Stepfather faces 22 years in jail for ‘hundreds’ of rapes of daughters in Russia
A man who sexually harassed and raped his adopted underage daughters will spend 22 years in jail, a Russian court ruled. The “monster” father reportedly abused the girls more than 900 times before one told her stepmom.
The five girls have apparently lived a family hell for at least five years after they were taken from an orphanage to in the Far Eastern city of Komsomolsk-na-Amure. As reported by Komsomolskaya Pravda, the family had a reputation for being a decent and happy unit. But behind this façade, the 38-year-old stepfather was raping, abusing and threatening the children, who in turn feared to lose the only family they had, a prosecutor revealed to the paper.
The family reportedly had the total of eight adopted children – five daughters and three sons – and received financial help from the government. The couple also reportedly has three kids of their own.
The stepmother allegedly had no idea about the violence going on until one of the girls dared to speak up against the abuser. The woman immediately went to police, who then exposed hundreds of father’s gruesome crimes one by one.
When the father, identified on social media as Viktor Lishavskiy, stood before the court, he did not deny the horrific deeds. Apart from spending more than 22 years behind bars, the man will be reportedly forbidden to any activity linked to bringing up children for 20 years.
The charges were leaked by a public page on Russian social media page Plohie Novosti (“Bad news”). The alleged list contains 248 rape charges and 358 charges of violent sexual acts against minors under 18 years old, as well as 23 cases of the same against kids under 14. He allegedly further committed more than 270 rapes and violent sexual abuses.
The revelations have surely shocked the local community, as the family is said to have actively taken part in local events, won some awards and appeared in the media. Even children’s services that visited the foster family several times a year, as Russian law requires, did not see anything suspicious. Now some of these officials are also reportedly facing a negligence probe.
I should hope so!
Funding approved for the chemical castration of 2,000 convicted pedophiles in Kazakhstan
FILE PHOTO © Frank Bienewal / Global Look Press
Convicted pedophiles in Kazakhstan are facing forcible chemical castration after the government approved funding for 2,000 injections. The first request for the punishment has already been sanctioned.
An unnamed pedophile from the Turkestan region, convicted of child sex offences in April 2016, will undergo the injection under the supervision of the country’s Health Ministry, according to officials.
The man will be the first to receive the punishment under new legislation introduced at the start of this year, allowing chemical castration in cases where a court order is made in consultation with a medical authority.
President Nursultan Nazarbayev has allocated some €23,000 ($27,050) for thousands of the procedures to be carried out, but so far only one has been sought.
“At the moment there has been one request for chemical castration in accordance with a court ruling,” Deputy Health Minister Lyazat Aktayeva said. “Funds have been allocated for more than 2,000 injections.”
Not a one-time injection
When the law was initially passed in 2016, Senator Byrganym Aitimova said that castration would be “temporary,” consisting of a “one-time injection” based on “the necessity of preventing the man from [committing] sexual violence”.
Chemical castration uses anaphrodisiac drugs to reduce the libido and sexual activity of the individual. It’s generally considered reversible when treatment is discontinued.
Kazakhstan will use ‘cyproterone acetate,’ a steroidal anti-androgen developed for fighting cancer, which in commonly used in some European countries for the process.
Child sex crimes carry prison sentences of up to 20 years in Kazakhstan. In 2015, the country’s state prosecutor noted a spike in child rapes with figures doubling to around 1,000 a year in the period between 2010 and 2014.
A number of countries including Russia, South Korea, Poland, Estonia and parts of the US use chemical castration as punishment for convicted sex offenders and pedophiles – in many other cases it is offered to sex offenders on a voluntary basis in return for reduced prison sentences.
Of course, there are ways we can encourage people to volunteer...
Nova Scotia woman, UK man arrested for child sex crime
By YVETTE D’ENTREMONT StarMetro Halifax
HALIFAX—A Nova Scotia woman has been arrested and a United Kingdom man has been charged with child pornography and other sex-related offences.
In a media release Wednesday, Nova Scotia RCMP said the 40-year-old Digby County woman was arrested without incident by Meteghan RCMP on Oct. 4. She is facing charges of making child porn and making arrangements to commit offences of sexual interference and sexual assault.
The woman was released on conditions. She’s scheduled to appear in Yarmouth provincial court on Jan. 4, 2019.
