Child Porn Sweep Nets 121 Arrests In Spain

Largest Crackdown In Nation's History Involved Raids Of More Than 250 Homes

(AP)  Spanish police arrested 121 people in the country's biggest-ever crackdown on child pornography, seizing discs containing millions of video and photo files shared by a network that distributed them in 75 countries, authorities said Wednesday.

Two of the suspects produced pornographic material themselves using members of their own families, police said in a statement. Those arrested came from all kinds of backgrounds, including pilots, salespeople, porters, taxi drivers and bank employees, it said.

The arrests were made last week and four of those in custody are minors, police said.

Brazilian police helped with the operation, which began in July 2007. A further 96 people have been named as suspects in the case, which involved raids on more than 250 homes across Spain.

Some of the videos and photographs that were seized featured extremely disturbing material, police said.

Most of the suspects are Spaniards, police said without naming the other nationalities. Police said the detainees used peer-to-peer, or P2P, servers to share at least three download sites.

Spanish authorities said they have arrested more than 1,200 people in connection with child pornography on the Internet in the last five years.

[jettskiman]

They should have an international law that states anyone caught with child porn should get the death penalty. To many freekin nuts in this world and we should weed them out to protect the kids.

[phydeux2]

Proisrael -- Sorry to disappoint you, but that old girlfriend of mine was 23 at the time I met her. I was 21.

And sorry lovesamerica, its not your choice who gets rights and who doesn''t. The Bill of Rights covers every American, no matter how much you despise them. So if you TRULY love America as I do, then you''ll see the wisdom in respecting others'' rights even if you wish they didn''t have them.

[dewbug2]

recidivism my aching gonads.....shoot the bun of a sich between the peepers and i GUARANTEE he will never do it again....

[minnick8-2009]

My brother is in prison in Nevada for the continued molestation of his step-daughter over a period of four years. It is doubtful that he will ever be out of prison, and I think he is right where he needs to be.

[minnick8-2009]

I''''''''m not an idiot, and I''''''''m not a pedophile sympathizer. However, I''''''''m also not a vigilante nut with a razor sharp black-n-white view of justice.

Posted by phydeux2

I loved that movie with Salley Field where she listened to the brutal rape of her daughter on the phone and couldn''t get to her and help her. But, in the end, she lurred the perp into her house and killed him. That''s what I would do.

[lovesamerica]

Why can''t moron men keep their pants zipped. NOTHING justifies the emotional and physical abuse done to women,teenage girls and kids. Sick perverts and NO THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN NO RIGHTS!

[phydeux2]

Yes, children are traumatized and some are scarred for life by things that happened to them they couldn''t control. Some kids handle it and grow up well adjusted in spite of their troubled youth, others don''t. But no amount of punishment to the person who did it will change the outcome.

And while I agree a 14-year old doesn''t have the right to consent, I still see it as a lesser offense than the rape of a small child or infant. So the punishment should be different. And I also know that 14 year olds can be quite manipulative in getting what they want, so if they participate in *** with an adult, I feel they should be punished almost as harshly as the adult.

Oh, and these "studies" you refer to that says they WILL re-offend? Could you maybe cite a few of them so I can read them for myself? Maybe back up your claim with some facts. Here''s a fact for you. According to FBI statistics, 85% of all *** offenders released after serving their sentence DO NOT reoffend. And more importantly, more than 60% of *** offenders who assault children are either family member or close relative, not some stranger bogeyman. Feel free to browse the FBI''s data if you don''t believe me.

[barcar55]

You rabid judgementalists are quick to want to scour the earth of pedophiles or even hebephiles (those who like teens), but not once do you think about the damage you''''''''d be doing to the lives of those around that person.

Does that make you that much better than them in the
end?
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What about the rights of the children that these sickos have abused? The children are left with the scars and emotional problems the rest of their lives. A person has given up their rights once they have committed such a heinous crime and deserves whatever they get. I remember seeing on the internet a few years ago in an Arab country where a pedophile abused boys. They took and beat him publicly and then hung him by the neck on a huge crane high in the air for all the thousands gathered to see. That is what is wrong with our society, ever one gets a slap on the wrist or a little jail time and go right back to their sick deeds. If this happened to you or your child you might have a different opinion.

[phydeux2]

PROISRAEL - I''m not defending pedophiles ACTIONS, only their right to live peaceably after they''ve paid their debt to society, and as long as they don''t offend again.

I''ve dated a gal who was sexually abused by both her brother and father growing up. I''ve heard stories of toddlers and babies raped. And while I agree with you these are some of the most heinous crimes imaginable, it STILL doesn''t give you the right to promote vigilante justice.

