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16th Annual Community Guide
Child Pornography Awareness
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Association
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Premier’s Message
RNCA President’s Message
Minister’s Message
Chief of Police’s Message
RNCA Executive Members
Publisher’s Message
Donations to the Community
Family Fun Day
Motorcycle Ride for Dad
Seniors’ Christmas Party 2006 (St. John’s)
Detective Sergeant Thomas Fraize Scholarship / RNC Cadets
Tour de Rock / Lobby Day
Annual RNCA Hockey Tournament
Police Week
Crime Stoppers Police Officer of the Year Award - 2006
RNC 20th Year Service Medals
Arbitration Award
NLPPOMA - Newfoundland and Labrador Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial
Remembrance Day Parade
Child Pornography Awareness
Child Pornography....Behind Every Picture There’s Pain
Child Pornography
Canadian Background
Criminal Code
Child Pornography and Internet Luring
– DNA Data Bank Reforms
In the News…
A Teen Makes Money With a Controversial Site
Microsoft Technology Helps in Fight
Against Child Pornography
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Snapshot of Minors Online and How Predators
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Reach Them
Kids in the Know
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Cybertip.ca
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Chat Dictionary – decipher what your kids
are saying
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Why Internet Filter Software?
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Resources
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Advertiser’s Index
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PRESIDENT’S
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Children are the most vulnerable in our society and we must strive to protect them from the perils associated with
the easy access that the internet has provided to predators who would capitalize on the opportunity to prey on our
children. We hope that the information provided in this community publication will assist parents and guardians in
assessing risks and confronting threats associated with child pornography. We hope that it might also warn
potential offenders that there is a real risk of being apprehended for these heinous crimes and inform them that we
are on guard against their opportunistic approaches.
This effort would not be possible without the continued support that we receive from the business community and
individual citizens who contribute to this effort each year as we strive to address the various issues that afflict our
society. Our thanks are heartfelt and we encourage readers to support the many business and organizations that
make this publication a reality.
Thank you again for your support and we look forward to serving you, the public, as members of your Provincial
Police Force.
Sincerely,
Cst. T.W. Buckle
President
RNCA
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Message from the Chief of Police
On behalf of the Women and Men of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, I wish to extend my congratulations to
the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Association on the publication of their 16th Annual Community Guide.
Child pornography and other crimes committed against children have become serious concerns in all Canadian
Communities. It is troubling to know that through the internet child predators can easily target large numbers of
children at any time. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is committed to protecting our families from these
predators through the services of our fully operational Computer Forensic Section that supports the efforts of our
investigators. As well, our officers are availing of Cyber Crime Investigation Training and Internet Child
Exploitation Training through the Canadian Police College. These training opportunities will enhance our abilities to
protect our citizens.
The RNC is also being proactive through our Community Services Officers who are continuing to educate our youth
and ensure they have the tools and the knowledge to protect themselves. The distribution of this Guide will
compliment the efforts of the RNC in the provision of our goal to educate and protect our youth.
I would like to personally thank all officers of the RNC serving in the Northeast Avalon, the Corner Brook Division,
and Labrador West Division, as they continue to serve their communities in a professional and dedicated manner.
Sincerely,
Joseph F. Browne
Chief of Police
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
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EXECUTIVE
Warren Sullivan
2nd Vice President
Kenny Jackson
Ist Vice President
Tim Buckle
President
Paul Davis
Secretary
Kerry Chaytor
Executive Assistant
Todd Barron
Treasurer
Colin Deacy
Director, Platoon A
Albert Gibbons
Director, Support Services
John Whelan
Director, Labrador West
Danny Doiron
Director, Platoon B
Tony Walshe
Director, Platoon D
Mike Kavanagh
Director, Platoon C
Sue Bill
Director, CID
John Goss
Director, Corner Brook
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PUBLISHER’S
m e s s a g e
The topic of this year’s publication has to be among the worst topics that we have ever focused on in the sixteen years of
publishing the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Association’s Annual Community Guide. We hope that this publication
helps to enlighten those not familiar with this tragic subject by exposing the existence of a very real societal problem…
Child Pornography.
At one time, Child Pornographers traded hard copy photos and literature, but now, as a result of technology, they are taking
advantage of easy Internet access into our very homes, making it easier for them to prey upon our children. The frequency
of offences is also increasing as we constantly hear in the news of more and more predators being caught, and for everyone
that is caught, unfortunately many are not. It is an alarming problem and one of the real dangers lurking on today’s
Information Highway.
However, as these sick predators do use the Internet to lure their prey, the Internet is also being used by dedicated law
enforcement professionals to help identify offenders. Special Law enforcement task forces and Internet Safety Groups that
are proactively working to end the sexual abuse of children are to be commended for their vigilance and for the courage
and strength that is required of them to carry out their mandates.
Please take the time to review the material that we’ve assembled in our 16th Annual Community Guide, however, be aware
that the information contained herein is merely a fraction of the resources available on this tragic subject.
We welcome your comments or suggestions concerning our publication, and wish to thank all the citizens and business
community members of Newfoundland and Labrador who help make this annual publication possible. Education is
awareness, and awareness is the first step to finding solutions.
Respectfully,
Mark T. Fenety
President
Fenety Marketing Services (Atlantic) Ltd.
“Providing quality, professional marketing and fund raising services on behalf of high-profile,
non-profit organizations.”
Marketing
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1-800-561-4422
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Child Pornography…
Look into the eyes of a child who has been sexually abused and you'll see pain - a pain that endures long
after the bruises have healed. This pain is compounded by child molesters who create images of the sexual
abuse and share them with other child molesters. They trade them in chat rooms and post them on
thousands of Web sites. These people are making money from the pain of children. Help stop these
dangerous criminals. If you see child pornography, report it. Please help make sure those responsible get
the punishment they deserve.
Just as the Internet has played an integral part in the resurgence of child pornography and child
sexual exploitation, the Internet has also now become the leading-edge tool in its demise. It is a
never-ending battle that is being fought by increasing numbers of law enforcement agencies,
government agencies, and Internet support groups. Together, the battle can be won.
The following section contains a minute sampling of information and resources available on the Internet,
including tips to avoid your children from becoming victims of exploitation, some of the numerous
organizations striving to eradicate the problem, and news stories.
As part of a public service campaign to help raise public consciousness and stop the growth of child
pornography online, wiredsafety.com grants permission of the use of this advertising campaign.
WiredSafety hopes to have these ads appear on television, in major magazines, on radio, and numerous
other places. These advertisements will not only inform the public of the existence of such atrocities,
but also instruct people about what they can do to help cleanse the Internet of this filth.
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Child Pornography
Industry
Canada
industrie
Canada
The creation and distribution
of child pornography, once a
backroom industry, has been
radically transformed by computer
and digital technology. Hardware
such as digital cameras, video cameras and
Webcams combined with sophisticated software and
an Internet connection increases exponentially the
sheer volume of available product even while it
creates instantaneous access to that product. In
the borderless world that is the Internet, child
pornography has become a truly global industry.
Cheap admission to a vast, unregulated
international marketplace represents a stunning
benefit for purveyors of child pornography. First,
since their work is illegal, it has been, by definition,
clandestine. Second, the rate at which this
technology can be adapted and improved effectively
guarantees that the race to apprehend these
criminals will be rigorous, intense and ongoing.
International policing efforts over the past decade
confirm that the worldwide volume of child
pornography is extensive. Third, the Internet
currently provides purveyors with a degree of
anonymity.
predators who regard the sexualized imagery of kids
as instrumental to the satisfaction of their sexual
appetites. The ready availability of online imagery
promises to affirm and possibly increase these
appetites.
More directly, child pornography may also serve as a
tool in the arsenal of sexual predators who are
engaged in the business of "grooming" and "luring"
child victims. Here, examples of child pornography
may serve as proof to their prey that child sexuality
is "normal." Predators are also known to solicit
photos from children and youth. These photos
may then become an irretrievable part of an
international library of child pornography.
As always, the responsibility rests with adults to
educate children about these dangers and to be
proactive about supervising the Internet activities of
children and youth.
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca
Consumers of child pornography also enjoy
anonymity as an online benefit. The Internet creates
opportunities for consumers to seek and find not
only a product, but also a supportive community. In
numbers, there is not only safety but shared
information.
How does child pornography pose
a risk to Canada's youth and
children?
Indirectly, the widespread presence of child
pornography on the Internet confirms the existence
of an organized and mobilized community of
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Canadian Background
Industry
Canada
industrie
Canada
In 2005, reforms to the Criminal Code of Canada
further strengthened the prohibitions against the
sexual exploitation of children including the child
pornography provisions (broadened the definition,
created a new offence against audio child pornography,
narrowed the defence and increased the penalties) as
well as increased the penalties for other child sexual
exploitation offences. Additional reforms which also
came into effect in 2005 created new offences to
prohibit the trafficking of persons, including the
trafficking of children for the purpose of sexual
exploitation. In September 2005, Canada ratified the
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of
the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution
and Child Pornography.
Canada ratified the Convention on the
Rights of the Child (“CRC”) on
December 13, 1991 and in so doing,
underscored its commitment to children,
including its commitment to protect them
from all forms of harm, such as child
sexual exploitation.
Two years later, in 1993, the Criminal Code of Canada
was amended to include specific provisions against child
pornography. Further reforms to the Criminal Code of
Canada in 1997 made it possible to prosecute Canadian
citizens or permanent residents in Canada for engaging
in prohibited sexual conduct with children outside of
Canada (child sex tourism) and strengthened the
prohibitions and penalties for the prostitution of
children.
Finally in January 2006, additional criminal law reforms
came into effect to facilitate the receipt of testimony by
child victims and witnesses as well as other vulnerable
victims and witnesses in criminal proceedings.
In 1996 and again in 2001, Canada joined the
international community in supporting the Declaration
and Agenda for Action at the First and Second World
Congress Against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation
of Children which calls on all countries to take
appropriate measures to prevent the commercial sexual
exploitation of children.
Responsibility for the criminal law and justice system is
divided between the federal and provincial/territorial
governments: the federal government is responsible for
the criminal law which applies across the country and
the provinces/territories are responsible for the
administration of the justice system in their
jurisdiction. Canada’s Criminal Code of Canada
provides a comprehensive set of prohibitions to protect
children from sexual exploitation including
prohibitions against:
In 2002, the Criminal Code of Canada was further
strengthened to better protect children from sexual
exploitation. In particular, the child pornography
provisions were amended to ensure their application to
these offences committed through the use of the
Internet: new offences were created to criminalize
accessing, transmitting and making available child
pornography and to prohibit the use of a computer
system to communicate with a child for the purpose of
facilitating the commission of sexual offences (Internet
luring). These amendments also gave the courts the
power to shut down child pornography sites.
• All sexual activity with young persons;
• Using the internet to communicate with a child for
the purpose of facilitating the commission of a
sexual offence;
• Possessing, making, distributing, transmitting,
making available and accessing child pornography
including through the use of the internet;
• child sex tourism; and
• Prostitution of anyone under the age of 18 years.
In 2004, A Canada Fit for Children, Canada’s National
Plan of Action for children was released. A Canada Fit
for Children was developed with consultation from all
levels of government, different sectors of society and
children. It summarizes Canada’s commitment to
children and identifies meaningful ways that Canadians
can improve the lives of children in Canada and around
the globe. It provides strategies to address the sexual
exploitation of children including child pornography,
child prostitution and child sex tourism.
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For more information on Canada’s laws in
this area, please visit: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/
C-46/266995.html
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Criminal Code
Industry
Canada
industrie
Canada
The Criminal Code of Canada contains
numerous criminal offences relating to all
forms of child sexual exploitation.
What is child pornography?
The Criminal Code
pornography” as:
broadly
defines
For all other child pornography offences, the
maxmimum penalty, on indictment, is ten years
imprisonment and the minimum penalty is one year
imprisonment. On summary conviction, the maximum
penalty is eighteen months imprisonment and the
minimum penalty is ninety days imprisonment.
“child
These offences also apply to the distribution of child
pornography over the Internet, including via e-mail, and
by posting material on websites.
• Any visual representation that shows a person who is
or is depicted as being under 18 years of age and is
engaged in or depicted as engaged in, explicit sexual
activity;
• Any visual representation whose dominant
characteristic is the depiction, for a sexual purpose,
of a sexual organ or the anal region of a person
under 18 years;
• Written material, visual representation or audio
recording that advocates or counsels unlawful
sexual activity with a person under 18 years; or
• Written material or audio recording that has, as its
predominant characteristic, the description of
prohibited sexual activity with persons under 18
years where that description is provided for a
sexual purpose.
Luring
Canadian law also criminalizes luring a child over the
Internet. It is an offence to use a computer system, such
as the Internet, to communicate with a young person
for the purpose of facilitating the commission of a sexual
or abduction offence against that young person. This
offence carries a maximum penalty of five years
imprisonment, on indictment and six months
imprisonment on summary conviction.
Child Sex Tourism
Child sex tourism is the practice of individuals who
travel to foreign countries to engage in sexual activity
with children. Canadian citizens or permanent
residents who engage in prohibited sexual activity with
children while abroad can be prosecuted in Canada for
these offences.
The Criminal Code makes it an offence to:
• possess any child pornography;
• access any child pornography;
• make, print, publish or possess for the purpose of
publication any child pornography;
• transmit, make available, distribute, sell, import or
possess for the purpose of transmitting, making
available, distributing, selling or importing any child
pornography.
Child Prostitution
The Criminal Code prohibits prostitution involving
persons under the age of eighteen years of age. It is an
offence for a person to live on the avails of the
prostitution of a person under the age of eighteen. This
offence is punishable by a maximum penalty of fourteen
years imprisonment and by a minimum penalty of two
years imprisonment. The minimum penalty is increased
to five years imprisonment where the young person has
been compelled to engage in prostitution through the use
of or threats of violence, coercion or intimidation.
Recent reforms to the Criminal Code enhanced the
penalties for those convicted of child sexual
exploitation offences, including child pornography.
Individuals who have been convicted of a child
pornography offence will be sentenced to a mandatory
minimum period of imprisonment and are no longer
able to receive a conditional sentence (i.e., house arrest).