On Oct. 5, the day after the woman’s arrest, Halifax Regional Police arrested Leon Paul Fraser, 44, of Algarkirk, U.K. without incident at Halifax Stanfield International Airport.
He has been charged with making child porn and making arrangements to commit offences of sexual interference and sexual assault. He was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in Dartmouth provincial court on Oct. 11.
In an interview, Nova Scotia RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Jennifer Clarke said there is one child victim who is from Digby County.
“It is mandatory for anyone to report suspected child pornography. Anyone who sees it must report it to police,” Clarke said. “That’s the boilerplate and that still stands. It’s in everyone’s best interest to make sure these people are held accountable.”
The investigation is ongoing. Police remind citizens that failing to report suspicious activity and materials could result in penalties similar to failure to report child abuse set out in the Child and Family Services Act.
The RCMP encourages citizens to be a voice for children who are victims of sexual exploitation by reporting any suspected offences to local police or by using Canada’s National Tip Line for reporting online sexual exploitation of children at www.cybertip.ca.
Revenge porn victim feels delayed police response allowed spread of intimate photos to continue
Brooke Garlow launches complaint with Ontario watchdog
against local police
Jorge Barrera · CBC News 
Brooke Garlow of Cornwall, Ont., says inaction by local police on her revenge porn complaint made things worse. (Submitted by Brooke Garlow)
On a Monday morning in July, messages began bombarding Brooke Garlow's phone. They all had one common theme that horrified her: "'There are naked pictures of you all over [Facebook] Messenger.'"
"I didn't understand what was going on," said Garlow, 38, and a mother of four children.
But she immediately recognized them as photos she'd shared with her romantic partner. A nightmare had begun that Garlow continues to live with as a victim of "revenge porn."
She called the local police in Cornwall, Ont., that same day, July 23, and was told her case would be handled by a detective trained in online crime.
But he was on vacation. It would take two weeks to get any action.
The delay made a bad situation worse, said Garlow, who has since filed a complaint with Ontario's police watchdog, the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD).
But that sort of delay is not unusual, says Suzie Dunn — a part-time law professor at the University of Ottawa, who has done extensive research into revenge porn — because police still seem to prioritize physical crimes over those committed online.
Revenge porn "is a crime that occurs over and over again," she said. "And the victimization occurs over and over."
Seen by thousands
Garlow eventually learned that those eight, intimate photos had spread to thousands, possibly tens of thousands, of people throughout Cornwall, the neighbouring Mohawk community of Akwesasne — where she once lived — and across Canada and into the U.S.
They were also sent to two of her children and all their Facebook friends.
A second Facebook account popped up around July 29 that posted the same photos on its profile. That account sent them to everyone in Garlow's Facebook friends list and began transmitting the images to strangers, she said.
"I was basically just shutting down," said Garlow. "I just felt like it was hopeless and the pictures would never come down."
Garlow said she started doing her grocery and back-to-school shopping in Ottawa and Montreal because strangers in Cornwall stores would look at her and make comments.
She stopped walking to a nearby corner store after a group of teenagers hanging out nearby saw her, pointed at their phones and then to her.
A screenshot of a comment posted by someone in Akwesasne saying they had helped spread intimate photos of Garlow without her consent. (Submitted by Brooke Garlow)
Even the woman who drove her children's school bus received the photos.
"I was so humiliated by this, I didn't want to go out, I didn't want to see people," said Garlow. "I was absolutely helpless."
Garlow said she sent the photos more than a year ago to her long-term romantic partner. The relationship ended during this ordeal. Garlow never imagined this would happen.
"It can absolutely ruin your life in a heartbeat," she said.
Investigation begins
Garlow said she finally met the detective in question on Aug. 7. He contacted Facebook, which deleted the photos from every account that received and sent them later that month, she said.
The detective also obtained a warrant for user details and IP addresses that allowed the investigation to focus in on two internet providers for additional warrants to obtain physical addresses, she said.
Garlow said the detective showed her part of a roughly 600-page report that itemized every transmission of her photographs. "It went out to thousands and thousands of people," she said.
A screenshot of the second Facebook account created to spread Garlow's intimate images. (Submitted by Brooke Garlow)
MacRae said the police service has two officers trained to deal with online crimes and is looking to train others.
Garlow provided CBC News with a letter from the OIPRD stating it was reviewing her complaint for a possible investigation. A spokesperson said the OIPRD couldn't comment on the status of investigations.
