Child Pornography

Upwards of 121 people were arrested for child pornography all across Spain, as over 200 homes were raided and millions of computer files, including pictures and videos, were confiscated.

The operation was conducted in cooperation with federal police in Brazil, which uncovered a worldwide file-sharing network that was trading millions of files in 75 countries. The suspects include a worker in Spain's spy agency, the National Intelligence Center (known by its Spanish acronym CNI), and a national police officer. Four of the perverts were under 18; all were men.

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In a court just about an hour away, a man and women were found guilty of selling a 12-year-old girl in exchange for rent.

The man, Dean Sacco, was found guilty on all charges, which include buying a child for sex, sex trafficking of a child and possessing and producing child pornography. He was the landlord. The mother, Linda O'Connor, was found guilty of all charges except possession of child pornography and one of the two counts of coercing a minor to produce pornography.

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I just read a USA Today article regarding a meeting which took place last week in Washington between our Attorney General,the FBI and Google, Microsoft, Verizon, Comcast and other ISPs regarding a new direction in internet data retention.

I knew that a lot was now being retained in Alberto Gonzales fight against child predators but our government now wants the ISPs to hold onto our searches and emails for 2 years. The article says they don't want the contents of our emails but they want all the traffic details along with all our internet searches. After my initial reaction, which probably looked like someone hit by a stun gun, I started thinking about the logistics and legalities of what he's ordering up.

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Huge CHILD PORNOGRAPHY RING Busted!

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- An Internet chat room that streamed video of live child molestations has been shut down and 27 people have been charged with online child pornography offenses, federal authorities said Wednesday.
Justice Department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials still are looking for one suspect after an undercover sting operation shut down a Web site called "Kiddypics & Kiddyvids."

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