The Criminal Code also prohibits a person from
communicating or obtaining for consideration the
sexual services of a person under the age of eighteen
years. This offence carries a maximum penalty of five
years imprisonment and a minimum penalty of six
months imprisonment.
The maximum penalty for possessing or accessing child
pornography on indictment is five years
imprisonment with a mandatory minimum penalty of 45
days imprisonment; the maximum penalty on
summary conviction is eighteen months imprisonment
with a mandatory minimum of fourteen days
imprisonment.
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Old news, but good news...
Department of Justice
Canada
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND INTERNET LURING
TARGET OF DNA DATA BANK REFORMS
Under the new legislation, this list would be expanded
to include:
• criminal harassment;
• offences related to organized crime;
• uttering death threats; and
• intimidation.
OTTAWA, October 15, 2004 – Legislation
authorizing judges to order DNA samples from people
convicted of child pornography, Internet luring and
other serious criminal offences was introduced in the
House of Commons today.
Retroactive provisions would allow for DNA samples to
be taken from convicted offenders who committed
specific offences, such as gross indecency and indecent
assault, before the National DNA Data Bank
legislation took effect in June 2000.
"This legislation would make it possible for more DNA
samples to be collected from more convicted
offenders," said Minister of Justice and Attorney
General of Canada, Irwin Cotler. "The amendments
strengthen a powerful crime-fighting tool; reinforce our
commitment to protect children and vulnerable
persons in our society; and ensure that those who harm
them are brought to justice."
The new legislative reforms carefully balance the
public interest in the early detection, arrest and
conviction of offenders, which can be facilitated by the
use of DNA information, with the need to protect the
privacy of individuals.
"The National DNA Data Bank has proven itself to be
an extremely valuable investigative tool," said the
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety
and Emergency Preparedness, Anne McLellan. "The
proposed reforms introduced today would surely
enhance the Data Bank's value for police and, as a
result, the Canadian public."
While the Government anticipates undertaking a
legislatively-mandated review of the National DNA
Data Bank in 2005, the proposed amendments respond
to priority issues that have been raised by provincial
ministers responsible for criminal justice and law
enforcement and builds on the Government's public
consultations.
The National DNA Data Bank, located within the
RCMP's National Police Services, has provided crucial
investigative leads and helped to solve criminal cases
across the country and around the world, many
involving serious offences such as homicide, sexual
assault and armed robbery. It has been instrumental in
focusing investigations, eliminating suspects and
protecting the innocent.
The proposed amendments would add 28 Criminal
Code offences for which a National DNA Data Bank
order can be made. The most serious crimes, such as
sexual offences, murder and manslaughter, are primary
designated offences. Under the proposed legislation, the
list of primary designated offences would be expanded
to include:
To learn more about the National DNA Data Bank,
visit http://www.nddb-bndg.org/. To access an online
version of
the proposed legislation, visit
http://www.parl.gc.ca/.
• Internet luring;
• child pornography;
• sexual exploitation of a person with a disability; and
• offences related to prostitution involving persons
under 18.
http://canada.justice.gc.ca
Relatively less serious crimes, such as arson and assault,
are considered to be secondary designated offences.
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In the news...
As you can see from these few recent news items, the problem of Child Pornography is Canada-wide.
She said the number of arrests goes up as more
investigators are added, but the proliferation of child
pornography on the Internet is spreading at a lightning
pace.
Moncton couple arrested for production and
distribution of child pornography
Moncton, N.B.
Date published: 2006-11-24
http://news.gc.ca
Internet Child Exploitation Section, "J"
Division RCMP
"It's a $2.6-billion industry with 20,000 new child porn
websites every month," said Martin.
A national child sex abuse tipline on the Internet saw a
rapid spike in the number of online child sexual
exploitation cases reported during its first year.
During the early morning of Wednesday, November 22,
2006 the RCMP Internet Child Exploitation (ICE)
Section with the assistance of the Codiac Regional
RCMP executed a search warrant in a Moncton home.
By the end of January 2006, 5,771 child exploitation
reports were made to Manitoba-based Cybertip.ca -- a
430 per cent increase from 2004.
ICE members arrested a 42-year-old man and 39-yearold woman, both from Moncton, for production,
distribution, and possession of child pornography.
Several items including computer equipment relating to
child pornography were also seized.
"Cybertip is kind of the Neighbourhood Watch of the
Internet," said Lianna McDonald, executive director of
Child Find Manitoba.
News reports of people arrested for possession of child
pornography have become a daily occurrence.
A 14-year-old girl was removed from the residence and
is presently in the care of Child and Family Services.
On Wednesday, U.S. and international authorities,
completing an investigation that began in Canada,
charged 27 people in an online child pornography sting.
The two adults were released with strict conditions and
will appear in court at a later date.
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Throughout Canada, arrests and charges for child porn
possession and distribution have been on the rise.
Police warn online child porn growing more
violent
By Kevin Bissett, Canadian Press
Published: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
http: www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story
© Canadian Press 2006
Late Wednesday, Halifax police announced they were
laying child porn charges against two Halifax-area men.
Waclaw Otomanski, 54, was charged with possession,
manufacturing and distribution, and Joseph Hanna, 37,
of Dartmouth, N.S., was also arrested and charged with
possession.
FREDERICTON -- Child pornography on the Internet
is becoming more aggressive and violent, police in New
Brunswick warned Wednesday as revelations emerged of
a worldwide network that trades the illegal images.
RCMP Insp. Michelle Martin said the pictures are no
longer of nude children on the beach, but now include
violent images of children being assaulted. "They are
infants, they are not even walking and they are still in
diapers," she said in a presentation to a public forum in
Fredericton.
The charges come in the wake of child porn charges
being laid against a high-profile swim coach in
Dartmouth.
Last month, police in Newfoundland and Labrador
arrested two men following an extensive investigation
into a porn and prostitution ring that allegedly involved
40 young girls.
"And adults are having sexual intercourse with them.
There are pictures with animals."
Some of the defendants are arguing the police have
become overzealous.
Martin, who heads a five-member Internet child
exploitation unit based in Fredericton, said while such
behaviour has been around for a long time, the Internet
has made it more accessible.
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probable grounds to support the charges. At this point
the investigation has not revealed any victims in the
community of Valleyview or in the Valleyview District
area. Valleyview RCMP are continuing with their
investigation.Current Status: Garry Wayne TODD, age
53 of the Valleyview area has been arrested and
remanded into custody for appearance in Valleyview
Provincial Court on April 5, 2007.
A Fredericton man sentenced in January to six months in
jail for possession of child pornography claimed laws
against child pornography are a form of government
censorship.
Gordon Thomas Hickey Jr., 56, told a probation officer
that child porn is a victimless crime and that he stands by
the adage of 'no harm, no foul.'"
Minister Day comments on dismantling of
international child porn ring
Office of the Honourable Stockwell Day
Minister of Public Safety
Date published: 2007-02-08
http://news.gc.ca
A credit card used to purchase child porn online was
traced back to Hickey, as part of an investigation that
began in Dallas, Texas.
A partnership with the RCMP is helping small police
forces to become part of the global effort to fight child
pornography.
Today, the Honourable Stockwell Day released the
following statement in response to news that Austrian
authorities have announced they have uncovered a large
international Internet child pornography ring.
"We can use their facilities and their technical
capabilities, and it makes it easier for us to prosecute
these cases," said Const. Eric Demers of the Rothesay
Regional Police Force in New Brunswick.
“The sexual exploitation of children is a vile and
abhorrent act, for which Canadians have zero tolerance.
I can assure Canadians that our security forces will make
every effort to ensure that our children are protected. I
would like to take this opportunity to commend the
Austrian authorities for striking a blow against child
pornography. While it is yet to be confirmed if any
offences have been committed in Canada, proper
authorities are working to gather more information.
The National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre –
a part of the RCMP’s National Police Services - will play a
key role in helping to identify the appropriate jurisdiction
to pursue investigations, if they are warranted.
Insp. Martin said parents must get more involved in the
lives of their children.
She said about 79 per cent of Canadian youth have
access to the Internet at home, and over 50 per cent of
them have an email account that their parents are not
aware of.
"Fifty-three per cent of these kids have received
pornographic material through the internet, and 15 to
20 per cent have gone and met someone in person that
they have met on the Internet.''
I would like to commend the National Child
Exploitation Coordination Centre and the entire law
enforcement community for all that they do to prevent
the abduction, endangerment and sexual exploitation of
children.”
She said parents, schools and communities need to do a
better job of monitoring Internet use by children, to
ensure they are not being lured by adults.
Martin said it doesn't matter how small your
community is: "if there's a telephone line, there's access
to the internet."
Ex-teacher won’t face sex charges
By MONICA GRAHAM, Chronical Herald-NS,
http://moncton101.spaces.live.com
Possession of Child Pornography Charge Laid,
Valleyview, Alberta
RCMP Alberta - News Releases
Updated: 2007-03-23
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca
STELLARTON — The former Stellarton high school
teacher at the centre of a police investigation won’t face
sex or child pornography charges because the boys
featured in homemade videos were over 14, the age of
consent in Canada.
An investigation initiated on March 21, 2007 and
conducted by RCMP in the Valleyview District has
resulted in a 53 yr old male resident being charged with
one count each of Possession of Child Pornography and
Bestiality. After receiving a complaint during the early
morning hours of March 21, 2007 a police investigation
and subsequent search of a residence in the Valleyview
District provided investigators with reasonable and
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The 66-year-old man will likely face charges of
providing liquor to people under the age of 19 as well as
drug and tobacco
charges, Stellarton
police said Tuesday.
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After discussing the case with the Crown, police decided
not to lay child pornography charges.
Timothy Kozun, 25, was arrested in June 2002 after
police in Germany monitored a child porn chat room
and found advertisements for pictures that were traced
back to a Winnipeg file server.
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Police did not identify the suspect arrested at a MacKay
Street house on Feb. 16, but sources said Carl Skidmore
was the resident taken into custody.
Police in Winnipeg seized three computer systems from
Kozun's family home. A forensic analysis of the
computers uncovered more than 3,500 images of child
pornography.
Mr. Skidmore was jailed in 1997 on two counts of
sexually assaulting boys and was convicted after his
release for violating a probation order to stay away from
anyone under the age of 18.
Since his arrest, Kozun has undergone therapy with
three doctors, who all reported he has shown genuine
remorse for his crimes and poses little risk to re-offend.
In 2001, he was convicted of possessing stolen property
related to a theft gang made up of young men and boys.
While Mr. Skidmore was in custody overnight Feb. 16,
his home was ransacked and robbed. Police arrested
nine people for the burglary.
"Such
demonstrable
rehabilitation,
whether
post-sentence or pre-sentence, must be encouraged and
recognized," said Judge Fred Sandhu. " ... the lengthy
court process to date in combination with the
considerable publicity this matter has attracted and the
sheer length of the psychological rehabilitation has had
an individual deterrent effect."
Four months of undercover investigation and tips that
local youngsters were being videotaped performing
sexual acts led police to obtain a search warrant for the
man’s house. They seized sexually explicit videotapes
and some marijuana during the raid.
A recent report by Dr. Ivan Rutner described Kozun as
bright, but emotionally immature. Rutner suggested
Kozun's crime "had little to do with a real interest in
pornography," but was an act of rebellion and a
challenge to his technical skills.
Officers viewed the tapes, only to discover that the boys
they could identify were between the ages of 14 and 18,
old enough to consent to sexual acts under Canadian
law.
"It would have been more consistent with his
personality to be demonstrating in favour of animal
rights or against Wal-Mart," he wrote.
Police said they interviewed the videotaped boys that
they could identify. Some of the boys are also alleged to
be involved in "other matters eventually to come before
the court," an officer said.
At an earlier sentencing hearing, court heard Kozun
amassed the bulk of the collection in two weeks after
advertising on a chat room called "Pre-teen 101."
Kozun offered traders one picture for every two they
gave.
Police will lay charges of marijuana trafficking,
conspiracy to traffic in marijuana and illegal possession
of marijuana.
The pictures in Kozun's collection included images
depicting the rape and torture of children as young as
five.
Many images offered for trade were still pictures from
films, encouraging traders to collect the entire set "much
like baseball cards," said Crown attorney Mick Makar,
who had asked for jail time.
Police will also lay Liquor Control Act and Tobacco Act
charges.
The suspect will appear in New Glasgow provincial
court March 26.
Ottawa hopes to pass a bill raising the age of consent
relating to sexual activity to 16 from 14. The bill is now
before a federal committee.
Trucker porn charges, Ottawa Sun, By JON
WILLING, http://moncton101.spaces.live.com
Kid-porn trader spared jail time
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA,
http://moncton101.spaces.live.com
Police have charged a 26-year-old Texas man after
border guards in Lansdowne discovered typewritten
stories involving a juvenile.
A Winnipeg man who traded violent and degrading
images of child pornography with perverts from around
the globe earned himself an 18-month conditional
sentence yesterday after a judge ruled he has turned
himself around with intensive therapy.
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According to the
Canada
Border
Services
Agency,
border guards found
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the stories in a truck during a routine inspection at the
Thousand Islands bridge this week.
Jonathan Jay Paul of Sulphur Springs, Tex., is charged
with possession of child porn. Paul is expected to appear
in a Brockville court today.
In a similar but separate incident Thursday, border
guards at the same crossing found alleged child porn
literature during another inspection of a commercial
vehicle.
OPP plan to do a forensic audit of the laptop found in
the truck.
Thomas Victor Pirnie, 58, of Glens Falls, New York, is
charged with possession of child porn. He is also
charged under the Customs Act with failing to report
goods, possession of prohibited material and smuggling.
Pirnie remains in custody.
Halifax man will be sentenced in May on child
porn charge
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A 41-year-old Halifax man caught last year with child
pornography will be sentenced in the spring.
John Francis MacDonald pleaded guilty in Nova
Scotia Supreme Court on Thursday to one count of
possession of child pornography.
The heavy-set man, dressed in khakis and a
blue-collared shirt, appeared nervous as he stood beside
his lawyer, Peter Mancini. His voice cracked as he
entered the plea before Justice Arthur Pickup.
Halifax Regional Police received a tip about Mr.
MacDonald on April 25/06 from an undercover officer
with the Virginia Beach Police Department in the
United States.