University of Ottawa part-time law professor Suzie Dunn says police agencies prioritize physical crimes over online crimes. (Suzie Dunn/Twitter)
Tried to report it
Garlow said she didn't know how to complain about photos sent over Facebook Messenger so she tried the process for reporting abusive statuses and posts.
Garlow said she sent Facebook a message describing the situation, but heard nothing back. A Facebook spokesperson said the social media platform does not have a record of her complaint.
The spokesperson said Facebook created tools specifically designed to prevent and protect against the sharing of non-consensual intimate images that is accessible by users and non-users of the platform. Those tools do not mention images sent via Facebook Messenger.
Experts say police need to act immediately on such complaints because the longer the wait, the larger the harm.
Halifax lawyer David Fraser, one of Canada's leading legal experts on internet, technology and privacy laws, notes that laws specifically targeting revenge porn-type offences were only added in 2014.
Fraser said if a police force lacks the resources to deal with these types of crimes, they should contact another agency to help out.
Six migrant teens who filmed gang rape of 13-year-old girl in Germany given shockingly lenient sentences
The Bulgarian boys, aged 14 to 17, dragged her into the woods in Wuppertal where two of the monsters raped her
By Jay Akbar, The Sun
SIX migrant teens who filmed a 13-year-old German girl being gang raped have been given soft sentences in Germany.
Two Bulgarian boys raped her while the others stood around and watched the vile attack in Wuppertal, near Dusseldorf, in April.
Six migrant teens have been jailed for filming the gang rape of a 13-year-old German girl - CENTRAL EUROPEAN NEWS
The duo were convicted of rape but given just given four years despite prosecutors arguing for a maximum sentence of seven, Spiegel reported.
They were among the group of eight teens aged 14 to 17 who dragged her into the woods.
One of the co-defendants got three years and another boy got just one year and eight months for aiding and abetting.
Despite the brutality of their crime and mobile phone footage of the assault, none of suspects were tried as adults.
According to the evidence, one boy raped her while the rest stood by and the last one filmed the rape.
A court spokesman said the 15-year-old main defendant kept insisting that the victim consented to the sex.
The source added: "He denied the act to the end and claimed that the sex was consensual."
But the judge did not believe him, saying: "It's absurd to imagine that a 13-year-old girl wants to voluntarily have sex with so many men."
The boys' relatives are reported to have broken down in tears when the sentences were handed out.
Christoph Pipping, defending a boy who got a suspended sentence, told local media the video evidence was disturbing to watch.
He said: "That was hard to endure. I've been a defence lawyer for 25 years, but I've never seen anything like that before."
His client is reported to be the only one to have apologised to the victim.
The only one with a conscience! The only one there is any hope for. The only one who should be allowed to remain in Germany.
What do you do with a Special Needs man who can't control his urges around children?
By FAITH RIDLER FOR MAILONLINEA 'very high risk' sex offender who disguised himself as a performer to play with children at a party has been jailed for a year.
Kozel, who was dressed in a long black coat, goggles and gloves, was arrested after parents raised concerns about his activities.
Rukhshanda Hussain, prosecuting in Hull Crown Court on Friday, said: 'The area the defendant was in had about 20 children under 16 in it, with some adults present. He was engaging with them, spinning diablo plates, showing children how to use them.
'He was dressed in a way which suggested he was an employee of the event - goggles, a black outfit, long black coat and black gloves.'
Kozel, who is barred indefinitely from having unsupervised contact with children, said he was 'there to make friends' and to 'interact with children'.
He said he 'knew it was wrong' but 'found himself engrossed'.
In 2016, Kozel was sentenced to a two-year community order, and was made subject to a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) indefinitely, after using his father's computer to download indecent images.
He breached the order on August 25 last year when he was caught playing football with an eight-year-old boy in a park.
Kozel was given a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, when he was sentenced for that offence in January this year. He was described in the hearing as a 'very high risk sex offender'.
When he was arrested for playing with the boy, Kozel told police there was material on his phone that 'may be of interest to them'.
But although the device was seized, it was not examined until after police seized his tablet computer on January 10 this year. On the devices, police found a total of 10 images at category A - the most serious - two at category B, and 631 category C images.
Kozel admitted breaching a SHPO, breaching a suspended sentence, and making indecent photographs of children.
