Child Sexual Exploitation and the Internet (September 2003)
PERTH
A Perth man has recently been charged with
molesting three girls he met in a webs chat room. Police allege that the 31 year
old man met the three girls aged 14 and 15 via a chat room in February this year
and later asked them to come to his home.
NEW ZEALAND
Child abuse images found on a man’s
computer have been traced back to an orphanage in St. Petersburg, Russia. A New
Zealand court was told that the images originated at an unnamed orphanage in St.
Petersburg involved in the sexual abuse of pre-school children.
UNITED KINGDOM
British police have found that Internet paedophile networks are setting up counter-intelligence to reduce the chances of being arrested to learn more about the monitoring techniques used by the police and internet watchdogs. Some members are also learning counter-surveillance methods to avoid being followed.
CHILD WISE
ECPAT in Australia
September 2003