The officer was posing as an underage girl on the
Internet when Mr. MacDonald suggested they hook up.
As a result, police in Halifax got a warrant to search
Mr. MacDonald’s apartment at 542 Herring Cove Rd.
They seized a number of images from Mr. MacDonald’s
computer on Sept. 7.
Now that there’s a guilty plea, Crown attorney Craig
Botterill says the focus is the May 23 sentencing.
"Under the new regulations, he will have to go to jail; it
will just be a matter of how long," Mr. Botterill said.
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Child porn warrant thrown out
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A P.E.I. judge has thrown out a warrant used by the
RCMP to search the home of man accused of
possessing child pornography.
The decision means any evidence gathered during the
search of Elmer Graham's residence can't be used
during his trial. An earlier court ruling also prevents the
Crown from using Graham's credit card information.
Hacker helps put judge in prison for child porn
Canadian whiz acted as 'vigilante' to find
dozens of predators
Randy Boswell and Gary Dimmock, The Ottawa
Citizen,
February
23,
2007,
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Nearly a decade after he began his career as a teenage
"vigilante hacker," a Canadian computer whiz says it
was "definitely satisfying" to learn this week that his most
high-profile target -- a disgraced California judge -- has
finally been sentenced in a landmark child- pornography
case that sparked widespread legal debate over the
actions of "Citizen Tipster" Bradley Willman.
Ronald Kline, 66, a former Superior Court judge from
Irvine, California, offered a "life time of apologies"
before collapsing in a Los Angeles courtroom on
Tuesday after learning he faces 27 months in federal
prison for possessing more than 100 illicit images of
children -- files exposed to police by Mr. Willman
through a "Trojan Horse" computer virus he used to
identify dozens of child-porn predators across North
America.
Now 26, the Langley, B.C., resident says he's still proud of "doing
my own thing to help people out. It was a lot better than ignoring
what was going on."
But he acknowledged a bittersweet reaction to the end of
a case that also ended his crusade to ferret out some of
North America's worst child-porn offenders.
"In some ways," Mr. Willman said in an interview
yesterday, his pursuit of Mr. Kline "was a lot more
trouble than it was worth" because it put him out of
business as a citizen crime-fighter.
"It's good that it's finally come to a resolution after all
these years," he said. "It's definitely satisfying that he got
caught. I just kind of wish it had gone in a different way.
I was told by police that what I did was illegal and that if
I continued, they
would have to charge
me. So there was no
option."
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Investigators and anti-porn advocates have praised
Mr. Willman. But his vigilante exploits led a U.S. district
court in 2003 to toss out the charges against Mr. Kline,
ruling that the B.C. teenager was essentially acting as an
agent of police and gathering evidence illegally.
I could see who they were chatting with and read what
they were saying as they typed. I judged these people by
reading their incoming and outgoing e-mails. I was
more interested in actual abusers or producers. That
was my priority -- not the people that were just
downloading images."
After reading Mr. Kline's electronic diary, he concluded
that it showed an apparent plot to sexually exploit young
boys at a private health club. U.S. detectives have
credited Mr. Willman with cracking the case.
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Then, in 2004, a U.S. federal appeals court overturned
that ruling and upheld the charges against Mr. Kline.
"No law enforcement agency involved in the case knew
or could possibly have known that Willman was illegally
searching computers, let alone acquiesced in the
practice," the appeal judges ruled.
"The diary he retrieved gave us the probability that we
needed to get the search warrant," California
Det. Ronald Carr said early on in the case.
Mr. Kline, who had been forced to withdraw from a
re-election bid, later entered a guilty plea on
child-porno-graphy charges.
The search warrant unearthed more than 100 images of
young children engaged in sex acts. Mr. Kline's journal
entries from 2000 and 2001 detailed the judge's sexual
urges and the times and places where he met young boys.
At the judge's sentencing hearing, prosecutor Gregory
Staples urged a 33-month term, arguing that "to
sentence the defendant to anything other than a long
term in prison would signal that our justice system treats
its own with favour," the Orange County Register
reported. "Of all people in society who must be held
strictly accountable for their crimes, it is members of the
justice system themselves."
The judge, a Little League umpire at the time, had
contact with several boys at ball games, in a mall and at
a private health club, where he befriended vulnerable
boys with the hopes of exploiting them.
"You can't just charge in like you did with (a boy)," said
one entry dated June 6, 2000. "How do I encourage him
without pursuing him too hard?"
Mr. Staples charged that Mr. Kline had "sullied the state
judiciary."
The next day, the judge wrote to himself: "I gave a lot of
thought today about this business of approaching these
kids too fast ... He doesn't strike me as a lonely boy... You
have to make them come to you or it just doesn't work."
Mr. Willman's central role in the Kline case has kept
legal experts debating his actions ever since. In 2005,
University of British Columbia business professor Hasan
Cavusoglu told Maclean's that the Langley youth's
hacking to expose suspected pedophiles could invite
"other prosecutors to attempt to use evidence obtained
by illegal means in other trials."
When the 27-month sentence was announced,
Mr. Kline -- who has a heart condition -- slumped to the
courtroom floor, but later recovered.
Dubbed "Citizen Tipster" by authorities, Mr. Willman's
identity was initially kept secret, even in police affidavits.
Then, in June 2002, the Citizen unmasked the mystery
hacker, identifying him as a then-19-year-old loner who
hunted online predators from a basement room in his
parents' suburban Vancouver home.
Mr. Willman, whose online handle was "Omni-Potent,"
used a Trojan Horse program disguised as a lurid image
to gain control of any computer that downloaded it. He
eventually penetrated about 3,000 personal computers
around the world.
But the University of Toronto's Richard Owens,
executive director of the Centre for Innovation Law and
Policy, said at the time: "We may need to set certain
limits, but for the moment it's unrestricted and the risks,
in this case, are balanced by the benefits of prosecuting
a potential child predator."
Mr. Willman said at the time he had no friends at school
and spent nearly all of his free time at the computer,
chewing sour candies as he hunted for pedophiles.
Today, Mr. Willman says he lives with his parents
and works independently repairing and maintaining
computers; his hacking prowess proved no ticket to
high-tech riches.
He catalogued each target's file by degree of risk, and
focused on suspected child-porn producers and
molesters.
"I don't have any big, fancy job."
"I would stay up late at night to see what I could drag out
of their computers, which turned out to be more than I
expected," Mr. Willman told the Citizen in 2002. "I
could read all of their e-mails without them knowing ...
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Gillespie said he called the news conference to alert
homes and businesses to the potential for cracking into
their insecure networks. Nowakoski was allegedly using
such improperly protected wireless networks to
download child porn.
P.E.I.
Child porn charges earn man six months in jail
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David Brian Best, 45, of Kensington, P.E.I., has been
sentenced to more than six months in jail on child
porn-related charges that included taking pictures of
teenage boys.
War Driving
Locating insecure networks is known as "War Driving."
It's the practise of driving around in a vehicle with a
Wi-Fi enabled laptop scanning for vulnerable signals,
usually in an effort to steal Internet bandwidth. For
many computer enthusiasts, "War Driving" is a sport
done without malice. The tools:
• A laptop with a good wireless card and an antenna
• Cheap software to help identify networks in offices
and homes
• An on-screen utility displays wireless network access
points, and the signal strength of the network
detected
Further steps can be taken to gain access to those
networks. Most War Drivers are motivated simply by the
thrill of the chase. However, what they argue is a
relatively harmless electronic scavenger hunt for "free"
Internet access, Toronto police call telecommunications
theft. "I don't think that the public realizes that these
signals can be transmitted 500 feet or more, depending
on the size of the network," Gillespie said.
Best pleaded guilty to two counts of making child
pornography, two counts of transmitting it, and one
count of having it in his possession.
Police warn of Wi-Fi theft by porn downloaders
Updated Sun. Nov. 23 2003 12:05
CTV.ca News Staff
© 2007 All Rights Reserved.
Toronto police have charged a man with theft of
telecommunications in a bizarre case that involves
downloading child pornography from a laptop in a
moving car and using other people's computer networks
to obtain the images.
Det. Sgt. Paul Gillespie of the Sex Crimes Child
Exploitation Section described at a news conference "a
relatively interesting set of events," that seem to mark a
new era in criminal behaviour and police investigative
techniques.
"It is so bad, that there are individual Web sites that
show people how to steal wireless web signals, with
maps. And people have actually gone to the trouble of
spray painting red Xs in front of houses, in case you
can't read the map."
The case began two weeks ago Wednesday, at 5 a.m.,
when Sgt. Don Woods of 11 Division noticed a vehicle
driving the wrong way down a one-way street in a
residential neighbourhood.
When Woods stopped the car, he noticed the driver, a
man, was naked from the waist down. In the car was a
laptop computer and on its screen was an image of a
10-year-old girl in a sex act with an adult male.
War Driving is relatively easy to thwart. Almost all
software used in business and home wireless networks
employs encryption that can block unauthorized access.
It just has to be configured properly.
Gillespie's child exploitation unit was called in to
investigate. Police discovered the laptop computer used a
Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) card that allows wireless access to
the Internet.
Tips
Just as Canadians were early adopters in Internet use
and broadband access, they are also world leaders in
Wi-Fi use. But there are a number of weaknesses in the
Wi-Fi system. Here are some tips to help keep users
secure:
• Make sure that you turn on the Wired Equivalent
Privacy (WEP) algorithm, which is part of the
802.11 standard common to most LAN (local area
networks)
• Always assume that someone is going to try to break
into your system, no matter what security you have
installed ... check your download and temp files
• Change your passwords on a frequent basis
• Turn off your network when it is not in use
• Use the Internet to keep updated on new flaws that
are
being
discovered in
wireless security
Police suspected that the man in the car was
downloading pornography from the Internet, by
cracking into a computer in a nearby home.
Det. Sgt. Frank Goldschmidt, of the Ontario Provincial
Police's Project P, picked up the investigation because the
suspect's home was in Delhi, Ont., outside of Toronto.
A warrant was obtained, a search was executed, and a
large amount of material was seized and taken to
Toronto Police for further investigation.Walter
Nowakoski, 36, has been charged with possession
of child pornography (two counts), accessing
child pornography, distributing child pornography,
theft of telecommunications, and making child
pornography.Nowakoski is in custody and will appear for
a bail hearing on Monday morning.
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A Teen Makes Money With A
Controversial Site
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JAN. 8, 2003
Renee's mother Barbara claims she is mystified by
Renee's virtual success, saying she has “no idea”
why the site is so popular. “I hope it's her writing
skills,” she says.
But Renee thinks differently: “They're hoping to
see goodies. A lot of people think that my being 16
and on the Internet is horrible. But they fail to
realize that I'm not getting nude.”
48 Hours promised to keep Renee's last name
secret, and won't reveal where she lives. She and
her mother say anonymity is what keeps customers
where they want them: on the other side of the Web
cam.
Renee says she makes $2,000 a month from her
Web site. (CBS)
“I've had people who are around 54 go to my Web
site. And it's kinda scary at first. It's like, ‘Why are
these people here?’ I'm not anybody special. I'm
just a little kid,” Renee says.
Like most 16-year-olds, Renee's world is in her
bedroom. She hangs out there with her friends, and
spends hours on her computer.
But Renee isn't just sending e-mails or surfing the
web aimlessly. She's running a highly profitable
Internet business from here, one she says has
earned her as much as $2,000 a month.
Her mother says that older guys will look at her
daughter no matter what. “They look at her in the
grocery store. So I mean they're gonna look at her
no matter where she's at,” Barbara says.
But what's she's doing in her bedroom would make
a lot of mothers blush. Renee is a “Cam Girl”-- just
one of hundreds of young girls who compete for
attention on the Web by putting webcam photos and
videos of themselves online.
Then, there is the money. In addition to the member
fees, Renee also gets paid for directly linking her
Web site to other Web sites, including one that is
pornographic. That link paid her $600 to $800 a
month.
Her site gets thousands of visitors every day. But it
isn't free: For four days it's $5.95; for a month it's
$15.95; for six months it's $59.95.
“I was uncomfortable with it. But she made some
pretty good money with it,” says Barbara.
There also a "wish list," where Renee asks for--and
receives--gifts from admirers. The list has included
such items as a Sony Playstation, a digital camera,
and kitchen accessories. The gift givers usually
remain
totally
anonymous.
What do you get for your money? There’s chat,
information about how she does her hair and where
she shops, and Renee’s daily journal.
Renee has also posted more than 500 photos on the
site. Some of them are sweet, some are strange,
many are provocative. There is no nudity, however.
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But the county sheriff disagreed about some of
Ashley's and other girls' pictures, and said the site
was illegal.
After a few hours of shooting, Renee and her
mother refused to co-operate further with 48 Hours,
saying they didn’t like the questions about who
visits the site and how much money Renee makes.
Although Ashley argued that the web site
trueteenbabes.com that she appeared on was not
pornographic, the Arapahoe County Sheriff's
Office disagreed.
But if you think what Renee does is shocking, you
haven't seen the half of it.
A year ago, Ashley Rose, then 14, and her friend
Amber, then 17, were among more than 50
underage
girls
on
a
website
called
trueteenbabes.com. For $20 a month, members
gained access to thousands of pictures.
Last April they shut down the site and charged its
owner and photographer, James Grady, with 880
counts of violating a specific Colorado statute
against the Sexual Exploitation of Children. Grady
is now in jail awaiting trial.
“I was always interested in modeling,” says Amber.
“But I just figured maybe as a way to get my face
out there and start pursuing my modeling dreams.”
Mike Miller and Andy Contiguglia, Grady’s
attorneys, say Colorado authorities have gone too
far. More provocative material is out there, they
say, much of it commercially available in books
and magazines, and isn’t being prosecuted in
Colorado. Plus, they argue, all the models had
parental consent.
The pictures were “glamour shots,” she says.
At its peak, the site had thousands of paying
members and brought in an estimated $60,000 a
month. Ashley Rose and Amber were cashing in,
too. For Web cam chats, they made $20 an hour.
For photo shoots, they made $65 an hour.
Sheriff Grayson Robinson is emphatic: “The young
ladies involved were less than 18 years of age.
They were put in a position to display their bodies.
They wore rather flimsy, see-through material. Yet
the body part was still exposed."
