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From: (Carlos cmsahe)
Subject: Re: American child porn ring caught
Date: 19 Mar 2002 09:03:19 -0800
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Read this gringo estúpido:

Atentamente Carlos.
(México se los chinga a pendejos como tu)


http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/netporn020318.html





Attorney General John Ashcroft stands next to a map showing where
investigations into child pornography took place during "Operation
Candyman." (Kenneth Lambert/AP Photo) New Face for Pornography
Authority Figures Caught in &#8216;Candyman&#8217; Internet Porn Ring

By Bryan Robinson



March 19 &#8212; Monday's arrests in "Operation Candyman" revealed a
growing marketplace for child pornography and a different kind of
pornographer: the seemingly upstanding citizen who could be anyone,
including a parish priest or a school bus driver.


Experts say that child pornographers are often perceived as social
outcasts with prior criminal records or a history of sexual assault
who peddle their materials in dark basements. But according to federal
law enforcement officials, many of those arrested in the government's
year-long sting operation on a Internet child porn ring set up by an
e-mail group called "Candyman" included members of the clergy,
teachers, law enforcement officers and others entrusted with caring
for children.
The arrests in "Operation Candyman," experts say, show that child
pornographers &#8212; especially those who use the Internet &#8212; do
not necessarily fit particular profiles or stereotypes.

"They could be almost anyone," said Julie Posey, a Colorado-based
private investigator who runs Pedowatch, an organization dedicated to
preventing online child sex abuse. "I've seen everyone from your
semi-homeless person to teachers to people who live highly luxurious
lifestyles involved in these crimes. They come from all walks of life,
all religions, all races."

Men, Posey said, are more likely to use the Internet for child
pornography but she stressed that women and teenagers have also been
arrested.

The Allure of Anonymity and Opportunity

"Operation Candyman" is not the first to snag respected members of a
community. Authority figures charged with child pornography offenses
over the past year have included:

Calif. Judge Ronald Kline, who faces seven charges of child porn
possession stemming from photos of naked boys allegedly found on his
computers. He also faces charges of molesting a 12-year-old boy.

Rabbi Jerrold Levy of Boca Raton, Fla., who pleaded guilty last
August to two counts of soliciting sex through the Internet and two
counts of child pornography. He was sentenced to six years and six
months in prison.

Fort Lauderdale Detective Byron Matthai faced federal charges of
enticing a child for sex over the Internet. He died last December
before the case could be brought to trial.

Experts say child pornographers are drawn to the Internet because they
believe it can provide them with more anonymity. The Internet gives
them a way of exchanging photos without seemingly attracting attention
to themselves.

"The Net is a way of sending and exchanging more contraband, whether
it be drugs or child pornography," said Eugene Volokh, professor of
law at the University of California in Los Angeles. "It's an easier,
quicker, relatively inexpensive way to send things, you don't have to
meet anyone face-to-face out in the open."

Some pornographers &#8212; especially those outside the United States
&#8212; may use the Internet because they believe they would not be
extradited to face charges if they are caught. But Volokh said, while
pornographers believe cyberspace gives them more anonymity and more
access for exchanging porn or attracting child victims, they also put
themselves at risk. Their transactions leave virtual footprints.

"It is possible to keep logs of all kinds of transactions made over
the Internet," said Volokh. "Purchases, transactions have been easily
tracked. For all the advantages some pornographers believe they have
with the Net, there are also some minuses."

&#8216;Just a Drop in the Bucket&#8217;

That ability to monitor the activity and purchases of suspected child
pornography fueled the success of "Operation Candyman," experts said.

The sting, which began in January 2001, focused on those who set up
the "Candyman" e-mail child porn group and its subscribers. All 56
national field offices of the FBI participated in the investigation.
When Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the operation, 86 people
had been arrested for child pornography and 27 members of the Candyman
e-mail group had admitted to child molestation.

Part of the problem with traditional and Internet child pornographers,
experts say, is that they attract other pornographers who not only
envision their fantasies, but act them out.

"These individuals are collectors. They live within the fantasy. And
that's &#8230; enough," said Reuben Rodriguez, director of the
Exploited Children Unit at The National Center for Missing & Exploited
Children. "But unfortunately, it also fuels the fire of other
individuals who want to prey on children. They look for the
gratification of these images to build that fantasy. And then the
photographs are not enough. And they have to go out and actually do
the real thing."

To help combat the problem, Posey said parents should closely monitor
what their children are exposed to while surfing the Internet so that
they are not lured by suspected pornographers. In addition, she said,
Internet Service providers and law enforcement officials have to find
ways to face the challenge of tracking suspected porn groups.

In addition to the Candyman e-group, the FBI has investigated other
alleged child porn cyberspace groups and expects to make more arrests
in the ongoing sting. Federal officials estimate that there were more
than 7,000 members of the Candyman e-group, with 2,400 subscribers in
foreign countries.

While gratified with the announcement of the arrests, experts say the
child porn rings on the Internet remains a much larger and growing
problem.

"It is such a huge problem," said Posey. "I'm happy to hear about the
80 or so arrests, but that's just a drop in the bucket. &#8230; It's
very easy for these people to get together over the Internet and set
up a group. All it takes is five minutes."

ABCNEWS' Pierre Thomas contributed to this report.


"Johnny Bravo" <> wrote in message news:<o9vl8.16935$>...
> Thursday March 14 10:39 PM EST
> Man Pleads Guilty To Molesting 10-Year-Old
> A 25-year-old Waipahu man pleaded guilty to 33 counts of sexually assaulting
> a 10-year-old girl Thursday in court.
>
> Shane Fernandez initially said he was not guilty, but changed his plea to no
> contest.
> Prosecutors said the abuse came to light last year when the girl's mother
> found videotapes of Fernandez having sexual intercourse with her daughter.
> The mother was Fernandez' girlfriend at the time.
>
> Fernandez is being held at Oahu Community Correctional Center in lieu of
> $250,000 bail.
>
> Prosecutors said Fernandez made more than 100 sexually explicit tapes of the
> girl. They said he also abused the girl's younger sister.
>
> Prosecutors will ask for an extended term at sentencing in May. Because of
> the circumstances they will ask for life in prison.
>
> Questions or Comments
>
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