[URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18442288[/URL]
[QUOTE][B]A retired teacher, members of the armed forces and a scout leader are among 99 people arrested in raids targeting online paedophiles.[/B]
About 140 search warrants were issued by some 40 forces during the UK-wide raids, led by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.
Most warrants related to downloading and sharing indecent images.
[B]Some 80 children were removed from harm, including 20 found at raided properties.[/B]
Operation Tharsley took place over 48 hours on Tuesday and Wednesday, with support from the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca).
[B]
Sex offender breaches
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Those arrested include a pathologist, a firefighter, an activities instructor, government employees, and a referee.
Known offenders who had breached the conditions of the sex offenders register were also held.
[B]Forty-two forces from around the UK made the following arrests:[/B]
Lancashire Police arrested nine people
Two men were held in Northern Ireland
Two were arrested on Merseyside
Police in Dorset made two arrests
Three were arrested by Warwickshire and West Mercia officers
In Kent, four men were arrested in Maidstone, Gillingham, Rochester and Herne Bay
North Yorkshire Police arrested four; South Yorkshire Police held nine men
Two people were held in Peterlee and Bishop Auckland in County Durham
Northumbria Police arrested four men - three from Gateshead, and one from Washington
Devon and Cornwall Police held two in Cornwall and one in Plymouth
Gloucestershire officers arrested one Newent man
Police in Wiltshire arrested two men in Swindon and Great Bedwyn
West Midlands Police in Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Solihull, Sandwell and Dudley arrested three and "safeguarded" four children
Thames Valley Police made two arrests
Jersey Police held one man
Strathclyde Police arrested three
Sussex Police arrested a Bexhill man
Four men were held by Hampshire Police
Two men were arrested near Lincoln and Sleaford
Avon and Somerset officers held two men
Cleveland Police arrested two men in the Middlesbrough area
Humberside Police arrested a man in New Waltham, North East Lincolnshire
Cumbria Police raided a Carlisle house, but made no arrests
[B]
Abuse link
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Officers seized laptop computers, USB storage devices, and digital cameras, according to Ceop's deputy chief executive, Andy Baker.
Mr Baker said pictures would be scrutinised to see identify victims using clues in the background.
"Every image is a crime scene," he added.
Meanwhile, [URL="http://ceop.police.uk/Documents/ceopdocs/CEOP IIOCTA Executive Summary.pdf"]Ceop published a report[/URL] on risks posed by people who download indecent images of children.
It reported a correlation between the viewing of abusive images and sex attacks being committed against children.
[B]
'Sadistic, violent'[/B]Principal analyst at Ceop, Kate Fisher, said abusive internet images were becoming "more extreme, sadistic and violent, and feature
increasingly younger children".
Ceop called for police to prioritise investigating suspects who had easy access to children.
Christian Sjoberg of NetClean, which aims to prevent child sexual abuse content, said: "As police cuts hit home and case volumes increase, crime-
fighting agents attempting to tackle the problem are finding their resources stretched."
"Sophisticated internet use makes the job of child protection increasingly complex, but technology can also hold the key to finding and preventing
those who create and distribute this kind of material."
The raids come as the UK government announces a draft bill to allow details of internet use to be stored for a year, enabling intelligence services to
track crime with modern technology.
Home Secretary Theresa May said: "Communications data is vital for the police in their fight against crime, including serious offences such as child
abuse, drug dealing and terrorism."
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I am so glad that these scum are off the streets.
The list of jobs covered here kind of shows that you never really know who's a sex offender, or even a potential one... makes you feel kinda paranoid.
[QUOTE=KirinoKousaka;36334154]The list of jobs covered here kind of shows that you never really know who's a sex offender, or even a potential one... makes you feel kinda paranoid.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it's weird feeling like anyone could be and there's no real way to know.
Somebody was abusing paedophiles?
Really minor point, but I kind of wish the media would use terms like "child molester" or "child predator" in place of pedophilia.
One does not necessarily imply the other; though the former implies the latter with large margins of certainty (which is to say most all child molesters are pedophiles), the latter does not imply the former (which is to say not all pedophiles are child molesters).