And like every parent who had a daughter on the
site, Ashley’s mother Robin signed a consent form
giving Ashley permission to become a "True Teen
Babe."
Robin, Ashley's mother, defends her participation
in the site by saying she was only trying to help her
daughter become a professional model.
“I thought it was silly myself,” Robin says of the
site. “I mean, several times I would say 'What are
people paying?' I think the members were really
lonely, it seems like it was their chance to talk to a
model, to talk to a beautiful girl. It was very
innocent.”
But the Ford Modeling Agency in New York City,
which represents nearly 300 teenage and child
models, says they don’t surf the Web looking for
models.
Robin now regrets allowing her daughter to model
for the site. And Ashley has since hired a
professional manager, who landed her a part in an
independent film.
But then "48 Hours" showed Robin pictures that
were taken for the web site of Ashley wearing
lingerie, and a thong. Robin was troubled by the
photos. “I haven't seen a lot of these,” she says.
But the business of underage internet modeling
continues, with sites that feature very young,
pre-teen girls in
provocative poses
and clothing.
Ashley admits that in those photos she is close to
being nude, “but I'm not naked. And to be naked,
that's porn, pornography. So I didn't do that,” says
Ashley.
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48 Hours joined one of the pre-teen sites,
CindyModel.com, to see what members receive.
For $14.95 a month, members gain access to
hundreds of photos of an 11-year-old child.
Members can also buy CDs packed with even more
photos, and even a DVD with video of Cindy.
“A lot of the people who buy these, I’d say, are
40-year-old men,” Newbury says. He says that
many members are middle-aged men and he admits
that some of them are looking at the pictures
sexually.
Dr. Fred Berlin, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins
University Hospital who treats patients with
sexual disorders, says that an older man who
belongs to the site is likely to have “something very
different or abnormal about his sexual make-up.”
To prevent her fans from finding her, Cindy's last
name and location are kept secret. But her
photographer's name and contact information are
available through the Web site.
“Our objective with Cindy of course is to have her
be a commercial actress, possibly have her own
television show,” says Newbury, who runs Cindy's
site.
Why would an adult pay $15 every month to
belong to this site? “I think adults who are doing
this have some sort of infatuation with this
youngster," says Berlin. "And I think in some cases
they may have romantic fantasies. In some cases
sexualized fantasies.”
Newbury first put photos of Cindy on the Internet
last April. At first, people could look for free, and
on the first day, the site had 50 members. So
Newbury decided to turn it into a pay site. There
are now 400 paying members.
Tracy says that older men will look at Cindy in real
life, so why not online. “I would never exploit my
daughter. I am promoting her natural beauty,”
Tracy says.
“If things stayed just the way they are right now, I
would probably make about $50,000 a year,” he
says. And Cindy makes as much as $450 a week.
Her father, Gary, a plumber, says that's more than
he makes some weeks.
Berlin says that there is a chance a determined
member could find Cindy’s real address. Newbury
worries about that too. But he says he keeps her
identity secret. He admits, though, that he himself
is more easily found. Members do have some
contact with Cindy during bi-weekly "video chats",
and some members apparently try to get even
closer by sending Cindy gifts.
Newbury says he wants to make Cindy a star. Her
mother Tracy dreams of that too. “She’s having a
blast. We all are,” says Tracy, who is in marketing.
Newbury spends more than 10 hours a day tending
to his new business. He promotes Cindy
aggressively and apparently it’s working. An online
fan club devoted to her has over 4,000 members.
There is some legislation being introduced
nationally that would ban child modeling Web sites
in an effort to protect the child models. But for now,
these Web sites are legal, and prospering.
Some members even send in outfits for Cindy to
model. That service costs $150. One man sent in a
schoolgirl outfit for Cindy to model on line.
Newbury says other people have sent in items he
considers inappropriate, like thongs, which Cindy
will not model.
“There may be a large number of people out there
who are privately attracted to children, who don’t
act on it. And as a society we’re going to have to
figure out how we want to deal with it,” says
Berlin.
Tracy says she doesn’t know much about who the
members of her daughter's web site are. “Curt
handles all that,” she says.
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Microsoft technology helps in
fight against child pornography
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AROUND THE WORLD TRACK DOWN ONLINE PREDATORS
WITH THE CHILD EXPLOITATION TRACKING SYSTEM (CETS)
In 2003, Toronto police detective Paul Gillespie
thought there must be a better way to catch
criminals who trafficked in child pornography.
The Internet was giving child pornographers new
ways to find and exploit children, and Gillespie
could see that law enforcement officials were far
behind the technology curve.
evidence, and build cases against suspected child
pornographers.
Even during beta testing, CETS proved its value
by helping police investigate a man accused of
sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl. CETS also
figured prominently in the March 2006 arrest of
27 people in four countries who operated a private
chat room to groom vulnerable children.
"With the Internet, the bad guys had figured out a
better way to hide their tracks while committing
crime at new levels," said Gillespie, who has since
retired from the police force. "Law enforcement
hadn't learned how to use the Internet to gain the
upper hand."
CETS produces impressive results
Since 2004, Toronto police officers have used
CETS in their investigations, resulting in 64
arrests and the identification of 43 victims
worldwide. "CETS really helps identify the
non-obvious connections that can lead to a child
pornographer and that humans could never
identify on their own," said Gillespie, who now
works as a consultant on Internet child safety for
Microsoft and other corporate and government
entities.
Determined to do what he could to stop the growth
of child porn, Gillespie sent letters and e-mail
messages to corporations and government
agencies. One landed on the desk of Bill Gates, the
chairman of Microsoft Corporation. Gates passed
along the note to Microsoft Canada and asked for
its assistance in developing a tool to help fight
child pornography. Microsoft Canada software
engineers worked with Gillespie, the Toronto
Police Service Sex Crimes Unit, and other law
enforcement agencies to understand how child
pornographers were taking advantage of the
openness and anonymity of the Internet. With that
information in hand, the engineers then created a
tool to help law enforcement officers apprehend
pornographers.
CETS has grown from a Canadian law
enforcement tool to one that is now global in scale.
In April 2006, the Child Exploitation and Online
Protection Centre (CEOP), which works across
the United Kingdom, made CETS part of its
enforcement arsenal. The results were immediate.
By October 2006, CETS was credited with
helping police in the United Kingdom arrest 37
suspects and rescue five children. "In the past,
police officers simply didn't understand the
Internet — it was a labyrinth to them," Jim
Gamble, chief executive officer of CEOP,
told the British
Broadcasting
The result: the Child Exploitation Tracking
System (CETS), built on Microsoft technology,
was unveiled in April 2005. CETS helped law
enforcement agencies follow hundreds of suspects
at a time and eliminate duplicated work, making it
much easier for them to follow up on leads, collect
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Microsoft continues its role with the development
and deployment of CETS. When representatives
of a country express interest in adopting CETS,
Microsoft helps law enforcement officials assess
how it might work within the country. Among
other things, this task involves determining which
police agencies will be covered by CETS, how
database searches should be designed, and what
sort of computing resources are needed. Microsoft
also covers a portion of the cost of the initial
CETS assessment, with the balance being paid by
the hosting government or non-governmental
organizations. If a country decides to adopt CETS,
Microsoft supplies the software, documentation,
and training to make it a useful tool.
Corporation (BBC). "But now we are upstream of
[online pedophiles] and awaiting their next
move."
Since then, the international momentum of CETS
has increased tremendously. Law enforcement
officials in Indonesia, Italy, and Brazil put the tool
to work in 2006. And 13 other countries, among
them Spain and Chile, are assessing the
effectiveness of CETS and may deploy it soon.
According to Gillespie, the input that law
enforcement officers worldwide were able to
contribute during development is responsible in
part for the widespread acceptance of CETS.
Using the technology tools Microsoft has
provided, police officers charged with fighting
child abuse have been able to agree widely on
how to structure the CETS database and develop
the way information can be shared between
jurisdictions. That's helped tremendously with
"buy-in" from law enforcement. "Officers from
around the world have been able to claim
ownership of the solution," said Gillespie. "They
were challenged to discuss what their own
systems could and could not do, and the result was
that CETS was built by investigators, for
investigators."
As of late 2006, Microsoft had contributed more
than $7 million (U.S.D.) to the deployment of
CETS. It also continues to support the
development of the CETS tool itself, and in June
2007 it will release CETS 2.0 (the current version
is 1.3). Microsoft Canada played a key role in
developing the first version of CETS for Gillespie
and the Toronto Police Service, and it still takes
much of the technical lead in improving CETS.
CETS helps energize public officials
To Gillespie, the broad adoption of CETS is a
result of the way it helps solve a problem that is
global, both in its scope and in the way combating
child abuse strikes a common chord. "When
talking children and child abuse, it's something
everyone can relate to," he said. "It really brings
out the energy of everyone involved in the CETS
initiative."
Gillespie added that the success of CETS in
Canada and the United Kingdom has given law
enforcement officers confidence that it is an
effective weapon in the fight against pornography.
However, vigilance is still needed. The abuse and
exploitation of children on the Internet continues
to generate shocking statistics worldwide.
According to data gathered by the nongovernmental organization Anesvad, more than
four million Internet sites contain sexual
material involving children worldwide, and 500
new sites are created each day. It is estimated that
more than half of those sites—around 2.4
million—are fee-based services that generate
worldwide revenue of some $1.3 (U.S.D.) billion
per month.
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"CETS has grown beyond my wildest dreams,"
Gillespie added. "It has realized its potential in
that children have been rescued and offenders put
in jail. That's very gratifying."
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SNAPSHOT OF MINORS ONLINE AND
HOW PREDATORS REACH THEM
by Parry Aftab copyright 2007, all rights reserved
It is estimated that approximately 70% of the minors in
Canada access the Internet either from home, schools,
community centers and libraries or from some newer
Internet-capable devices. This is up more than ten-fold
since 1996. Now our children are using cell phones with
Internet and text-capability, interactive gaming devices
(such as X-Box Live 360 and Sony Playstation Network)
with voice over Internet and live chat features, handheld
devices with Bluetooth and other Wi-Fi remotecommunication technology (such as PSP gaming devices
and mobile phones) and social networking profiles (such
as MySpace, Facebook, Piczo, Bebo and others) where
they can advertise their favorite things, where they live
and pictures of themselves and their friends to anyone
who wants to see them.
time. We will focus on the much smaller segments of
preteens and teens who are being victimized through no
fault of their own - those who are targeted at random.
All others need to change their online behaviors. And
that's where we need to devote all our attention.
For this to happen, you need to understand the truth. For
years we have told parents and minors not to share too
much personal information online. "You can be tracked
down in real life," we told them. But, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary reported in the media and by
some local law enforcement officers, to my knowledge, to
date, no preteen or teen has been sexually-exploited by
someone who tracked them down from information they
posted online. In each and every case, to my knowledge,
to teens and preteens have gone willingly to meet their
molester or otherwise agreed to meet them in real life.
They may have thought they were meeting someone
other than the 46 year old who is posing as a teen, but
they knew they didn't know this person in real life. They
are willingly agreeing to meet strangers offline - in
shocking numbers.
Ten years ago, when I first wrote my safety tips telling
parents to put the computer in a central location, that
made sense. It was a central point, where parents could
get involved and supervise their children's interactive
communications and surfing activities. Now, where they
take their communication technologies with them in
their pockets, backpacks, and purses, it is not longer as
relevant as it once was. Now, instead of expecting
parents to watch everything their children are doing
online from the comfort of their livingrooms, or kitchen
counter, we have to do more. Now, we have to teach our
children to use the "filter between their ears" and
exercise good judgment and care when using any
interactive device. While teaching parents how to
supervise their children online was a challenge (I have
written the leading books, worldwide, for parents on
Internet safety), teaching children to "ThinkB4uClick" is
much harder.
What does this mean? It means we can do something
about this. It means we can educate teens and preteens
about the realities of meeting people in real life they only
know in cyberspace. It means we can create
solutions. It means that this is, at least for the time being,
100% preventable. It means that what we do today will
have an immediate impact on the safety of our youth. It
means we have to join together and work on things that
are effective and abandon those that are not.
Luckily, while our young people are sharing much more
information online than ever before, to my knowledge,
predators aren't using it to hunt down our children
offline. They are like vampires. They need to be invited
in. Sadly, our teens and preteens are too often doing just
that. They are inviting them to offline meetings, phone
calls and videochats. But, as an expert in cyberrisk
management, I can tell you that this is good news.
Because we have a single point of risk - our children,
preteens and teens. If we stop their risky and unsafe
behaviors, and teach them when to reach out for help
and how, we can manage this risk. We can keep our
children safe.
The saddest thing is that our children are mainly at risk
because of their own actions. Some are intentional.
Others are inadvertent. They may willingly engage in
communications with people they don't know in real life
"RL," agree to meet them offline or send them sexuallyprovocative images or perform sex acts on webcams they
share with people they encounter online. They
cyberbully each other by advertising their victims for
sexual services, posting real or manufactured sexually
explicit images of them online or by passing online
rumors able their sexual preferences or activities.
Preteens and Teens at Risk: Most of the high risk
preteens and teens fall into three categories: those who
are naive and looking for love and affection (typically the
"loners" and "shy"
preteens and teens),
those who already
engage in other high
Putting Their Heads into the Lion's Mouth
While educators and child psychologists understand this,
most parents will be shocked at the suggestion that their
preteens and teens are in control of their safety online
and putting themselves at risk, often intentionally. But
unless we accept this, and direct our attentions at
solutions aimed at this reality, we are all wasting our
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risks activities, such as drug and alcohol abuse, driving
too fast or doing risky things for the thrill of it (often the
student leaders, athletes, cheerleaders and very
competitive teens, the risks takers and thrill seekers
looking to let off steam or impress their peers) and those
who don't realize that what they do online is real, the
ones who are looking to appear older, cooler, more fun
and more popular (most of the teens and especially
preteens fall into this category at least once). Sadly, most
of our preteens and teens fit one of these categories.
Sadder still is the fact that in recent years we have
learned that most preteens and teens are potential
victims.
