jackflash wrote on Mar 20
th, 2011 at 6:32am:
You weren't a member here when this thread was posted.QUOTE.
Been snooping Jack just like you do on the internet with kiddie pictures.
Well tell me this if I had kiddie pron on my computer or even went to any kiddie pron sites how come I wasn't I wasn't taken away the other day when the police broke that pedophile ring on Thursday and why would I still have a computer?
Quote:Seventeen of the 31 Australians involved in a worldwide pedophile ring have already been sentenced to terms ranging from eight years' jail to 150 hours of community service.
So far, 184 people have been arrested and 230 children - four of them Australians - rescued from members of the Netherlands-based website Boylover.net.
A 25-year-old Sydney man from Eastwood was sentenced to eight years in 2010 on multiple charges including three counts of having sex with a child, while Victorian Bryan Cooper is serving seven years for procuring boys for sex.
A judge described Cooper's crimes as "sheer filth" when sentencing him last month.
Cooper, 25, from Maryborough, assumed the online alias of a 14-year-old to groom children for sex.
Sydney man David Anthony Hudson, 40, from Russell Lea, was jailed for his role in an international child sex tourism ring and is spending a minimum five years and seven months in jail for offences against a Thai teenager.
George Iliakis, a former teacher from exclusive Brighton Grammar in Melbourne, sent videos and pictures of young boys to other members of the ring, which at its height had 70,000 members.
Iliakis, who is serving a minimum two-year sentence, handcuffed and gagged boys before photographing them for his sexual gratification.
Two Melbourne members of the ring were sentenced to 150 hours' community service and a five-month suspended sentence for possessing child pornography.
Five more Australians in the ring are before the courts, while three have been charged but are yet to appear.
The suspects came from many walks of life, including Scout leaders, lifesavers and teachers, and ranged in age from 19 to 84.
The 84-year-old lives in Thailand and has been charged with "contact sex" offences.
Melbourne music teacher Philip Alan Reid was jailed in 2008 for two years and three months, with a minimum of 15 months, for possessing child porn.
Reid had written notes on grooming children for sex, including one headed: "You don't need to sexually seduce children - if you give them enough time they will seduce you."
A federal police spokeswoman told AAP that four of the Australians held high-level positions within the ring.
Perth accountant Ralph Ian Assheton, who is believed to be one of the high-ranking members, pleaded guilty last year to using the internet to access child pornography and was jailed for two-and-a-half years.
Police say details of the investigation have been kept secret until now for operational reasons.
Operation Rescue began in 2007 and involved police from Australia, the US, New Zealand, Europol, the Netherlands and Canada along with investigators from Britain's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.
"With over 200 children removed from harm globally, we imagine an even larger number of children were safeguarded elsewhere in the world," said Grant Edwards, the manager of investigations at the Canberra-based high-tech crime lab.
"We will never know the total figure due to it being such a limitless crime. Global law enforcement is working together internationally to protect children wherever they may be in the world."
Commander Edwards said inquiries were continuing, with many suspects still being tracked online and leading police to other websites.
More arrests are expected, including in Australia, as investigations continue.
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