same offence.

Christopher Davis resigned from St Patrick’s Junior and Infant school following his arrest in August. He will be sentenced next month.

West Midlands Police have said charges in both cases do not relate to physical contact with children in the care of either brother.

Timothy Davis, also from Monkspath, who used to teach at Monkspath Junior and Infants School, was given a three-year community service order and told to complete a sex offenders treatment programme.

Source: BBC News Birmingham

A pervert who downloaded and created child porn pictures on his computer was caught after a police investigation which started thousands of miles away across the Atlantic. Mike Czyzewoski, 37, was snared when efforts to crack a porn ring in Canada and the United States revealed links to the UK, and finally led to a raid on his Stockport home.

When his computer was analysed, police found more than 30 images and pictures stored. Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court heard.

Mike Czyzewoski

Many were classed as extreme pornography, and 11 were indecent photographs of young children.

Czyzewoski was allowed to walk free from court but given a three year community order and ordered to attend a sex offenders’ programme.

Judge Timothy Mort told him: “It is an artificial thought to consider you were not personally involved. Somewhere a child was being subjected to a situation in which they were required to involve themselves in sexual behaviour – something that will scar them for life.” (more…)

SICK images of children as young as two were discovered on a laptop computer and 31 DVDs when police raided a house in Hamble.

When questioned, Paul Bruce was “forthright” with the police about how he had downloaded and looked at the images, said prosecutor Simon Edwards. He told them: “I have never harmed children. I was the victim of a paedophile ring as a child.”

Bruce, 42, of Hamble Lane, admitted 25 charges of making indecent images and possessing them.

Jailing him for 12 months, Judge John Beashel told him: “The children here were all under 13 and some as young as two. You must have known when you saw those images, those innocent small children had been grossly sexually abused to give you perverted sexual pleasure. (more…)

By Sumitha Narayanan Kutty, India Syndicate

The Aarushi saga has us looking back at two similar tales of horror, where the very people who nurtured their child’s life came under the radar for brutally cutting it short.

Six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey's battered, strangled body was found in her house's basement on December 26, 1996.

The JonBenet Ramsey Story: Trial by media?

The JonBenet Ramsey story played out in a small town in Colorado, US in the winter of 1996. It was strongly believed that the parents were responsible for their six-year old daughter’s murder but there was absolutely no proof to back that charge. Fifteen years later, the trail is now icy cold. (more…)

By Angus Howarth

A MUSIC teacher who led a double life as an Internet predator has been given a life sentence.
Andrew Kingsley, known as Olly, pestered youngsters in their early teens for sex and confessed to a fetish for bondage, saying he had handcuffs, rope and a blindfold.

As well as grooming boys he targeted over the internet, Kingsley, 23, even propositioned pupils at the school in Fife where he worked.

After he was led to the cells at the High Court in Edinburgh, a 58-year-old father who exposed Kingsley’s activities after finding messages on his 12-year-old son’s mobile phone said he was “delighted” with the result. (more…)