Naive, loners and socially-shy preteens and
teens: Some believe that they are communicating with
a cute 14 year old boy, who they later discover isn't cute,
isn't fourteen and isn't a boy. Most of the reported cases
fall into this category, and until the death of Christina
Long in the US five years ago this May (She was the first
confirmed death by a cyber-predator in the US), experts
all believed that all victims fell into this category. Our
kids are being conned, and easy to spot online. Predators
can seek them out, and find their vulnerabilities. They
are groomed with care, and often fall in love with their
molesters. Sadly, when the molestation finally occurs, not
only are their bodies broken, their hearts and trust are
too.
They need to understand how the predators work online.
Too often they tell me that they can "tell" how old
someone is online. They can't. No one can. Many
predators spend years cultivating the right tone and
language to look like a fellow teen online.
These preteens and teens are sitting ducks. While they
may have learned not to fall for the "help me find my
puppy" ploy offline, they need to learn how that same
ploy (appeal for assistance) works online. They need to
know how to spot the risks and the predators, when
online everyone can look like a cute 14-year-old boy.
They need to learn that romance shouldn't occur only in
cyberspace, and that parents can get involved to help
them meet their soul-mate, assuming they really are. So,
if they aren't, and turn out to be a 46 year old child
molester, they can come home safely and help put that
molester behind bars where they deserve.
Risk-takers, Thrill-seeking preteens and teens:
Some preteens and teens (mainly teens) are looking for
the thrills and challenge of engaging in a relationship (or
at least prolonged communication) with an adult. They
"play games" with the adult, and are intentionally extra
sexually-provocative. They think they are smart enough
to do this without getting hurt. They see this as a game,
without realizing the consequences of their actions. And
crossing the sexual line isn't as frightening online as it
would be in real life. The problem is that the
consequences are not as apparent, the realities not as
immediate. They take risks. And they think they can
handle them. (They don't often understand the
consequences, though.) They often willingly engage in
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sexual communications with men they know are adults.
That's part of the thrill. They are also often willing to
engage in sexual activities with the adult, but don't
realize what that can mean when things go very wrong.
We rarely hear about these kinds of victims, because
they never report it when things go wrong. They feel as
though they "asked for it," or are to blame. When we
hear of these cases, it's because they are killed or
kidnapped. (Christina Long was in this category. She was
the first confirmed murder victim of an Internet sexual
predator in the U.S. and died four years ago this May.)
Friends are the answer here. If we can get friends to help
watch out for each other, it is less likely that they will
meet adults in real life, or if they do, got alone. Also,
finding cool campaigns such as our "Don't Be Stupid"
help. So do real life stories from victims themselves about
how they got caught and advice from the trenches.
Kateisplace.org has sections specifically directed at this
type of victim.
Not really a drunken slut, just playing one on
MySpace: We've all been reading about this new trend
in the news (often with me as the expert). Good,
respectful, otherwise well-mannered preteens and teens
acting out in cyberspace. In profiles, blogs, on social
networking sites (such as MySpace) and their away
messages on IM, on their websites and interactive
gaming bios, they act out. They pose in their bras, or
worse. They simulate sexual activities (and in some cases
post images of actual sexual activities). They pretend to
be someone or something other than what they really
are. And this alter-ego may be a sexually promiscuous
teen "up for anything."
They don't think it is cool to tell others they were home
coloring with their five year old niece last weekend.
Instead they claim to have snuck out after everyone was
asleep to get drunk at a wild party. To them it isn't real.
They lie. They pose. They do thing online they would
never dream of doing in RL. They aren't really
drunken sluts - they are just playing one on MySpace to
get attention.
The Anatomy of a Cyberpredator:
There have been many cases recently where pedophiles
and other adults have lured children into offline
meetings and molested them. Luckily, there are even
more cases when such attempts to lure a child have
brought about the attention of law-enforcement groups.
Cyberpredators, just like their offline counterparts,
usually aren’t the scary, hairy monsters in trench coats
we imagine standing on a dark street corner. Many are
the kind of person you would be inviting to your home
as a guest, and often have. They are pediatricians,
teachers, lawyers, clergy, vice cops, welfare
workers, journalists,
Boy Scout leaders,
baseball
coaches,
scientists, etc. They
are almost always
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men. (Sometimes women are accomplices, but rarely are
women the molesters.) They are often articulate and
well-educated. They come in all shapes, sizes, and colors,
and they can be very rich or out of work. But they have
one thing in common: they want your child.
Most of us are sickened at the thought of an adult
having sexual relations with a child, but to be able to
protect our children, we must get into the mind of the
predator. First of all, predators often don’t see
themselves as predators. They see themselves as loving
partners with the children they molest. To them this isn’t
rape, it’s a seduction. And, as with any seduction, it’s a
slow and painstaking process. (Predators have been
known to wait more than two years, collecting data on a
particular child, before striking.) That’s what makes
them hard to detect. They don’t appear to your child to
be dangerous.
An FBI agent who shared a panel with me recently said
it best: “Before the Internet, these people had to get
physically close to your children. They had to lurk near
schoolyards, or playgrounds. Kids would see them.
Adults would see them. It was a dangerous situation to
be in for them, because everyone would notice an adult
male lurking around children. They often had to take
jobs and volunteer positions that allowed them to work
with children in a position of trust in order to reach their
victims. Now, however, the personal risks the pedophiles
had to expose themselves to in order to be around
children are gone. Now they can be ‘one of the kids’ and
hang out with your kids online without exposing
themselves. As long as they don’t say or do something in
the public room that makes them stand out, they can
stay there forever, taking notes.”
And, many of them do. They have been known to
create large databases on children. They track the
children’s likes and dislikes. They track information such
as whose parents are divorced, who doesn’t like their
father’s new girlfriend or their mother’s boyfriend, or
who likes computer games or a particular rock group.
Kids often share personal information about their lives
in chatrooms or on profiles. This is one reason why they
shouldn’t. The more the predator knows about your
child, the more easily they can “groom” them or appear
to be their soulmate.
Some cyberpredators (known as “travelers” to law
enforcement) seek out the good kids, the smart ones, the
ones who are not street-smart and are from sheltered
suburban or rural families. Many of our children match
that profile perfectly. Others, however, target (or are
targeted by) popular, super achiever, risk preferring
teens. It took the death of a young teen from the US,
Christina Long, before we realized that many of the
incidents involved teens who did not fit the loner profile.
What we learned was that these kids never report any
attacks or exploitation. The only time we hear of these
cases is when the teen is kidnapped or killed.
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So who is a typical victim of an Internet sexual
predator? Anyone between 11-1/2 and 16. All are
vulnerable.
It Doesn’t Take Torture for Them to Spill Their
Guts
Here’s a mock chatroom discussion that my
law-enforcement friends and I agree is pretty realistic.
Imagine a predatorial pedophile sitting and taking notes
on this child, and using this information to lure them
later. Would your child fall for this? Most, unfortunately,
would. This one is more typical of a boy victim
and predator communication than a girl victim
communication.
Child: I hate my mom! I know it’s her fault that my
parents are getting divorced.
Predator: I know. My parents are getting divorced, too.
Child: We never have any money anymore, either.
Every time I need something, she says the same thing:
“We can’t afford it.” When my parents were together,
I could buy things. Now I can’t.
Predator: Me too. I hate that!
Child: I waited for six months for the new computer
game to come out. My mom promised to buy it for me
when it came out. She promised! Now it’s out. Can I
buy it? Nope. “We don’t have enough money!” I hate
my mom!
Predator: Oh! I’m so sorry! I got it! I have this really
kewl uncle who buys me things all the time. He’s
really rich.
Child: You’re sooooo lucky. I wish I had a rich and
kewl uncle.
Predator: Hey! I got an idea! I’ll ask my uncle if he’ll
buy you one too....I told you he’s really kewl. I bet he’d
say yes.
Child: Really!? Thanks!!
Predator: BRB [cybertalk for “be right back”]... I’ll go
and call him.
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Predator: Guess what? He said okay. He’s gonna buy
you the game!
Child: Wow, really? Thanks. I can’t believe it!!!
Predator: Where do you live?
Child: I live in Nova Scotia. What about you?
Predator: I live in New Brunswick. So does my uncle.
Nova Scotia isn’t far.
Child: Great!
Predator: Is there a mall near you? We can meet there.
Child: Okay. I live near the Maritime Mall.
Predator: I’ve heard of that. No prob. What about
Saturday?
Child: Kewl.
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Predator: We can go to McDonald’s too if you want.
We’ll meet you there at noon.
Child: Okay. Where?
Predator: In front of the computer game store. Oh!
My uncle’s name is George. He’s really kewl.
Child: Great... thanks, I really appreciate it. You’re so
lucky to have a rich and kewl uncle.
Saturday arrives, and the child goes to the mall and
meets an adult outside the computer game store. He
identifies himself as “Uncle George” and explains that
his nephew is already at the McDonald’s waiting for
them. The child is uncomfortable, but the uncle walks
into the store and buys the $100 game. He comes out
and hands it to the child, who is immediately neutralized
and delighted. Stranger-danger warnings are not
applicable. This isn’t a stranger - he’s “Uncle George,”
and if any proof was needed, the computer game is it.
He gets into Uncle George’s car without hesitation to
meet his friend at McDonald’s. The rest is reported on
the 6 o’clock news.
It’s disgusting. It makes us sick to our stomachs, but it
happens. Not very often, but often enough that you need
to be forewarned. (Several thousand cyberpredator cases
are opened each year by law enforcement agents in the
United States alone. And there have been several high
profile cases right here in New Brunswick.) But no
matter how often it happens, even once is too often.
Knowing how they operate and the tricks of the trade
will help us teach our child how to avoid being
victimized. Each case differs, but the predators tend to
use the same general tactics. Aside from the “bait and
switch” scam discussed above, they often attempt to
seduce a child. They want the child to “want” them.
The Script - How They Operate Online
They begin by striking up a conversation with the child,
trying to create a relationship of trust and friendship.
They often masquerade as another child or teenager,
typically of the opposite sex, unless the child has
indicated homosexual interests. (The child may or may
not know the “seducer’s” real age by the time they meet
face-to-face.) Phone calls usually start at this point.
Sometimes gifts are sent to the child as well, which may
include a Polaroid camera and film. Once they have
broken down barriers of caution, they begin introducing
sexual topics gradually, often with the use of child
pornography to give the child the impression that other
children are regularly involved in sexual activities.
Then they begin to approach the child’s own sexuality
and curiosity, by asking questions and giving them
“assignments,” like wearing special underwear, sending
sexually suggestive photos of themselves to the
pedophile, or performing certain sexual acts. These
assignments eventually broaden to the exchange of
sexually explicit photographs (using the Polaroid, cell
phone camera or digital camera) or videos of the child.
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Finally, the pedophile attempts to arrange a face-to-face
meeting. (He may also have divulged his true age or an
age closer to his actual age at this point.)
Why It Works
All the lectures we have given our children from the time
they are very young about not talking to strangers aren’t
applicable online, where everyone is a stranger. A large
part of the fun online is talking to people you’ve never
met. In addition, our children’s stranger-danger
defenses are not triggered when other kids are involved.
The warnings apply only to adult strangers, not to other
children.
If any of us walked up to a child in a playground and
tried to strike up a conversation, they would ignore us
and probably run away. But if an unknown eleven-yearold came up to another eleven-year-old in the same
playground, they’d be playing in ten seconds flat! That’s
how the pedophiles get in under our kids’ strangerdanger radar - they pretend to be other kids. And
children often believe what they read and hear. They
“know” things about the predator because they believe
what he told them. They also believe what they read
about him in his “staged” profile, which supports what
he told them. So it’s not just true, it’s confirmed.
There are many stages at which the pedophile can be
thwarted by an observant parent. In addition, children
with healthy friendships and a strong, open, and trusting
relationship with their parents are less likely to fall
victim to pedophiles online. Pedophiles typically prey on
a child’s loneliness. They feed the child’s complaints
about her home life - creating an "us-versus-them"
atmosphere. “Your mom is so mean to you! I don’t know
why she won’t let you _____.” (Fill in the blank with
whatever we try and limit: makeup, malls, concerts, etc.)
This atmosphere does two things: It creates a distance
between the child and her parents, at the same time
bringing the child into a special secret alliance with the
pedophile. (You should know that boys are almost as
often the victims of Internet sexual exploitation as girls
are, but they report it less frequently.)
I have followed many cases over the last few years. In my
role as WiredSafety executive director, I’ve also been
responsible for reporting several of these to law
enforcement and for helping many families through the
pain of prosecution. Sometimes we just help the families
survive what the molestation has done to them. (The
child isn’t the only victim - entire families are torn apart
in the aftermath of a molestation.) Parents feel guilty for
not having protected their child, siblings don’t know how
to treat their fellow sibling - the pain can continue for a
lifetime, and even more. And, in addition to being hurt
physically, the young
victim's heart is
broken
by
the
betrayal of trust.
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Anatomy of a Real and Early Case
One case I reviewed many years ago involved a New
Jersey teenager and an Ohio adult predator. It was one
of the earliest reported cases of cyber-predatorial
conduct, discovered in 1996. Luckily, the liaison was
discovered before the girl met the man face-to-face. But
it had gone on for a year and a half before being
discovered by the girl’s mother. As you read the details,
think about what could have been done to discover the
situation earlier and how you can use these precautions
to protect your children.
Paul Brown, Jr., an Ohio resident, was forty-six years old.
He was also unemployed, weighed over four
hundred pounds, and lived in a basement. He had
accounts with several ISPs. Mary (a hypothetical name
for the young girl involved) was twelve when her
mother, a schoolteacher, bought her a computer,
reportedly because Mary was having problems making
friends. When she got online, Mary posted a message on
an online service, in the spring of 1995, looking for a pen
pal. In her message she described herself as a teenage
girl. Paul Brown, Jr,. responded to the message, using his
real name (something they often do, surprisingly) but
identifying himself as a fifteen-year-old boy.
Brown and Mary maintained an e-mail and telephone
relationship for several months. As the relationship
became more involved, they began writing letters, and
Mary sent Brown a photograph. He told her that he was
living at home with his mother and was hoping to find a
girlfriend. In early August, Brown asked Mary for a
“favor.” “If I sent you a roll of film, could you get one of
your friends to take pictures of you in different outfits
and maybe hairstyles? Makeup if you use any, and
different poses. Some sexy, if possible. Please. Baby for
me. Thanx. You’re the best. Love Ya.”