Steven Garth, mitigating, invited Kozel's father to give evidence, and Mr Kozel said his son operates as a six or seven-year-old and needs to be told when to wash.
He said circus tricks were 'one of the few things he excels at', and said the clothes he was described as wearing at the children's event 'would be his normal dress'.
Kozel was 'of low intelligence', had been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and had attended a special school, the court heard.
Mr Garth said: 'What is undoubtedly clear from all the documentation is this defendant has a serious and deep-seated weakness; namely an attraction to young boys, or at least their photographs.
'The paradox of this young man's case is this: The defendant fully recognises the problem that he has and is genuinely anxious to try and deal with it. He is angry with himself for having this weakness but he just can't stop himself.
'The defendant would be very vulnerable in custody and has commented more than once to me and others he will probably end his life.'
Jailing Kozel for a year, Recorder Patrick Palmer told him: 'Whilst I have every sympathy for you and your difficulties, I have to protect children from your offending.'
I grew up in a neighbourhood where there were at least a couple of boys who were mentally not playing with a full deck. I have often wondered why there was no place, or program, where they, as adults, could be placed where they would be safe and society would be safe from them. It can't be that difficult a problem to solve.
Parents need help as CSA more than doubles
for 4-6 y/os in Bristol
Parents need to redouble their efforts to educate their young children about child sex abuse - after the latest figures revealed a shocking 70 per cent increase in reported sex offences involving children aged four to eight in the Bristol area.
The shocking figures were revealed by the NSPCC today showed a sharp jump in reports to the police that children aged between four and eight were the victims of reported sex offences.
In 2015-2016, there were 102 such reports of abuse to police in the Avon and Somerset area, including 18 cases of reports where four-year-olds were the victims.
Last year, or for 2016-2017, that figure had jumped to 173 - an increase of 71 per cent.
Reports of child sex abuse involving four-year-old victims had more than doubled - to 39, while reports involving six-year-olds also more than doubled, from 14 to 35.
Nationally, the figures had risen just 13 per cent.
What can parents do?
He said research conducted by the NSPCC found many parents were worried that talking to their young children about sexual abuse would be scary and confusing for them.
To combat the issue the NSPCC has created a catchy song and activity pack - with cartoon dinosaur Pantosaurus - which don’t mention the words ‘sex’ or ‘abuse’ so it is easier for parents to tackle the sensitive subject.
The charity has also produced a fun video which shows other young children using the PANTS activities.
Donna-Marie Wright, a mum to seven children, is a passionate supporter of the NSPCC’s Talk PANTS campaign.
She said: “I think Talk PANTS is a brilliant concept because having been abused myself as a child, I wanted to talk to my children about staying safe from sexual abuse, especially the younger ones (aged four and five) because they don’t really understand.
“It’s a fun way to engage the kids, and the PANTS activities are done in a non-invasive way – there is no talk of sex. As soon as they are old enough to understand, it is a conversation all parents should have with their children.”
Parents and children can sing along with Pantosaurus, who explains each letter of PANTS. The acronym provides a simple but valuable rule which keeps children safe: that their body belongs to them, they have a right to say no, and that they should tell an adult they trust if they’re worried or upset.
The charity also encourages parents to order a PANTS activity pack ahead of half term from their online shop. The pack contains word searches, games, stickers and a bookmark for a suggested donation of £5.
Former Aussie Governor-General Peter Hollingworth should have pension stripped, abuse survivor groups say
By Tim Shepherd
A coalition of sexual abuse survivor groups has urged the Prime Minister to strip former governor-general Peter Hollingworth of his taxpayer-funded pension and entitlements.
The groups — Bravehearts, Blue Knot Foundation, Care Leavers Australasia Network, End Rape on Campus, Beyond Abuse and Queensland Child Sexual Abuse Legislative Reform Council — have signed an open letter to Scott Morrison saying it is "shameful" Dr Hollingworth receives the funds.
Dr Hollingworth became governor-general in 2001 but was forced to resign in 2003 after a series of scandals over his handling of sexual abuse allegations (5th story on link) against priests and teaching staff while he was the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane in the 1990s.
As a former governor-general, he receives an annual pension of $357,732, as well as a Commonwealth-funded office and staff in the prestigious 101 Collins Street building in Melbourne's CBD.
Documents provided under Freedom of Information show that in 2015–16, Dr Hollingworth spent more than $275,000 on office and travel expenses, on top of his pension for that year of $328,000.
