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Why Portugal is a haven for paedophiles - the disturbing backcloth to the Madeleine case
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 10-20-07 | ANDREW MALONE and VANESSA ALLEN

Posted on 10/22/2007 5:02:05 AM PDT by Renfield

......The existence of this so-called "magic circle" of the Portuguese establishment, allegedly involved in an international paedophile ring using boys and girls from Casa Pia, was last week likened to an earthquake waiting to shake Portugal to its foundations.

New allegations about the scale of the network will be put before the country's highest court within the next few weeks.

Amid rumours of links to other paedophile gangs across Europe and the U.S., international experts on child sex crimes and murders are expected to be in court when the case re-opens, four years after a group of victims broke a silence lasting more than 30 years.

But what relevance does this have to the disappearance 170 days ago of four-year-old Madeleine McCann in Praia da Luz, about 280km from Lisbon?

And what does it mean for Kate and Gerry McCann, who have not only had to cope with losing their child, but have also been subjects of a vicious campaign in the Portuguese press to smear them?

It is crucial for two reasons; first because it proves what international crime agencies have long suspected: that Portugal has become a magnet for predatory paedophiles from around the world, using the country's lax laws and preying on the high numbers of poor, abandoned children.....

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: madeleine; mccann; pedophile; pedophilia; portugal
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1 posted on 10/22/2007 5:02:07 AM PDT by Renfield
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To: Renfield
Where is Jacko these days? Wonder if he found his way to Portugal?
2 posted on 10/22/2007 5:08:22 AM PDT by tips up
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To: Renfield
What a horrible article. I wonder if The Franklin Coverup book was right all along?

Carolyn

3 posted on 10/22/2007 5:14:35 AM PDT by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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To: tips up

Portugal was a major player in the buying and selling of human beings from Africa.


4 posted on 10/22/2007 5:15:12 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: CDHart

I’ve never heard of the Franklin Coverup. Care to fill us in?


5 posted on 10/22/2007 5:29:29 AM PDT by Renfield (Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
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To: CDHart

I take that back; I HAVE seen the Franklin Coverup video. I just had forgotten about it.


6 posted on 10/22/2007 5:32:35 AM PDT by Renfield (Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
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To: Renfield
My brother told me about the book years ago. I didn't read it, as I thought it was just too far-fetched. But maybe it's not far-fetched at all. The people in the highest ranks of government and entertainment were supposedly involved.

Carolyn

7 posted on 10/22/2007 5:35:21 AM PDT by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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To: Renfield

There’s probably no connection with the Madeleine McCann case, but Portugal is a strange place and I can readily believe the things about the Casa Pia. Neighboring Spain has had problems, mostly because Eurotrash, particularly Germans and Russians, infest its Mediterranean coast and engage in their usual pasttimes, drug use and sexual perversion, with great abandon. But it has always seemed to me, from things that I have read while in Europe, that Portugal has much more official corruption and a domestic taste for perversion and brutality.


8 posted on 10/22/2007 5:43:02 AM PDT by livius
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To: CDHart

Is that THE Larry King who’s name pops up in discussion about the Franklin Cover-up?


9 posted on 10/22/2007 5:43:11 AM PDT by Joiseydude
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To: Renfield
"Portugal is a paedophiles' paradise...If all the names come out, this will be an earthquake in Portugal. There is a massive, sophisticated network at play here - stretching from the government to the judiciary and the police.
"The network is enormous and extremely powerful. There are magistrates, ambassadors, police, politicians - all have procured children..."

When I opined this I was smacked down for having no evidence and compared to a flying saucer theorist. Thread here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893996/posts?page=150#150

10 posted on 10/22/2007 5:45:04 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Call me a pro-life zealot with a 1-track mind.)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Correction, when I opined similar. The quote is from the article referenced in the opening post.


11 posted on 10/22/2007 5:48:57 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Call me a pro-life zealot with a 1-track mind.)
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To: Joiseydude
I don't know.

Carolyn

12 posted on 10/22/2007 5:52:51 AM PDT by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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To: CDHart

It’s not. Unless LK got a seriously bad tan.


13 posted on 10/22/2007 5:55:12 AM PDT by Joiseydude
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Nope - not the same Larry King - this one is a banker.

Just Googled the whole affair and am intrigued — mostly by the fact that King had a default judgement against him for $1 million in damages on the basis of not showing up for court. The allegations?

“kidnapping, mind control, satanic ritual abuse, and sexual abuse, and alleged various personal injuries, both physical and psychological.”

Seems like pretty heavy stuff to just ignore completely, especially when its part of legal action against you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_King


14 posted on 10/22/2007 5:57:11 AM PDT by sbMKE
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To: Renfield

Look for it on Wikepedia. You might find it interesting.


15 posted on 10/22/2007 5:58:17 AM PDT by LottieDah (Democrats, AlQaeda and the ACLU working together to destroy America)
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To: LottieDah
It was interesting - but the consensus appears to be that it was a hoax? I think there's more to it than that.

Carolyn

16 posted on 10/22/2007 6:42:48 AM PDT by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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To: CDHart

I listened to shortwave stations in the early 1990s so I know what you are talking about


17 posted on 10/22/2007 6:44:35 AM PDT by dennisw (France needs a new kind of immigrant — one who is "selected, not endured" - Nicholas Sarkozy)
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To: Renfield
Why Portugal is a haven for paedophiles - the disturbing backcloth to the Madeleine case

I thought the parents doped her and then got rid of the body?

18 posted on 10/22/2007 6:52:21 AM PDT by montag813
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So did we! Remember Linda Thompson, and Robby Noel who told the world what would happen in Rhodesia? Brings back some memories.

Carolyn

19 posted on 10/22/2007 7:06:18 AM PDT by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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To: CDHart

devvy kidd??

Robby was a Freeper. Good guy and has a serious net presence. Gold bug so prolly a millionaire several times over by now. What an accent - must drive the women crazy


20 posted on 10/22/2007 7:13:00 AM PDT by dennisw (France needs a new kind of immigrant — one who is "selected, not endured" - Nicholas Sarkozy)
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