Mary complied. For the next eight months, they
continued to converse and correspond, and Mary sent
additional photos. Brown encouraged her with juvenile
antics, such as using stickers in his letters to her saying
things like “Getting better all the time!” In May 1996,
Brown sent Mary a special love note. “Saying I love
you... seems to be an understatement. At the age of 14
you have captured my heart and made it sing... I love
everything about you….”
Shortly thereafter, Brown confessed to being in his
twenties. He also suggested that Mary videotape herself
in sexually provocative poses. She did. After Brown had
reviewed her videotape, he returned it to her with
instructions to redo the tape and include views of her
genitalia and breasts. He later admitted to being
divorced and in his thirties. He reportedly also sent her
small gifts from time to time.
A few months later, in response to Brown’s promise to
pass copies of the tape to four members of a rock band
Mary admired, she sent additional videotapes to Brown.
(Brown told Mary that he knew the band members very
well.) Each tape sent to Brown was designated for a
different member of the band and contained sexually
explicit conduct. Brown apparently had also sent her his
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size 48 underwear. When her mother discovered the
underwear, the authorities were notified. Tracing Brown
through phone records, special agents of the FBI in
Cleveland seized the videotapes and photos of Mary and
of more than ten other teenage girls from across the
country.
Mary was fourteen when this was all discovered. Brown
pled guilty to enticing a minor to produce sexually
explicit photos and videos and was sentenced to a little
less than five years in prison (the maximum penalty for a
first offense). In a written statement to Brown
following all of this, Mary said, “I trusted you. I thought
you were my friend.”
There are several things that stand out in this case. One,
interstate phone calls were made by Mary. Parents
should always be reviewing long-distance bills for
suspicious calls. Two, Mary was lonely. These kinds of
children are often the most vulnerable; a parent should
be involved in their online friendships, and monitor their
online lives. And, three, as hard as it is to know what our
kids are doing when we’re not around, especially if we
are a single parent, a year and a half is a long time for a
relationship to be going on undiscovered. We should
spend time learning who our children’s friends are,
online and off.
Knowing a child is lonely and has problems making
friends is the first sign that the child may fall prey to a
pedophile or cyber- predator. Predators can spot lonely
children. They can also spot kids who are new online
and may not yet know all the rules. Broken homes and
homes where the child feels leftout are often the place
where a predator can easily find an online victim. Most
teens, when surveyed, admit to having been
propositioned online. But what may be obvious to a
cyberstreetsmart kid may not be so obvious to a child not
yet familiar with cyberspace. Pedophiles befriend these
kids and patiently build trust and a relationship—
looking toward the day when they can meet face-to-face.
Encourage children to make online friends, but learning
about their online friends is an important way to avoid
these secret relationships. Education is important in
avoiding this danger, too. (Had Mary been forewarned
about how pedophiles operate online, she may have
been more attentive to how old Brown sounded on the
phone, and been more aware of his classic tactics.) So is
control over incoming and outgoing information when
younger children are involved, using technology
blockers, monitors, and filters. These kinds of situations
can be avoided if we plan ahead, educate and
communicate with our children, and keep our eyes open.
Teaching our teens and preteens that that cute 14-yearold boy may not be cute...may not be 14...and may not be
a boy can help too. Check out our new print public
service announcements at WiredSafety.org. Feel free to
use them and make as many copies as you'd like.
Kids in the Know
The New Face of Safety Education
www.kidsintheknow.ca
"Don’t talk to Strangers" has forever been the slogan
of personal safety education. However we now know
that this can cause more harm than actually equip
children with a safety strategy to help protect
themselves from harm.
Direct instruction on how to listen to their instincts
when they are warned of danger is also imperative.
This pertains to root safety strategy: Trust Your
Instincts. This should be combined with their
instruction on how to respond safely in situations and
to communicate a message of "I mean business."
Stranger" is an abstract concept and difficult for
children to understand. As "stranger" has often been
associated with "bad," "mean," or "ugly" children
become confused when someone they don’t know
speaks to them nicely, looks "friendly," or introduces
himself/herself in a position of authority.
Most children are uncomfortable being impolite to
adults. In most cases this is appropriate. However, they
must be taught that if their safety is at risk or if they
are feeling uncomfortable, it is okay to respond
without concern for the feelings of the individual.
This also heightens awareness about the messages
adults communicate to children and their
expectations of how to interact with adults. Many
parents expect their children to express actions of
affection toward particular adults even when their
child is uncomfortable doing so. Adults need to keep
the lines of communication open and actively listen to
children.
This "stranger" approach to safety becomes confusing
to children as adults interact and speak to "strangers"
everyday. Actually, research indicates that children are
much more likely to be abducted or sexually
exploited by someone they know or with whom they
have come into contact. Therefore, the "stranger"
theory will not usually protect children from
victimization.
How to Prevent Sexual Exploitation
Know where your children are at all times. Be
familiar with their friends and daily activities. Be
sensitive to changes in your children's behavior; they
are a signal that you should sit down and talk to your
children about what caused the changes.
There are situations in which children will need to
approach a "stranger" for help. So moreimportantly,
they must learn how to make safe choices about the
type of individual they should approach in an
emergency situation.
A more effective safety strategy is teach children to
make sure that their parents know where they are
going before they go anywhere with anyone. To
reinforce this and other key safety concepts, the Kids
in the Know educational curriculum introduces 7
Root Safety Strategies throughout the program. This
one – 'If you're asked to go and your parents don't
know, shout NO!' is repeated consistently in the
curriculum and replaces the 'Don't talk to strangers'
concept.
Be alert to a teenager or adult who is paying an
unusual amount of attention to your children or
giving them inappropriate or expensive gifts.
Teach your children to trust their own feelings and
assure them that they have the right to say NO to what
they sense is wrong.
Listen carefully to your children's fears and be
supportive in all your discussions with them.
Teach your children that no one should approach
them or touch them in a way that makes them feel
uncomfortable. If someone does, they should tell the
parents immediately.
Children must learn how to be assertive and to remove
themselves from any situation with anyone who makes
them feel uncomfortable, scared or hurt. This pertains
to root safety strategy: Shout NO! - Run-Tell
Someone.
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Signs of Child Sexual Exploitation
Parents should be alert to the below noted indicators
of sexual and physical abuse and exploitation.
Show PHYSICAL AFFECTION, and express
your LOVE and CONFIDENCE with words and
gestures. Keep OPEN THE LINES OF
COMMUNICATION with the child. In the future it
will be vitally important that the child believe that you
are sympathetic, understanding, supportive, and
optimistic so that he or she will feel comfortable in
making additional disclosures and in discussing
feelings.
- Changes in behaviour, extreme mood swings,
withdrawal, fearfulness, and excessive crying.
- Changes in bed-wetting, nightmares, fear of going
to bed, or other sleep disturbances.
- Acting out inappropriate sexual activity or showing
an unusual interest in sexual matters.
- A sudden acting out of feelings or aggressive or
rebellious behavior.
- Regression to infantile behavior; clinging.
- School problems, behavior problems.
- Changes in toilet-training habits.
- A fear of certain places, people, or activities; an
excessive fear of going to a certain place.
- Bruises, rashes, cuts, limping, multiple or poorly
explained injuries.
- Pain, itching, bleeding, fluid, or rawness in the
private areas.
YOU MUST ALERT the child protection, youth
services, child abuse, or other appropriate social
services organizations. The police, sheriff's office, or
other law enforcement agency MUST ALSO BE
NOTIFIED.
If you think the child has been physically
injured, SEEK OUT APPROPRIATE MEDICAL
ATTENTION. Remember often we do not realize
that a child who has been sexually exploited is also
physically injured. DO NOT GUESS. Let the
professionals make an independent judgment about
treatment.
You should note that some of these behaviors may
have other explanations, but it is important to assist
your child no matter what the cause of these
symptoms or behaviors.
Consider the need for COUNSELLING or
THERAPY for the child. To ignore the incident, to
"sweep it under the rug," to act as if it did not happen
is not going to help the child deal with the
exploitation. In deciding what counsellors to use, look
for someone who is experienced in cases of sexual
victimization. Ask about the number of children they
have counseled.
Adapted from Just in Case...Parental guidelines in case you are
considering daycare. Adapted with permission of the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
Copyright (c) 1989 NCMEC. All rights reserved.
If a Child Discloses Exploitation
REMEMBER THAT CHILDREN SELDOM LIE
ABOUT ACTS OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. It
is important that the child feel that you BELIEVE
what he or she has told you.
Report any online child sexual exploitation to
CYBERTIP.ca's 24-hour toll-free telephone line to
report ANY information on sexually exploited
children: 1-866-658-9022. This number is available
throughout Canada.
SUPPORT THE CHILD AND THE DECISION
TO TELL THE STORY. It is normal for children to
fear telling others - especially parents.
Often children DO NOT disclose about incident(s)
of sexual exploitation. It is up to attentive
adults to recognize the SIGNS OF SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION.
Make it CLEAR that telling you what happened was
the RIGHT THING TO DO and that you will
PROTECT him or her from FUTURE HARM.
Excerpted from Just in case...Parental guidelines
in case your child might someday be the victim of
sexual abuse or
exploitation.
Adapted
with
RESPECT the CHILD'S PRIVACY. Accompany the
child to a PRIVATE PLACE where he or she can
relate the story. Be careful NOT to discuss the
incident in front of people who do not need to know
what happened.
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permission of the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children (NCMEC). Copyright (c) 1985
NCMEC. All rights reserved.
Sex Offender Profiles
A Child Molester is an individual who sexually
molests children. For these purposes, child sex
offenders are divided into the two categories of
Preferential and Opportunistic or Situational Child
Molesters.
Preferential Child Molester
Preferential Child Molesters have a definite sexual
preference for children. Their sexual fantasies and
erotic imagery focus on children. They have sex with
children not because of some situational stress or
insecurity but because they are sexually attracted to
and prefer children. If this individual does not act on
his urges, then he is not a child molester. A
preferential child molester is a pedophile.
Opportunistic or Situational Child Molester
Situational Child Molesters do not have a true sexual
preference for children, but engage in sex with
children for varied and complex reasons. This type of
molester may engage in sex with a child, ranging from
a once-in-a-lifetime act to a long-term pattern of
behavior. The more long-term the behavior is, the
more difficult it is to distinguish from a preferential
molester. Members of lower socioeconomic groups
tend to be over-represented among situational child
molesters. An opportunistic child molester is not
classified as a pedophile.
Adolescent Offenders
An area of increasing attention is that of adolescent
offenders. This type of offender can fit the
characteristics of the preferential or situational child
molester. Adolescent (or younger) offenders should
always be viewed as past or current victims of sexual
abuse. This may include psychological sexual abuse,
inappropriate exposure to sexually explicit materials,
and/or the repeated or inappropriate witnessing of
adult sexual activity.
Question: How does the abuse occur?
Answer: Abuse occurs in a wide range of situations and
settings. For long-term abusers, often, the child
molester will "court" the child with attention,
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affection, and gifts. Just as one adult courts another
during a dating process, the pedophile seduces
children over a period of time by gradually lowering
their sexual inhibitions. Sometimes the molester will
tickle, wrestle, or hug the child in the presence of
others first, adding legitimacy to the activity that will
occur later in private. Often a child feels guilty or
ashamed of the abuse. Children may feel that a short
amount of uncomfortable feeling is worth the amount
of attention and affection and perceived care they
receive from the molester.
Excerpted from Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis by
Kenneth V. Lanning. Adapted with permission of the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
Copyright (c) 1992 NCMEC. All rights reserved.
Strategies of Sex Offenders
Child Predators use a number of techniques to lure
children from their homes, schools, or elsewhere.
There are, however, a number of common themes
that can be watched for. These include the following:
Grooming
Pedophiles often 'groom' their child victims prior to
and during victimization. This involves three general
steps - targeting, non-sexual touching, and sexual
touching.
Targeting Stage
Many preferential child molesters have a "6th sense"
as to who can be more easily victimized They often
target neglected, needy children, often from troubled
homes.
Parents can be 'groomed' as well.
Non-Sexual Touching Stage
Often begins with "accidental" touching
Introduction to pornography
Introduction of alcohol or drugs
Sexual Touching Stage
Sexually assaultive behaviour, ranging from sexual
touching to anal/vaginal intercourse.
Excerpted from Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis by
Kenneth V. Lanning.
CYBERTIP.CA
WHAT IS CYBERTIP.CA?
toll free number (1-866-658-9022), or faxing
(1-204-948-2177)
the
report
information.
Cybertip.ca analysts are available 24 hours a day, 7
days per week to accept calls from those who require
direct assistance. In order to prevent the potential
transmission of child pornography to Cybertip.ca
(which is unlawful in Canada), email reports are not
accepted.
Cybertip.ca is Canada's National Tipline for
reporting the online sexual exploitation of children.
It is a centralized web portal for receiving and
addressing reports from the public regarding child
pornography, luring, child sex tourism, and children
who are exploited through prostitution. Cybertip.ca
also provides the public with information, referrals
and other resources to help Canadians keep their
children safe while on the Internet.
Cybertip.ca content analysts review, prioritize and
analyze every report they receive. After the report
has been reviewed, the content analysts verify the
report by collecting supporting information using
various Internet tools and techniques. If the web site
or other subject matter in question is assessed to
contain potentially illegal material, a report is
referred to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
Cybertip.ca also gathers critical statistics and
information for use by law enforcement and in
public policy development.
Child Find Manitoba's Cybertip.ca operates as one
of the organization's core services. Although the
majority of Cybertip.ca's reports are provided
online, the public is also able to contact the tipline by
phone or fax.
CYBERTIP.CA'S MANDATE
As Canada's National tipline, Cybertip.ca's mandate
is to protect children from online sexual exploitation
by:
If the subject matter of the report falls outside of
Cybertip.ca's mandate or is assessed to be legal,
although perhaps offensive in nature, Cybertip.ca
provides Internet safety information to the
complainant on subjects such as Internet filters,
email spam solutions, victim referrals, common lures
used by child predators, or other resources that can
assist the complainant in addressing their concerns.