But people don''t seem to see any difference between the person who rapes a baby, and the person who has consensual relations with a physically mature 14 year old. Isn''t there a huge difference there?

I think if the 14 year old consented, then both should be punished. If it was forcible, the adult should get life in prison or death. If the child is pre-puberty, automatic life in prison or death.

I''m not an idiot, and I''m not a pedophile sympathizer. However, I''m also not a vigilante nut with a razor sharp black-n-white view of justice. And I''ll stand up for a pedophile''s right to live their lives once they''ve paid their due just as I''d stand up for your right to live your life.

[phydeux2]

I apologize Maj. Tom, I didn''t mean to imply that you were joining the lynch-mob mentality running rampant in this thread.

And while the ACLU is fighting for NAMBLA''s right EXIST, they are NOT fighting for NAMBLA to be able to harm children in the process. I don''t know what the point would be of allowing them to exist while not harming children, its a philosophical argument rather than a practical one. I guess next we''ll have "Crack Smoker''s of America" club so they can gather and talk about smoking crack, even if they''re not actually doing it.

And to PROISRAEL - I guess your self-righteous cause is more important than the lives you''d ruin. You''re no better than the guy leading a lynch mob. And if you start with the pedophiles first, then what? Maybe ***? Lesbians? Smokers? Its a slippery slope when you start deeming others'' lives to be worthless. Pretty soon you''ll come up with reasons to get rid of any demographic you don''t like.

And as much as you don''t like it pedophiles have all the same rights you do, and its not your place to take those rights away from them. If they commit a crime, then they will lose their rights and freedoms as the courts dictate. And if those people are released and deemed not to be a threat to the community, then you should allow them to live their lives in peace as long as they''re not hurting you or someone else.

I find it odd that people are more forgiving of murderers released from jail than anyone labeled "*** offender".

[ajmarine111]

Do it again after such drastic measures and it will become neccesary to change your *** altogather and turn you, physically, into women, it now can be done and it WILL solve the problem of repeat *** offenders who cannot control themselves.


Posted by karlagolay at 01:45 PM : Oct 01, 2008



Only men are the problem? Women don''t do any of this behavior?

[petro49l]

The forcible sexual rape of a child is a serious crime. Felons guilty of this crime should be sentenced to many years in prison. Perverts are paranoid schizophrenics who obsess about children.

[hawksprings]

"Just shoot them and get it over with."
Posted by antoniof123

That is too quick and painless.
How about put them naked in the exercise yard of a prison with the general population, and have the guards take the day off.
Then, any that survive can be put in an electric chair set on "Slow Roast."

[gwjackie]

JUST GO TO GEORGE BUSH RANCH OK YOU WILL FEEL WRIGHT AT HOME.

[billpl-2009]

instead of passing around photos...they should
move to texas
build a compound
call it religion
pretend it''s marriage
and have *** with the kiddies all they want.

[phydeux2]

So its really only those TRUE pedophiles, the ones who go after pre-pubescent children, who are an aberration of psychology. And they represent that miniscule minority at one end of the Bell curve of society, while at the very other end you have those who prefer the dead or very elderly.

Fortunately, the vast majority of us like something in the middle. Though personally, I like the gals in their 20s best. :)

[phydeux2]

generey, I''m not a shrink, but I did take a few courses in abberant psych while I was in college. I''ve always had that sort of trainwreck fascination with the mentally disturbed and wondered what made them like that, so I took the courses.

Anyhow, it differs from one person to the next the same way any fetish does. Some people have foot fetishes, knee fetishes, fat-people fetishes, and others at the furthest fringes go for children, the elderly, and the dead. In some cases they feel they''re driven by the perceived "purity" of spirit children have because they''re not yet sexualized by society. Some say they go for the physical as children and teens are either still developing, or at the very least haven''t started to show signs of age.

But what it really boils down to is a desire for power and control and domination. Children are malleable, pliant, and innocently trust in adults because they don''t yet have the capacity for skepticism or suspicion. This is especially true within families, that''s why the VAST MAJORITY of child *** abuse happens in the home and is never reported. Family members have the greatest amount of control and power over children, and those that are abused either think its expected/normal, or are too afraid to speak out for innumerable reasons.

[antoniof123]

Just shoot them and get it over with.

[hbevis]

These kind of people have nothing to offer to the World any more than anyone else. But, the cry-baby liberal people will want to put them in counseling to make them better. It has been shown that this kind of person will just do it over and over again and again. So, we have a problem as to what to do with them. Like I said.................

[generey]

Are there any Psychologists or psychiatrists on here? I just do not understand or comprehend how anyone could enjoy child porn, yet it seems to be a growing trend in our "society". Could anyone explain this?