FBI AGENT EXPOSES ULSTER NET PAEDOS; Expert finds 6,640 vile movies in last 3 years He warns of more than 100 child abusers in city.Byline: By MATT BLAKE NORTHERN Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. has spawned a child porn industry which trafficks thousands of violent movies over the web, it was claimed yesterday. An international watchdog which uses special software to tackle paedophilia paedophilia or US pedophilia Noun the condition of being sexually attracted to children [Greek pais, paid- child + philos loving] Noun 1. on the internet said 6,640 explicit movies involving children were traded in Belfast alone over the last three years Flint Waters, of the Wyoming Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, added there could be 100 paedophiles operating in Ulster. He said: "We are finding people from all over the world trading movies of children being raped. "There are some instances where individuals in Northern Ireland are the folks that are continuing the trafficking of those movies. "In Northern Ireland there is a lot of material we are seeing being traded, but when compared with parts of England and the US it is a very small percentage. These are not pictures of 16-year-old girls that look 20. We have 6,640 transactions of people offering to trade child pornography Child pornography is the visual representation of minors under the age of 18 engaged in sexual activity or the visual representation of minors engaging in lewd or erotic behavior designed to arouse the viewer's sexual interest. , just in Belfast, over the last three years." Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), formed in April 2006, is a UK cross agency and cross business department of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, which is tasked to work both nationally and internationally to bring online child sex offenders to the UK chief Jim Gamble yesterday challenged paedophiles to turn themselves in. He said: "The people in Northern Ireland who do this need to be seriously thinking today about walking in to a police station and handing themselves in. The net is closing. "There is an absolute determination across law enforcement to identify, locate and hold to account these individuals." A PSNI PSNI Police Service of Northern Ireland (UK) PSNI Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland PSNI Professional Systems Network, Inc. spokesman said: "We continue to work with a number of agencies to combat the making, possession and distribution of indecent images of children. "Anyone with any information about this type of crime should bring that information to police." These revelations come days after unemployed Rodney Albert Smyth appeared in Bangor Magistrate's Court accused of making indecent images of children. He was one of 10 men arrested in Northern Ireland this week as part of an international crack-down on child abuse. Voice of the Mirror: Page 8 ulster@mirror.co.uk CAPTION(S): WATCHDOG: Flint Waters warns of danger |
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