By utilizing its web portal and email facilities,
Cybertip.ca can disseminate Internet safety
information and other resources in an extremely cost
effective manner that is both highly visible and
accessible.
• receiving and analyzing tips from the public
about potentially illegal material and activities
regarding the online sexual exploitation of
children, and referring leads to the appropriate
law enforcement agency; and
• providing the public with information and other
resources, as well as support and referral
services to help Canadians keep themselves and
their families' safe while on the Internet.
Since launching Cybertip.ca in September 2002, the
tipline has forwarded reports to law enforcement that
have resulted in 27 arrests and the removal of as
many as 2100 websites.
Cybertip.ca operates as a clearinghouse or "front
door" to the Canadian public for reporting offences
related to the online sexual exploitation of children.
In this role, Cybertip.ca is the first point of contact
with the Canadian public and not only serves to
avert the exploitation of children but also bridges the
gap between those who want to report online
victimization and law enforcement agencies who
need the information to conduct an investigation.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
If a person comes across child pornography online,
or if they believe someone is attempting to lure a
child for sexual purposes or commit some other
sexual offence against a child, they submit a report to
Cybertip.ca by visiting www.cybertip.ca and
filling out an online reporting form, calling a
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Cybertip.ca relies
on complaints
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twenty-one month old daughter so that he could
masturbate to the images. Information was
obtained on the individual's IP address, and a
possible identity of the suspect was made.
Cybertip.ca forwarded the report to the
Winnipeg Police Service Child Abuse
Unit, who subsequently arrested a
twenty-three year old male and charged
him
with
possession
of
child
pornography.
submitted by the Canadian public and does not
proactively seek out illegal online material.
Additionally, Cybertip.ca does not store or maintain
a database of child pornography images and does
not contact or otherwise engage alleged offenders in
any way.
Success Stories
1 A mother in Ontario contacted Cybertip.ca
through the toll-free number after she learned
that her fourteen year old daughter had been
conversing with a thirty-five year old male on the
Internet. The mother found evidence on her
child's computer that the male suspect had been
sending her child pornography images. A
Cybertip.ca analyst conducted various searches,
added value, and verified the information
provided. The report was then referred to
Kingston Police Services. Upon further
investigation, it was discovered that the child had
been conversing online with other adult males
and had been sexually assaulted by a male out of
Pennsylvania. This male was arrested and
charged with four different counts relating to this
case. Additionally, other female victims were
identified and law enforcement expect that
he will be incarcerated in the US for up
to thirty years, preventing further
victimization of young girls.
4 In July 2004, Cybertip.ca received an online
report from an employer in Toronto who had
tracked one of his employee's computer usage
and sites visited. He discovered that the
individual was visiting illegal websites to
download images of child pornography.
Cybertip.ca verified the information prior to
forwarding it to the Toronto Police Service's
Child Pornography Unit. After an extensive
investigation, the Unit uncovered two additional
computers at the suspect's home, both
containing stored child abuse images. A
thirty-three year old male was arrested
in August and charged with accessing and
possessing child pornography.
5 A concerned friend from California contacted
Cybertip.ca about a young boy who was being
molested by his father and his father's friends.
The individual reported that the boy was forced
to get naked while the adult males took
photographs and videos of him and another boy.
He was also made to look at pornography on the
computer. The boy was threatened that if he
ever told anyone, they would hurt his mommy.
After a brief review, Cybertip.ca
immediately forwarded the information
to the National Child Exploitation
Coordination Centre.
2 In August 2004, Cybertip.ca received 3 reports
from different sources indicating that there
may be a Canadian website hosting child
pornography images. Cybertip.ca analysts
examined the contents of the website, "Lost
Youth," and determined that there were images
being posted on this site that would be
considered to be illegal child pornography
images. Searches determined that the website
was being hosted by a company from
Chateauguay, Quebec. The file was
forwarded to the SQ Cyber-surveillance
Unit, and as a result of this intervention,
the site has been shut down.
http://www.cybertip.ca
3 Cybertip.ca was provided with an online report
from a concerned moderator of an MSN Trivia
chatroom. The reporting person had been
informed that an individual from Manitoba had
been chatting with an adult female member and
requested to see pictures of the female's
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Industry
Canada
Chat Dictionary
industrie
Canada
Online chatting, where two people communicate by typing at the computer, is a normal part of everyday life for kids
nowadays. If you don't know the lingo, however, you might be baffled by the cryptic acronyms you see on-screen.
This dictionary will help you decipher what your kids are saying in chat rooms and other online services like instant
messaging (MSN, etc.).
123
*poof*
12345
20
2, 2b, 2u
4
404
you
^5
enter a wrong URL)
High 5
abt
adn
afaics
afaik
afk
afn
aka
asap
asl? or a/s/l?
atm
atw
About
Any day now
As far as I can See
As far as I know
Away from keyboard
That's all for now
Also known as
As soon as possible
Age, sex, location?
At the moment
At the weekend
A
B
b
b/c, bc
b/l
b4
b4n, bbfn, bfn
bas
bbb
bbiab
bbl
bbn
bbs
bcnu
bd
b-day
beg
bf
bff
bffae
bibo
bion
bka
bl
bl
bmgwl
bnscd
bout
brb
btdt
btw
bwl
byca
bz
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C
Has left the chat
Talk about school
Location
To, to be, to you
For
I have no clue (what you get when
c
cg c&g
cico
cid
cm
cmiiw
cmm
cnp
comp
conv
cp
cr
crbt
csg
ctp
cu
cuial
cul, cul8r, cyl, Cyl8r
cuttl
cuz
cya
cym
See
Chuckle and grin
Coffee in, coffee out
Crying in disgrace
Call me
Correct me if I'm wrong
Change(d) my mind
Continued (in my) next post
Computer
Conversation
Chat post(a chat message)
Chat room
Crying real big tears
Chuckle snicker grin
Cutie pie
See you
See you in another life
See you later
Crawling under the table laughing
Because
See ya
Change your mind
d/l
da
dat
dial
diff
dint
diz
dltbbb
dom
dont
dos
dtrt
dunno
duz
duznt
dwb
dwpkotl
Download, downloading or downloaded
The
That
Dialogue
Different
Didn't
This
Don't let the bed bugs bite
Dirty old man
Don't
Dozing off soon
Do the right thing
Don't know
Does
Doesn't
Don't write back
Deep wet passionate kiss on the lips
e1
eg
egbok
e-mail or e-mail
emsg
enuff
er1, every1, evry1
es
Everyone
Evil grin
Everything going to be O.K.
Electronic mail
E-mail message
Enough
Everyone
Enough said
D
Be
Because
Buddy list
Before
Bye for now
Big a** smile
Bye bye baby
Be back in a bit
Be back later
Bye bye now
Be back soon
Be seeing you
Big deal
Birthday
Big evil grin
Boyfriend
Best friends forever
Best friends forever and ever
Beer in, beer out
Believe it or not
Best known as
Buddy list
Belly laugh
Busting my gut with laughter
But now something completely different
About
Be right back
Been there, done that
By the way
Bursting with laughter
Before you came along
Busy
E
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evry
ez
Every
Easy
f2f
faq
fc
focl
fomc
fomclol
foz
ftbomh
fu
fubar
fwiw
fx
fya
fyeo
fyi
Face to Face
Frequently asked question
Fingers crossed
Falls off chair laughing
Fell off my chair
Fell off my chair laughing out loud
From Autralia (aka OZ)
From the bottom of my heart
Follow up
Fowled up beyond recognition
For what it's worth
Effects
For your amusement
For your eyes only
For your information
g
g2g
g2gp
gaga
gal
gb
gf
gfak
gfn
gg
gg, g/g
ggp
giaug, guayg
gimme
gj
gjp
gl
gm
gmab
gmbo
gmta
gn
go2
goin
gonna
gosta
gotcha
gr
gr8
gtaw
gtg, g2g
gtsy
Grin
Got to go
Got to go pee
Adoration
Get a life
God bless
Girlfriend
Go fly a kite
Gone for now
Good game
Gotta go
Gotta go pee
Give it all you got
Give me
Good job
Good job partner
Good luck
Good morning
Give me a break
Giggling my butt off
Great minds think alike
Good night
Go to
Going
Going to
Got to
Got you
Gotta run
Great
Go take a walk
Got to go, gotta go
Glad to see you
h&k
h/o
h8
habu
hafta
hagn
hagu
Hug and kiss
Hold on
Hate
Have a better 'un
Have to
Have a good night
Have a good 'un
(...cont’d)
F
G
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hand
hb
help
hey
hf
hfs!
hhis
hhoj
hhok
hhos
hi
hig
hmwrk
hos
ht
htgelb
hub
hud
hw
Have a nice day
Hurry back
Help me
Hello
Have fun
Holy f_ckin sh_t!!
Hanging head in shame
Hi!Hi! Only joking
Hi!Hi! Only kidding
Hi!Hi! Only serious
Laughter
How's it going
Homework
Husband over shoulder
Hi there
Have to go eat lunch, bye
Head up butt
How you doing?
Homework
iae
ianal
ibyp
ic
idk
idu
iirc
igp
igtg
ill
ilu, ily
im
imco
imho
imnsho
imo
ims
inet
info
ino
iono
iow
ipn
irc
irl
isn
itigbs
itz
iwalu
iyss
In any event
I am not a lawyer but...
I beg your pardon
I see
I don't know
I don't understand
If I remember correctly
I gotta pee
I got to go
I'll
I love you
Instant messenger
In my considered opinion
In my humble opinion
In my not so humble opinion
In my opinion
I'm sorry
Internet
Information
I know
I don't know
In other words
I'm posting naked
Internet chat relay
In real life
Is an
I think I'm gonna be sick
Its or it's
I will always love you
If you say so
I
J
j/a
Just asking
Joking
j/k
j/p
Just playing
Just wondering
j/w
j2luk, j2lun, j2lyn, jtluk, jtlun, jtlyk, jtlyn
Just to let you know
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j4g
jam
jas
jc
jfyi
jj
jk
jlt
jm
jmo
Just for grins
Just a minute
Just a second
Just chillin'
Just for your information
Just joking
Just kidding
Just like that
Just messing
Just my opinion
k, kk
kiss
KIT
ko
koc, kotc
kotl
kwim
Okay, alright
Keep it simple, stupid
Keep in touch
Knock out
Kiss on the cheek
Kiss on the lips
Know what I mean
l
lol
l2s
l8
l8r
lasa
ldr
lemme
leta
lhm
lho
lhu
lm
lma
lmao
lmirl
lmk
lns
lotza
lshih
lshmbb
lshmbh
ltns
lts
luv
luv ya, ly
luwamh
ly4e
lylab
lylas
Laugh
Laughing out loud
Laughing to self
Late
Later (Goodbye)
Loser
Long-distance relationship
Let me
Later
Lord help me
Laughing head off
Lord help us
Love me
Leave me alone
Laughing my ass off
Lets meet in real life
Let me know
Laughing non stop
Lots of
Laughing so hard it hurts
Laughing so hard my belly is bouncing
Laughing so hard my belly hurts
Long time no see
Laughing to self
Love
Love you
Love you with all my heart
Love you forever
Love you like a brother
Love you like a sister
K
L
M
m/b
m8
mbn
me2
meanna
mel
mia
min
msg
mtf
mtg
mwa
myob
mys
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n/m
n2m
n2n
nadt
nc, n/c
ndbwy
ne
ne1
nehow
nemore
nething
neway
nhot
nick
nifoc
nm
nmjc
no1
nom
np
nrn
nstlc
ntmu
nuffin, nutn
nv
nvm
nvng
nw
nw
In or and (depending on context)
Not much
Not too much
Nice to know
Not a darn thing
No comment
Nice doing business with you
Any
Anyone
Anyhow
Anymore
Anything
Anyway
Never heard of that
Nickname
Naked in front of computer
Never mind
Nothing much just chillin'
No one
No offense meant
No problem / nosy parents
No reply necessary
Needs some tender loving care
Nice to meet you
Nothing
Envy
Never mind
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Network
No way
oic, ois
ol
om
omg
oob
oom
otoh
otp
ottomh
outta
Oh, I see
Old lady (wife, girlfriend)
Old man (significant other)
Oh my gosh
Out of body
Out of mind
On the other hand
On the phone
Off the top of my head
Out of
O
P
paw
pds
pfm
pic
pliz, pls, plz
plmk
pm
pmfji
pml
pmp
poahf
pos
pov
ppl
ppr
prob
probly, prolly
puter
My bad
Mate
Must be nice
Me too
Mean to
E-mail
Missing in action
Minute
Messages
More to follow
Meeting
A kiss (the sound "mwa")
Mind your own business
Miss you so
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Parents are watching
Please don't shoot
Please forgive me
Picture
Please
Please let me know
Private message
Pardon me for jumping in
Pissing myself laughing
Peed my pants
Put on a happy face
Parent over shoulder
Point of view
People
Paper
Problem
Probably
Computer
(...cont’d)
Q
qsl
qso
qt
ques
Reply
Conversation
Cutie
Question
r
rbay
rem
rl
rm
rme
rnt
rofl
rsn
rtfaq
rt
Are
Right back at you
Remember
Real life
Room
Rolling my eyes
Aren't
Rolling on floor laughing
Really soon now
Read the FAQ list
Real time
S
S^, S'UP
sb
sds
sec
sete
shid
sk8ing
smh
smhof
scnr
sn
so
some1
somy?
sorta
sot
sotmg
spoz
spoz2
spoz2b
sry
ss
str8
stw
su
suakm
sul
sup?
swag
swak
swl
syah
syak
sys
syt
Smile
What's up?
Smiles back
Sweet dreams
Second
Smiling ear to ear
Slaps head in disgust
Skating
Shaking my head
Set my heart on fire
Sorry, could not resist
Screen name
Significant other
Someone
Sick of me yet?
