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CORNWALL, Ont. - Rumours that have swirled around this eastern Ontario city for years that children were abused at the hands of a pedophile ring were neither put to rest nor given credence Tuesday by a $53-million public inquiry report four years in the making. The Cornwall inquiry's official mandate was to examine institutional responses to historical claims of sexual abuse, but the sensational allegation that fuelled it went unresolved in the more than 1600-page report. (CP) |
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McGuinty questions inquiry's price tag Whistleblower - 6 months in jail Inquiry won't hear from another former police officer Public inquiries and the protection of children Cornwall diocese expected to try to derail abuse inquiry Inquiry's first task |
Police, church province failed to protect |
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Pedophiles and sex tourists target Canada Canada is both a source country for pedophiles travelling abroad in search of victims and a destination for sex tourists, particularly from the US. We’re a country whose own women and children - many of whom are aboriginal - are trafficked internally for commercial sexual exploitation. But the traffickers, whether they’re exploiting Canadians or bringing in adults and children from abroad, don’t deliver to only the sex trade. Both domestic and foreign victims are also forced labourers in homes, agricultural fields and sweatshops. (Vancouver Sun) |
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Website prepares abused kids for court CALGARY - A new website funded by the Alberta government aims to help abused children prepare for the ordeal of testifying in court. The Child Witness Court Preparation site can be accessed by children from all over the world and takes them through what they can expect with the help of interactive games, audio recordings and a video tour of a courtroom. (CBC) www.childcourtprep.com |
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The Amber Alert system is "fatally flawed" and in dire need of changes, warns the American child-safety advocate who helped create the original program. Marc Klaas is particularly critical of the rule that apparently stopped Woodstock police from invoking an Amber Alert after Victoria (Tori) Stafford's April 8 disappearance - the need for a description of a suspect vehicle. (Sun Media) MORE: Age another Amber Alert flaw USDJ Guidelines for issuing AMBER alerts AMBER Alert New Ontario Amber Alert guidelines AMBER Alert RCMP Amber Alert |
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Security breaks child porn laws LONDON - Airport security chiefs have been banned from subjecting children to a controversial new X-ray scanner that produces ‘naked’ pictures of passengers because of legal warnings the images may break child pornography laws. Child protection experts have warned that the image produced by the Rapiscan machines may break the law which prevents the creation of an indecent image or pseudo-image of a child. (Daily Mail) Rapiscan Systems Watchdog oks see-through scanners |
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Body-parts registry proposed to fight child porn System targets Internet abusers |
Porn, passwords and rights in the Internet age How to buy parental-control software Looking for signs of sexual abuse Parents take precautions to keep their children safe |
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WASHINGTON - More than 170 people around the globe, including at least 61 in the US, have been arrested in a major operation targeting international child pornographers. Operation Joint Hammer has rescued 11 girls in the US, ages 3 to 13. Authorities found connections between producers, distributors and customers in nearly 30 countries as a single investigation grew to a global inquiry. The investigation, code-named Operation Koala in Europe, was developed when investigators determined that a pornographic video found in Australia had been produced in Belgium. (CNN) PREVIOUS: Child porn network |
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Global child porn network exposed |
French arrest 300 in internet hunt |
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EDMONTON - People trolling the Internet for sexual partners must take reasonable steps to ensure they're not chatting with children, Alberta's highest court has ruled. (Edmonton Journal) |
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Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography. Heinous pictures and videos can be deposited on computers by viruses - the malicious programs better known for swiping your credit card numbers. In this twist, it's your reputation that's stolen. (AP) |
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C of E child abuse was ignored for decades LONDON - Child abuse has gone unchecked in the Church of England for decades amid a cover up by bishops, secret papers have revealed. Information that could have prevented abuse has been "lost or damaged", concerns about individuals have been ignored and allegations have not been recorded. It means that the Church has no idea how many paedophiles are in its midst. Lawyers warned last night that the Church faces a crisis as catastrophic as the one that engulfed the Roman Catholic Church and cost it millions of pounds in damages. (Telegraph UK) |
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Kept secret: why killer paedophile was freed LONDON - Full details of how a convicted murderer was able to abduct and rape a 10-year-old boy only months after being released from prison cannot be made public because of the Data Protection Act, the Parole Board admitted yesterday. The Act prevents personal information relating to dangerous paedophile and murderer Stephen Ayre from being published. (Telegraph UK) |
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Child porn scanner averts cop burnout VICTORIA - Every day, Bob Elder turns on his computer and sees some of the worst humanity has to offer. It's his job to scan the hundreds of thousands of child-porn pictures and videos that Victoria police find on computers around the city. Flipping through a never-ending series of images of exploited young children, often captured performing sex acts, can be a horrific task, even for a veteran cop. (Times Colonist) PREVIOUS: ADF Solutions Triage ID |