The groups said in their letter that the current Governor-General Act, which allows Dr Hollingworth to receive the public-funded salary and allowances, should be changed.
"Under existing legislation a former governor-general could be convicted of a crime and imprisoned and the Government would be obliged to continue to pay them," the letter stated
"At the time of drafting the legislation, the Parliament did not foresee that a former governor-general would have betrayed the public trust so severely … and therefore the legislation contains no provision to stop ongoing payments of public money."
The group would like to see a Code of Conduct attached to the legislation, linking ongoing payments to a character test, and a provision to cease payments to a former governor-general if it's no longer considered to be in the public interest.
"It is time for that oversight to be corrected and
we look at you Prime Minister to rectify this wrong."
Bravehearts founder Hetty Johnston is a signatory to the letter, she said Mr Morrison needs to step up. "I hope we have a Prime Minister now who is going to put children's best interests first and I hope that is the message he puts out there," she said. "Because when you do that you put the nation first."
She said former governors-general should be looked after and honoured. "But Peter Hollingworth does not fit that same example. By his own action and he has admitted his own action. So to then still take the money even though you know you have betrayed all these children you know you have done the wrong thing is really quite appalling."
Kelvin Johnston from the Queensland Child Sexual Abuse Legislative Reform Council said the Prime Minister must act before the national apology to Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, scheduled for October 22.
"It is despicable, anyone with a moral conscious would say 'OK I have done wrong I will forgo something'. But to keep accepting that money it is just beyond belief," he said. "It's a shameful scenario and an un-Australian situation that the Prime Minister must fix now and before the national apology."
Garda Supt David Taylor suspended after
Disclosures Tribunal report
A former head of the Garda (Irish Police) press office has been suspended after he was criticised by an inquiry into a child sex abuse smear campaign.
Garda Supt David Taylor claimed he was instructed to spread false allegations that a whistleblower, Sgt Maurice McCabe, was a child sex abuser.
The Disclosures Tribunal was set up to examine the smearing of Sgt McCabe. Last week it gave a scathing assessment of Supt Taylor's credibility as a witness, saying he had lied repeatedly. It accused Supt Taylor of "manipulation of the media" and said he had "managed to hold on to his career through deceit".
The child sex abuse allegations against Sgt McCabe were completely untrue, and the tribunal has found that the whistleblower remains an officer of exemplary character.
However, its interim findings about how the false rumours were spread has seriously damaged the reputations of Supt Taylor and his former boss, ex-Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan.
It said there was a "campaign of calumny against Maurice McCabe by Commissioner Martin Callinan and that in it he was actively aided by his press officer, Supt Dave Taylor".
Supt Taylor was appointed head of the Garda press office in July 2012 and worked there until May 2014.
He would later allege that Commissioner Callinan wanted to ruin Sgt McCabe's reputation in order to undermine his attempts to expose corruption in the force.
Sgt McCabe came to public attention after he claimed that senior officers had inappropriately wiped the penalty points from the driving licences of often well-connected offenders.
Supt Taylor claimed to the tribunal that he was instructed to use every opportunity to negatively brief journalists against Sgt McCabe. He also claimed that then Deputy Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan had acquiesced to the smear campaign.
The tribunal found that Mr Callinan had slandered Sgt McCabe by telling a politician, a broadcaster and the Comptroller & Auditor General that the officer was being investigated for sex offences.
However, it found no evidence that Ms O'Sullivan and other senior gardaí were involved in the slur and it rejected much of Supt Taylor's evidence.
'Bitter over job'
During the inquiry, several journalists contradicted Supt Taylor's claims that he had briefed them against Sgt McCabe.
Supt Taylor had claimed telephone and computer records would prove that Commissioner Callinan had instructed him to smear the whistleblower. But the tribunal's report stated: "There was nothing to be found on any telecommunications record. "This claim caused the expenditure of hundreds of person hours by Forensic Science Northern Ireland in the expert examination of multiple devices and electronic accounts."
As to what may have motivated Supt Taylor to make his allegations, the tribunal said he was "not at all happy" about being moved out of the press office and into the traffic corps almost immediately after Nóirín O'Sullivan replaced Martin Callinan as commissioner in 2014.
"Disturbingly, he remained in touch with the Garda press office after his departure, asking to be put on the list of persons entitled to the daily reports of serious incidents," the report states.