More importantly, pedophilia in and of itself is not a crime.
Child molestation and viewing / supporting child pornography, however, is.
That being said, this is good news. Child molesters and child predators need to be found and dealt with according to the severity of their crimes (which is to say rehabilitation / treatment for minor crimes, and other forms of judicial justice for greater crimes).
and 98 of them were star trek fans
[QUOTE=Killoch0;36334179]Somebody was abusing paedophiles?[/QUOTE]
What would make you say a thing like that?
[QUOTE=valkery;36334195]What would make you say a thing like that?[/QUOTE]
"Ninety-nine arrested in [I]paedophile abuse[/I] raids"
[QUOTE=J!NX;36334202]"Ninety-nine arrested in [I]paedophile abuse[/I] raids"[/QUOTE]
Okay. Valid enough. Sorry for the confusion. Take it out on BBC.
[QUOTE=Gmod4ever;36334191]Really minor point, but I kind of wish the media would use terms like "child molester" or "child predator" in place of pedophilia.
One does not necessarily imply the other; though the former implies the latter with large margins of certainty (which is to say most all child molesters are pedophiles), the latter does not imply the former (which is to say not all pedophiles are child molesters).
More importantly, pedophilia in and of itself is not a crime.
Child molestation and viewing / supporting child pornography, however, is.
That being said, this is good news. Child molesters and child predators need to be found and dealt with according to the severity of their crimes (which is to say rehabilitation / treatment for minor crimes, and other forms of judicial justice for greater crimes).[/QUOTE]
I think usually, they'll say "child molester". In cases where a person has been arrested for having or distributing child pornography but not actively being involved in its creation, they say "pedophile" which is correct, since no molestation took place.
God damn, I cannot believe I just typed that.
Good. I hope they rot in prison.
[QUOTE=Groat;36334268]Good. I hope they rot in prison.[/QUOTE]
Personally, I'm kind of torn on the issue.
The article claims that the majority of the warrants are for downloading and sharing child pornography.
While I certainly agree that people who share downloaded child pornography or pay for child pornography (meaning that they are providing means for the creation and distribution to continue) should be dealt with with a strong hand, and those who create and professionally (for pay) distribute pornography should be dealt with incredibly severely, I am less inclined to be so harsh for those who download without any money being exchanged.
While certainly not always the case, and I won't try and white knight or defend those who do this, but not all pedophiles are active molesters or predators. Some of them just have a psychological attraction that they can't resist - it's not their fault they have such attractions. I would propose there are many pedophiles out there who download the material while feeling guilty for what they're doing, being driven purely by sexual impulses they can't control.
I personally think that if they aren't paying anyone, meaning that they are not providing means for the propagation of the material, they are not sharing the content with anyone else (for free or for pay, not even among friends or acquaintances), they aren't harming or hunting children in any active and immediate way, and they are [b]only[/b] viewing images that they downloaded [b]for free[/b], they shouldn't be instantly vilified to the extent that the creators and professional distributors of the pornography are.
These people are sick (relative to Western norms, anyways), and need help. It's not their fault they have such attractions, and some of them are trying to do no more than satiate their own impulses. While there are certainly pedophiles who refrain from transacting money simply because that's more illegal than sticking to free content (or they're cheap) - and this grace I am providing does not apply to these individuals, let this be clear - there are some who download the free content because they are opposed to the concept of the abuse (physical, emotional, psychological, what have you) involved in the creation of such images; they simply need an outlet.
Basically, I feel that the individuals whose disgust for the content is overpowered by their uncontrollable urges shouldn't be vilified nearly as much as others in this field.
[QUOTE=Gmod4ever;36334396]Personally, I'm kind of torn on the issue.
( much as others in this field.[/QUOTE]
Pedophile mastermind right here
[editline]14th June 2012[/editline]
Pre tending you are torn between them
Just like those kids torn butt holes
The perfect crime
I'm guessing that out of the 99 pedos, a bitch ain't one, am I correct?
... I think I hurt myself making that joke, and I totally deserve it.
Shell out your Jay-Z jokes, fellas.
And your Nena jokes.
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