• http://www.msnbc.com/local/WCMH/70455.asp
Man arrested for having child pornography.
December 15, 2000
• Child sex trafficking on rise in South Africa
By Steven Swindells JOHANNESBURG, SA
South Africa's child sex industry is growing because of legal loopholes that allow child exploitation to go unpunished, welfare groups said on Thursday. South African rights group Molo Songololo released a report that gave details of economically desperate and violent parents selling children as young as four to local and foreign crime syndicates who then forced them into a burgeoning sex trade. "The trafficking of children for sexual exploitation is increasing because there is more demand, mainly from men from here and overseas," Karin Koen, chief reseacher at Molo Songololo, told Reuters. Prosecutions for paedophilia in South Africa are rare and welfare groups fear the country may emerge as a safe haven for so-called "sex tourism" after signs that authorities in Asia and Europe are clamping down on the practice. A Cambodian court this week sentenced a British headmaster to three years in prison for filming girls as young as eight performing lewd acts for a video. Separately, a Frenchman was sentenced last month to seven years in jail after a landmark court case found him guilty of child rape during a "sex holiday" in Thailand. "There are reports that there could be 38,000 child prostitutes in South Africa. It may be more. Poverty plays a big part," Koen said. Many child sex workers operate in Cape Town, a tourist mecca which is fast becoming one of the world's top sex tourism destinations, according to the country's welfare department. NO SAFETY NET FOR MINORS Delegates at an international conference on child abuse held in South Africa earlier this year heard that children were often sold to brothels, clubs and individuals in what amounted to modern-day slave markets. Of 2,000 prostitutes arrested in Cape Town, a quarter were minors. Criminal groups from Angola, Bulgaria and Thailand, Chinese Triads and even the Russian Mafia were behind the trade, Molo Songololo said. Children from Mozambique were trucked through the world-renowned Kruger National Park game reserve. Children from eastern Europe, southeast Asia and neighbouring states such as war-torn Angola and crisis-hit Zimbabwe are also regularly smuggled into South Africa, according to police and welfare groups. "These children are typically debt-bonded, sold, abducted and held in captivity," Molo Songololo reported. "The child is used as a surrogate wife, to cook and clean for him. She is raped and sexually and physically assaulted repeatedly," the group said. Separate studies have discovered cases of children who have been orphaned by AIDS ending up in the sex industry and also of children as young as eight bought for a little food. Cases of child prostitution highlighted by the large circulation Sowetan newspaper include a Mozambican mother who was arrested after allegedly renting out her daughters, aged seven and 10, as sex workers on a Johannesburg motorway extension for 200 rand ($26) a week. ($-7.75 rand).
November 26, 2000
• "Self-Regulation of Internet Content"
http://www.bertelsmannstiftung.de/internetcontent/english/frameset_home.htm The project "Self-Regulation of Internet Content" deals with the problem of harmful and illegal content and the protection of minors on the Internet. It's a follow-up to the 1998 Carl Bertelsmann Prize awarded for "Innovation and Responsibility in the Information Society". Starting from the assumption that no nation state, no major Internet industry player, nor any law enforcement authority can handle this complex task on its own, the project takes a coordinated approach in four areas: 1.Self-regulation and the Internet industry 2.Self rating and filtering 3.Hotlines as a feedback mechanism for users 4.Law enforcement and the role of legal provisions in supporting self-regulation Leading academics from Yale Law School (USA), Oxford University (UK), and the universities of St.Gallen (CH) and Wuerzburg (D) were supported by a global network of 25 experts in preparing reports in the four areas. At the Internet Content Summit 1999 in Munich, the Bertelsmann Foundation presented a "Memorandum on Self-Regulation of Internet Content", based on these papers and the comparative Internet User Survey, that was carried out in Australia, Germany, and the United States. After the summit, the international expert network continues its work to facilitate the implementation of a coordinated approach to dealing with harmful and illegal content on the Internet.
November 2, 2000
• Abuse Spurs Illness Years Later
Victims more likely to adopt harmful behaviors
(Click here for the full story)
November 2, 2000
• Survivor Page:
http://www.angelfire.com/ri/survivorconnections/
October 30, 2000
• Congressional Panel says no to filters.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2642392,00.htm
October 30, 2000
• Internet warning as child abuser jailed.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/001024/80/amzsv.html
October 30, 2000
• COPA commission issues report to Congress.
http://www.idg.net/ic_274368_1794_9-10000.html
October 30, 2000
• 1,491 Charged in Internet Pedofilia Case:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001028/wr/crime_pedophiles_dc_2.html
October 28, 2000
• Bus Driver Suspended After Child Porn Charges
http://www.channel4000.com/news/stories/news-20001016-205456.html
October 18, 2000
• ABCNEWS.com Italy Networks Slammed for Child Porn Report
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/italy000928.html
October 9, 2000
• British link to 'snuff' videos
(Click here for the full story.)
October 6, 2000
• Natasha makes the ABC news. The Female of the species. In part one of a two-part series. Find it here. Part two is here. This story generated a LOT of feedback.
June 2 2000
• ABC news. Hacker Groups Attack Net Child Porn.
June 16 2000
• ACPO Returns from Summit Success . The Anti Child Pornography summit was a great success! We at the ACPO extend greetings to all our new friends and allies we made at Techno Security 2000. Together, we have made great progress in the past year, but so much needs to be done to secure the future for our children. The past year's work to strengthen the Reporting and Verification cycle has been a success beyond our wildest dreams and nightmares! With over a thousand reports in the past year, we have seen the number of legitimate child pornography sites reported increase over 5 times from last year. Keep the Reports Coming! This year a new challenge faces us in our fight against child pornography. With the increasing amount of child pornography, and associated child exploitation on the Internet, law enforcement organizations are being asked to investigate and prosecute more cases than there are trained cyber cops and resources to handle. We must support our warriors in the battle to protect our children!
April 28 2000
• ACPO officially recognized as Non Profit Org:
March 15, 2000- March 30
By Admin (Admin) on Thursday, March 30, 2000 - 07:41 pm
As of March 15th in the year two thousand, ACPO has been officially declared a Non-Profit Organization.
Congrats for all the hard work.
• Wired Magazine. Hackers' New Tack on Kid Porn
February 3 2000