The tribunal's report adds that Supt Taylor was "more than bitter" over his 2015 arrest on suspicion of leaking confidential information to the media about a high-profile case involving a Roma child in Dublin.
The Garda team appointed to investigate Supt Taylor's alleged media leaks included Nóirín O'Sullivan's husband, Det Supt James McGowan.
'Lies in a legal syrup'
In February 2016, the director of public prosecutions made an assessment that it was not possible to prove beyond doubt that the former press officer had leaked confidential information.
That same month, Supt Taylor took a judicial review of disciplinary proceedings against him.
The tribunal's interim report states: "What might be regarded as upsetting in all of this is the extent to which Superintendent Taylor was able to dress up lies in a legal syrup that cloyingly garnered public sympathy.
"He apparently succeeded in garnering public sympathy through the manipulation of the media and he also managed to hold on to his career through deceit."
The tribunal also stated that the system of garda discipline is "not fit for purpose".
"Notwithstanding having admitted leaking information wholesale in breach of garda discipline, with the exception of the Roma child case which he contests, and notwithstanding that he presented a false affidavit to the High Court, Superintendent David Taylor continues as of writing this to be superintendent in the traffic division for Dublin."
Irish broadcaster RTÉ has reported that Supt Taylor was suspended from his job on Saturday and applied for retirement on Sunday.
An Garda Síochána said: "A Garda officer has been suspended from duty. As this is an employment matter, An Garda Síochána will not be commenting further, particularly on the identity of the individual."
European Commission is putting paedophiles' privacy ahead of fighting online child abuse
Charles Hymas
The European Commission has been accused of undermining the fight against online child abuse by introducing new laws which will protect the privacy of paedophiles.
Charities say new EU regulations would stop tech firms searching out child abuse images on their platforms and reporting them to police because it would be a potential breach of paedophiles' privacy.
Unlike the new laws on data, there are no exemptions in the proposed EU regulations that would allow investigators to override the rights of paedophiles to privacy to protect children from abuse.
The government is understood to have raised its concerns with the EC that “personal rights should not obstruct companies from protecting children who use social media platforms.”
A source said Sajid Javid, the home secretary, fully supported companies having the power to detect and act upon “abhorrent” images and grooming for child sexual abuse.
“We have taken note of the EU’s proposal for the introduction of European Privacy Regulation (EPR) and are discussing it with EU member states,” said a government spokesperson.
John Carr, secretary of the Children’s Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety, which represents 11 of the biggest charities including Barnardo's and the NSPCC, wrote last week to the EC, demanding they amend the regulations so investigators can continue to report and remove indecent images.
Mr Carr said: "There ought to be no room for doubt or ambiguity on a matter of such fundamental importance to the protection of children. And yet there is."
Javed Khan, chief executive of Barnardo’s, Britain’s biggest charity, said: “Online child abuse is appalling. Any regulation change should not restrict the ability of tech companies and law enforcement to work together to stop child abuse online.
“We would urge the EC to make a simple change to the new e-privacy regulation so that all EU countries can continue to fight this horrific crime effectively.”
Microsoft technology known as PhotoDNA has enabled tech giants like Facebook, Twitter and Google to track down millions of illegal child abuse images on their platforms.
It is estimated more than 20m such images will have been located by US watchdogs and the Internet Watch Foundation in the UK by the end of this year and removed through the use of PhotoDNA, which "fingerprints" any illegal image so copies of it can be traced across the internet.
Under new data laws - the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - there are three exemptions to a users' right to privacy which allow tech firms to seize and report indecent images.
These are where it is of vital importance to protect the interests of an individual, to comply with a legal obligation or to perform a task that is carried out in the public interest.
The European Privacy Regulations (EPR), however, have no such exemptions. "Article 5 of the EPR prohibits the processing of data unless consent is given by the end user [ie the paedophile]," said a charity legal expert. "The worry is that if consent is the only exemption to the prohibition on processing data, then child sexual abuse offenders are unlikely to give their consent.
"The purpose of the regulations are stop the abuse and misuse of people's data and privacy but the consequence is it potentially undermines what is being done to tackle child sexual abuse online.”
It is understood a number of other European countries have raised concerns in an attempt to force through an alternative option aligning the privacy laws with the GDPR exemptions.
Wow! It seems children aren't even on their radar at the EC, but paedophiles seem to have some clout! How disgraceful.
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