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CAS executive puts himself in legal jeopardy HAMILTON - Doing the right thing shouldn't be against the law. When a 14-year-old girl goes missing and is believed to be in danger, the executive director of the Children's Aid Society shouldn't have to go out on a legal limb to try to find her. Everyone -- the CAS, the police, the media and the law itself -- should be working together to bring her home safe and sound. But that's not the way the ridiculously inflexible Child and Family Services Act works. (Hamilton Spectator) |
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Online sexual solicitations down, survey shows NEW YORK - Fewer youths are receiving sexual solicitations over the Internet as they become smarter about where they hang out and with whom they communicate online, researchers said Wednesday. AP - Aug. 10, 2006 STUDY: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children |
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Wi-Fi cloaks a new breed of intruder |
Trial by computer: Digital evidence not always as reliable as it seems |
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Missing schoolchildren feared forced into arranged marriages BRADFORD, UK - Dozens of children are missing from school amid fears they have been forced into arranged marriages. In Bradford, 33 children remain "unaccounted for" after being off school for at least two months with no explanation. The Government is also concerned about another 14 areas of the country where it is feared children under 16 could also be missing from school rolls. (Daily Mail) |
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Domestic Sex Trafficking of Aboriginal Girls in Canada .pdf FBI 'sex tour' site lured predators |
Orphanages in 'children for sale' racket |
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Coach guilty of sexual exploitation CHARLOTTETOWN - A former Charlottetown soccer coach was found guilty Monday of sexually exploiting a teenage girl she had coached. Jillian Anderson was found guilty in Charlottetown provincial court on two counts: sexual touching and invitation to sexual touching. (CBC) MORE: Soccer coach ruling helps to define sexual exploitation |
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Teacher pleads guilty to sexual exploitation Charge dropped against teacher Teacher accused of sex with student |
Strike two for female predator Tennis coach jailed for molesting girl Deaf victims end 40-year silence on child sex abuse Victims demand inquiry into deaf school abuse When Ms. teacher goes after male pupil |
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Healing the scars of sexual abuse MONTREAL - For years, childhood sexual abuse was something rarely talked about. Now that the phenomenon has come out of the closet, a specialized centre that would have been almost unheard of 10 years ago has begun to make a difference for young abuse victims in Montreal. (Montreal Gazette) MORE: Men more likely than women to hide past victimization |
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Marsha to sue Pennsylvania for $100M Mariya Nikolaevna Yashenkova, known in the US as Masha Elizabeth Allen, was five-years-old in 1998 when 41-year-old Matthew Mancuso adopted her from a Russian orphanage and brought her to his home in the western Pennsylvania hamlet of Plum. (Wikileaks) PREVIOUS: Child porn victim speaks out against her abuser |
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Child porn probe releases photo Abuse victim testifies before US Congress Teens film rape of girl on cell phone |
School rocked by assault allegations What's racism got to do with it? Child porn charges laid against teen Child prostitution targeted by measure |
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OTTAWA - Last week federal Justice Minister Robert Nicholson introduced new legislation that, if enacted, will establish mandatory disclosure requirements for Internet providers to report child pornography websites or subscribers they believe are using their service to violate child pornography laws. The second concern arises from the bigger picture shift of the role of Internet providers. (Toronto Star) |
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DA refuses to prosecute 'Catch a Predator' cases Former DA kills self after sex sting operation |
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - A British teacher is facing up to six months in jail after being convicted of defamation for comments she made in exposing pedophiles at a children's charity in Ethiopia 10 years ago. Jill Campbell and her husband Gary Campbell compiled evidence in 1999 that helped convict the director of an Ethiopian orphanage run by the Swiss charity Terre Des Hommes-Lausanne. The charity acknowledged the abuse took place, but brought a successful defamation case against the Campbells for their claims that the charity's senior staff covered up the scandal. (AP) |
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Chad to tighten charity controls CHAD is to review the credentials of all aid agencies operating following an alleged child-trafficking scandal. Six French aid workers remain in custody in N'Djamena awaiting trial after they tried to fly out 103 children for adoption in Europe. (BBC) PREVIOUS: 7 freed in Chad child row Children 'not orphans' French held over Darfur 'adoptions' |
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More than 110 Sri Lankan peacekeepers serving with the UN mission in Haiti are to be sent home over charges that they sexually exploited people, including minors, in the impoverished nation, the United Nations said yesterday. It is the latest in a series of such scandals to besmirch the world body. (Montreal Gazette) |
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UN staff accused of raping children in Sudan UN troops face child abuse claims UN Secretary General's study on violence against children Sex scandal in Congo threat to UN's peacekeepers |
UN probes 'abuse' in Ivory Coast UN investigated over 300 for alleged sex offences UN says scores of Peacekeepers ousted for abuse UN study reveals 'shocking' global child abuse |
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Pedophilia is sexual contact with a child who has not yet reached puberty. Sexual relations with older adolescents past puberty is accurately termed "hebophilia" or "ephebophilia." |
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