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Paedophile squad saves girl, 6, from rapist father
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 07/03/2003 | Sean O'Neill

Posted on 07/02/2002 6:29:59 PM PDT by dighton

British investigators flew to America to rescue a six-year-old girl who was being repeatedly raped on video by her father for the gratification of members of a highly secretive internet paedophile ring.

Officers from the national high-tech crime unit discovered the girl’s ordeal - video footage of which was placed on an encrypted website - after the seizure of a computer in Bradford, West Yorks.

Two officers flew to the US and, with FBI agents, local police and a child protection team, raided a house in Georgia. The girl, an only child, was at home with her married parents.

A large amount of computer and video equipment was removed from the house for examination. The girl was taken into care and her father, 31, was arrested.

His wife claimed to know nothing of the abuse her daughter regularly suffered in the family home, although the child’s distress is audible on the video footage.

The rescue was ordered despite the danger that it could have jeopardised an inquiry into the Shadowz Brotherhood, a major internet paedophile gang.

Details of the investigation were given yesterday after raids across Europe in which 30 members of the ring were arrested. Forty-six men have been detained in 12 countries since the inquiry began.

There have been 10 arrests in Britain, including six yesterday, the most important of which was that of a man whose computer led officers to the girl.

At the time of a raid on his house last December, the 29-year-old man was downloading child pornography. While officers were still at the house he received a delivery from Romania of 25 CD-Roms containing child pornography.

During examination of one hard drive, a video clip of the child being raped was found. It was traced to an email address in Georgia used by a man nicknamed “Dead”.

The man is believed to have been an “administrator” in the Shadowz Brotherhood, a club thought to number 70 to 100 people.

A few “administrators” rated other members at one to four stars. The ratings allowed different levels of access to websites.

The brotherhood prided itself on its security. Members were advised how to re-route messages through different internet servers and how to remove all traces of their identity.

But since early 2001, when Swedish intelligence located the club, officers from the high-tech unit have been monitoring it closely.

Hundreds of thousands of still images and video clips have been found, some depicting the torture of children and sexual abuse of babies. More than 60 internet companies have been told to remove material from 244 websites.

“The material is extremely horrific abuse of children,” said Det Supt Mick Deats, head of operations at the high-tech unit.

“Just when you think you have seen the worst, something else comes along. It is a real shock to the system.”

One of those held yesterday, a 25-year-old unemployed man from Staines, Middx, is believed to be one of the group’s leaders.

The others are: an electronics security expert, 58, from Northants; a 62-year-old employee of a NHS trust from Reading, a cleaner, 23, from Wiltshire; an electrician, 26, from Eltham, south-east London; and a 27-year-old jewellery trade manager from Hounslow, west London.

© Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 2002.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Georgia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: evil; monsters
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1 posted on 07/02/2002 6:29:59 PM PDT by dighton
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To: dighton
Which is better: for the perp to die during the arrest, or to be convicted and sent to the State pen?
2 posted on 07/02/2002 6:33:39 PM PDT by polemikos
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To: dighton
If the government had any sense they would sell lottery tickets to get to kill these guys. Raise a lot of money for the victims and set a general example.
3 posted on 07/02/2002 6:36:46 PM PDT by bloggerjohn
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To: dighton; dead
During examination of one hard drive, a video clip of the child being raped was found. It was traced to an email address in Georgia used by a man nicknamed “Dead”.

Hummm.. I would switch nicknames if I was someone...

4 posted on 07/02/2002 6:38:30 PM PDT by LowOiL
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To: dighton
Who says cops don't use restraint.

They did much better than I would have.

5 posted on 07/02/2002 6:43:18 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: polemikos
Better for the perp, or better for society ?

Of course, I hear child molesters don't last very long in prison: they tend to have fatal "accidents". . .

6 posted on 07/02/2002 6:51:22 PM PDT by Salgak
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To: dighton
Incest.  The Next Big Thing.
Followed by Bestiality.  Stay tuned.
7 posted on 07/02/2002 6:51:42 PM PDT by gcruse
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To: polemikos
State pen. Definitely the State Pen.

Shoot, rotate him around to different state pens every couple months for variety.
8 posted on 07/02/2002 6:53:33 PM PDT by El Sordo
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To: polemikos
Which is better: for the perp to die during the arrest, or to be convicted and sent to the State pen?

These should be used on him, then he should be sent to prison.


9 posted on 07/02/2002 6:56:14 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Lowelljr
Ha! I was thinking the same thing as I read that line.
10 posted on 07/02/2002 6:58:23 PM PDT by Aggie Mama
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To: dighton
Italy Politician Calls for Castration of Rapists
11 posted on 07/02/2002 6:58:45 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: dighton
That poor girl. Prayers for her and for the wife if she indeed knew nothing. If she knew something, she needs to fry next to the husband.

I know that this kind of torture has gone on since the beginning of humanity, but it still saddens me to no end that there are people that evil out there.
12 posted on 07/02/2002 7:00:38 PM PDT by Aggie Mama
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To: polemikos
Oh I definitely think it is better to throw him in the pen. I had a chance to talk with a "corrections official" from a maximum security prison in Georgia. I asked him if the stories you hear about are true. He said they sure were, and that prisoners gain stature based on who they kill or rape. Special treatment is reserved for child molesters. As they said in Pulp Fiction, I think they are going to get "medieval" on him. I'm a strong advocate of the death penalty, but before this guy burns in Hell, I think he owes some dues on Earth.
13 posted on 07/02/2002 7:11:41 PM PDT by Rokke
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To: polemikos
The most humane punishment I can think of for this disgusting piece of walking vomit is for him to be sent to the pen so he can serve as Bubba and Tyrone's bit@h.

Every other punishment I can think of includes references to hammers, diagonal pliers, long stretches of wire, dental instruments and electricity. In a perfect world it would take him months after he began to beg for death to die.

Sorry for being so graphic, but this makes my blood boil. Die slowly, you vomit-inducing, wretched, putrid, scum-sucking piece of filth.

14 posted on 07/02/2002 7:14:51 PM PDT by Skooz
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To: Aggie Mama
The wife ALMOST CERTAINLY KNEW. The wives in these cases usually close their eyes to what is happening because they are afraid of the husband, or want to keep him no matter what. He should be executed -- unfortunately that;s not an option. She should go to jail for 20 years, until she cannot reproduce ever again.

As other posters have noted, the "baby rapers" are at the bottom of prison society. They do not fare well in prison. That's terrific.

Congressman Billybob

15 posted on 07/02/2002 7:16:18 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob
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To: dighton
String em up!
16 posted on 07/02/2002 7:16:53 PM PDT by mercy
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To: Skooz
........and another thing, all your boys in the "Shadowz Brotherhood" are cordially invited to have a Shadowz Brotherhood Pride demonstration in front my home, anytime. Just give me 10 minutes notice, mmmmmkay?
17 posted on 07/02/2002 7:18:20 PM PDT by Skooz
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To: Congressman Billybob
I really miss the good old days of torture than execution a la draw and quartering.
18 posted on 07/02/2002 7:18:35 PM PDT by Aggie Mama
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To: dighton
Anybody know where in Georgia this happened?
19 posted on 07/02/2002 7:33:00 PM PDT by Savage Beast
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To: Savage Beast
The article in the link doesn't say. Maybe someone has access to a Georgia paper? This probably did not go unreported locally.
20 posted on 07/02/2002 7:35:24 PM PDT by Skooz
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