Sort of
Short of time
Short of time must go
Suppose
Supposed to
Supposed to be
Sorry
So sorry
Straight
Scared to watch
Shut up
Shut up and kiss me
See you later
What's up? or Wassup? (a greeting)
Scientific wild a** guess
Sealed with a kiss
Screaming with laughter
Sending you a hug
Sending you a kiss
See you soon
Sweet young thing
ta
tafn
taw
Thanks again
That's all for now
Take a walk
R
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tc
tcoy
tdy
thx, tnx, tx
tia
tilii
tlc
tnt
toy
tp
tt4n
ttme
tttyt
ttyl
turt
twb4u
ty
tyt
tyvm
Take care
Take care of yourself
Today (anglais) = aujourd'hui
Thanks
Thanks in advance
Tell it like it is
Tender loving care
Till next time
Thinking of you
Toilet paper
Ta ta for now
Talk to me
Ta ta to you too
Talk to you later
Take your time
That was before you
Thank you
Take your time (common reply to brb)
Thank you very much
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ul, u/l
ull
uno
up
ur
urs
urself
urw
You
You'd
Upload or Uploading
You'll
You know
Youpie (means "yeah")
Your or you're
Yours
Yourself
You are welcome
vn
Very nice
w.e, w/e
w/
w/o
w8
wadup
wag
wanna
wayd
wb
wbs
wcul
wdp
wdym
wdyw
we, w-end
weg
wkf
wnwu
wos
wru
wtg
wtgp?
Whatever
With
Without
Wait
What's up?
Wild a** guess
Want to
What are you doing
Welcome back
Write back soon
Will catch you later
Well done partner
What do you mean
What do you want
Week-end
Wicked evil grin
Well known fact
What's new with you
Wife over shoulder
Who are you
Way to go
Want to go private? (go to a private room)
U
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wth, wth?
wtrdoin
wts?
wuf ?
wuz
What/Who the heck (or H**, or
sub an 'F' for the 'H')
What are you doing
What's that sh_t?
Where are you from?
Was
xxx
Hugs and kisses (X's are kisses and
O's are hugs)
Kisses
y
ybs
yg
yl
ym
yt?
yw
Why
You'll be sorry
Young gentleman
Young lady
Young man
You there?
You're welcome
zzzz
Sleeping, tired
:-)
:-)))
:-D
;-)
:'-)
:-"
:-*
:-x
|-)
|-l
:-(
:-|
::-/
:'-(
:-o
:-O
:-P
:-#
:-&
:-...
:-)~
:-~
:-'
:-s
:-\
%-6
.-)
,-)
x-(
(-:
:*)
%-)
|-o
:-9
Happy, smiling
Laughing a lot
Has a big smile
Is winking
Crying of joy
Whistling
Sending a kiss
Cannot say a word
Sleepy
Asleep
Sad, angry
Ambivalent, indifferent
Not happy
Is sceptic, euh....
Crying
Surprised
Even more surprised
Grimace
Not wanting to talk
Is sick
Heart broken
Raptured
To be cold
Spitting-out is chewing gum
Done or said something wrong
Did not appreciate at all
Be unconscious, going crazy
To have an eye on...
Having only one eye and winking
Dying right now
Is left handed
Being drunk
Staying too long in front of pc
Yawning/snoring
Licking the lips
X
xoxo
Y
Z
Smileys
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A flower for you
[ ], ( )
Hugging, holding someone tight in
your arms ex: [Catherine]
:-)x or :-)*
Kiss
:-)~~(-:
Kissing deeply
<3
Love, heart
<3<
Hate
{}
Kissing someone very hard ex:
{{{{Catherine}}}}
<>
Make love
B-)
Wearing glasses
B:-)
Having glasses on the head
:^)
Having a big nose
(:-)
Bald
=:-)
Hair all over
:-(=)
Has big teeth
d:-)
Wearing a hat
P-)
Wearing an eye band
&:-)
Curly hair
:-{)
:-7<>
:-)>/////>
[:-)
[:]
8:-)
{:-) or /:-)
*:-)
C:-)
o:-)
>:-(
(::()::)
:-{ }
:( )
:->
;->
:-6
(( )):**
:-)*(-:
:-@
^
:-&
?¬?
°oO
Has a mustache
Smoking the pipe
Wearing a tie
Listening to a walkman
Being a robot
Be a girl
Wearing a beret
Bozo the clown
Having a big IQ
Angelic
Angry
Band-aid
Blowing a kiss
Can't stop talking
Devilish
Devilish wink
Exhausted, wiped out
Hugs and kisses
Kiss
Screaming
Thumbs up
Tongue tied
Laughing to death
Thinking
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Internet Filter Reviews
Why Internet Filter Software?
to its fullest capacity.
• Effective at filtering – Top Internet filter software
offers a good balance between filtering objectionable
material and not filtering too much content. Another
important aspect is the ability to customize the filter's
sensitivity for each family member.
The Internet is one of the greatest inventions of all time.
As our families become increasingly intertwined with it,
the more active role we must take to protect our loved ones
from Internet pornography. Although nothing can take the
place of a well-informed parent that takes an active part in
their children's online activities, Internet filter software
adds a strong, additional layer of defense-giving parents an
added measure of control and further peace of mind.
• Filtering algorithm – The best filter programs use
a combination of filtering techniques, including URL
filtering, keyword filtering and dynamic filtering.
Internet filter software gives you the ability to control
content displayed, block websites and set up passwords.
Powerful services like email filtering, popup blocking and
chat room monitoring are just some of the tools available
with today's Internet filter software-each designed to
protect against and counteract the tactics of aggressive
online porn companies.
• Activity reporting – The most useful Internet filter
software offer reports on what each family member
has been doing on the computer, which includes
websites visited, chat room
activities and so on.
Excellent
• Client-Server based Good– Good filtering programs
offer a flexible platformFairwhich allows users to decide
Poor
whether their optimal filtering
solution is client (home
Rank
computer) based, server (Proxy or ISP) based or a
Overall Rating
combination of both.
Ratings
Very Good
With so many Internet filter software choices available,
researching and choosing the Internet filter that's right for
your family can be complex and time-consuming-that's
where we can help.
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Ease of Use
filtering – Effective Internet
• Foreign language
Ease of Setup
Filtering
filter programs offer
theEffectiveness
capacity to filter keywords in
multiple languages. One of the tricks that many
teenagers have discovered to bypass Internet filters is
to type in the foreign language equivalent of certain
keywords.
Feature Set
Within this site, you'll find articles about Internet
pornography, recent news stories, side-by-side
comparisons and comprehensive reviews on Internet filter
software that will help you make a fast, informed decision.
At TopTenREVIEWS - We do the research so you don't
have to.
• Port filtering and blocking – Filtering programs
should block or filter all major Internet protocols,
including web access, chat rooms, email, peer-to-peer
networks, bulletin boards and popup windows
What to look for in Internet Filter Software
Even though the perfect Internet Filter does not exist in
today's marketplace, there are a number of great solutions
depending on your family's needs. Below are the criteria
TopTenREVIEWS used to evaluate Internet filter
software:
With Internet filter software and proper supervision,
parents can keep their families safe and sound from the
ever-present problem of online pornography.
http://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com
• Ease of Use – The most important attribute an
Internet filter program can offer is an easy-to-use
design, making it possible for people with all levels of
computer experience to easily install and use the filter
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Very Good
Good
Fair
Poor
Rank
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5
6
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10
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Ratings
Excellent
Feature Set
Very Good
Ease of Use
Ease of Setup
Good
Fair
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Poor
Rank
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Feature Set
Ease of Use
Ease of Setup
Filtering Effectiveness
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Resources
To find out more about Child Pornography and Internet Safety, please visit:
Media Awareness Network
http://www.media-awareness.ca
Wired Safety
http://www.wiredsafety.org
Internet 101
http://www.internet101.ca
Child Find Canada
http://www.childfind.ca
Cybertip!ca
http://www.cybertip.ca
CyberSmart
http://www.cybersmart.org
Canada’s Safety Council
http://www.safety-council.org
Cyberangels
http://www.cyberangels.org
Child & Family Canada
http://www.cfc-efc.ca
Get Netwise
http://www.getnetwise.org
Public Safety
http://safecanada.ca
Microsoft Stay Safe Online
http://www.staysafeonline.com
Web Aware
http://www.bewebaware.ca
SafeKids.com
http://safekids.com
Kids Help Phone
http://www.kidshelphone.ca
WebWise Kids
http://www.webwisekids.org
Centres of Excellence for Children’s Well-Being
http://www.cecw-cepb.ca
NetSafekids
http://www.nap.edu/netsafekids/
Child Safety Research & Innovation Center
http://csric.org
CyberWise.ca
http://www.cyberwise.ca
The RNCA does not control these sites and is not responsible for the legality or content of these sites.
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Donations to the
Community
Cst. Tim Buckle and Cst. Paul Davis present donation for scholarships to
the William Moss Memorial Softball Tournament Recipients.
(photo courtesy of Georgina Short)
Throughout the year the RNCA donated to various local charities in the community. In 2006 some of
these charities included:
• Children’s Wish Foundation
• MS Society of Newfoundland
• Child Find Newfoundland & Labrador
• The Salvation Army
• Single Parent Association of Newfoundland
• Kidney Foundation
• RNC Veteran’s Association
• Atlantic Women in Law Enforcement
• Royal Canadian Legion
• Law Enforcement Torch Run (Special Olympics)
• Senior’s Resource Centre
• NL Crime Stoppers
• DARE Program
• Ride for Sight
• Canadian Cystic Fibrosis
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Fa m il y
RNCA members and their families enjoy a day
of barbequing and outdoor fun at their Annual
Family Fun Day held next to the RNC
Headquarters.
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Motorcycle Ride for Dad
The RNCA was a proud supporter of the first Motorcycle
Ride for Dad event to be held in Newfoundland and
Labrador. The goal of Motorcycle Ride for Dad is to
raise funds for Prostate Cancer research and education.
All pledges raised by riders and supporters were donated
to the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Care Foundation. For
more information about MRDF, please visit their website
at www.motorcycleridefordad.org.
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Seniors’ 2006
S t. John’s
Christmas
Party
RNC members enjoy some Christmas time fun with
local seniors. Many thanks to Siochana and The
Concert Crowd for providing great music and
entertainment. A special thank you to all those who
helped organize the event. Without you this event
would not be the great success that it is.
(photos courtesy of Georgina Short)
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Seniors’ 2006
S t. John’s (...cont’d)
Christmas
Party
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Seniors’ 2006
S t. John’s (...cont’d)
Christmas
Party
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Detective Sergeant
Thomas Fraize Scholarship
2nd Vice President Warren Sullivan and Ms. Lara
Fraize, granddaughter of the late Detective
Sergeant Fraize, present the annual Detective
Sergeant Thomas Fraize Scholarship to Jenna
Hawkins and Ryan Small. This scholarship is
awarded by the RNCA to dependents of past or
present members of the RNCA who are also
eligible for Grade 12 graduation. Both Jenna and
Ryan plan to attend Memorial University. Jenna is
the daughter of Sgt. Bernard Hawkins and Ryan is
the son of Sgt. Junior Small.
New RNC Cadets
In the fall of 2004 Memorial University introduced a
new diploma program in police studies at its St.
John's campus. The program replaces the
university's BA in police studies. The MUN program
will allow the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary to
train here in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Previously, RNC cadets were trained at Holland
College in Prince Edward Island.
The RNCA would like to congratulate the second
class of cadets to graduate in September 2006 with a
Diploma in Police Studies from Memorial University
of Newfoundland.
(photos courtesy of
Doug (Bud)Gaulton)
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Tour de Rock
Members of the RNC arrive at RNC Headquarters after biking across Newfoundland from Port
aux Basques to raise awareness and donations for Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD).
Treasurer Todd Barron presents a donation to MADD Committee Members.
Lobby Day
l-r: K. Jackson, T. Barron, P. Davis,
W. Sullivan, T. Buckle
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Annual RNCA
Hockey Tournament
The Annual RNCA Hockey Tournament held in
May 2007 hosted teams from Prince Edward
Island, New Brunswick and Ontario. Proceeds
raised were donated towards the purchase of new
uniforms for the Holy Trinity Tigers High School
Boy’s Hockey Team.
(Photos courtesy of Doug (Bud) Gaulton)
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Police Week
RNC Members visit local schools and senior citizens homes throughout the community during
Police Week.
(photos courtesy of Georgina Short)
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Crime Stoppers Police Officers
of the Year Award ~ 2006
Cst. Ken Dean, RNC Police Officer of the
Year, Cst. Peter King, RCMP Police Officer of
the Year
RNC Finalists
The 2006 recipient of the Newfoundland and
Labrador Crime Stoppers Police Officer of
the Year is Cst. Ken Dean of Corner Brook
District of the Royal Newfoundland
Constabulary. Other finalists for the RNC
were Cst. Kevin Foley and Sgt. Marlene
Jesso, both of St. John’s District.
At a public luncheon, sponsored by the
VOCM Cares Foundation and Provincial
Airlines, Bev Vey, Chairperson of NL Crime
Stoppers, announces the 2006 Police Officers
of the Year. Honourable Tom Rideout and
Deputy Chief Brown were also in attendance.
(Photos courtesy of Georgina Short)
Please call Crime Stoppers at any time at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Remember, your call is anonymous.
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RNC 20th Year
Service Medals
In recognition of twenty years of exemplary service, members of the RNC are presented with
a service medal that is worn on their dress uniform for special events and functions.
(photos courtesy of Doug (Bud) Gaulton)
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Arbitration Award
RNCA wins arbitration award granting salary comparability for its members. Announcement
of the award took place at the Comfort Inn Airport on May 31st, 2007. Negotiating team
members from left to right are Secretary Paul Davis, Treasurer Todd Barron, 2nd Vice
President Warren Sullivan, Executive Assistant Kerry Chaytor, President Tim Buckle, 1st Vice
President Kenny Jackson, Director Sean Ennis and
Past President Robert St. Croix. Approximately two
hundred members were present for the announcement
including the Executive members of the RNC
Veteran's Association (bottom right photo).
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NLPPOMA
The Newfoundland and Labrador Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial is dedicated to the
memory of those police and peace officers who lost their lives in the performance of their
duties, while protecting the lives and property of the people and the natural resources of the
Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The last Sunday in September of every year has
been officially proclaimed as Newfoundland
and Labrador Police and Peace Officers’
Memorial Day. For more information about
NLPPOMA please visit their website at
www.policeandpeaceofficers.ca
(photos courtesy of Georgina Short)
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Remembrance Day Parade
Members of the RNC participated in the Remembrance Day Parade.
(photos courtesy of Georgina Short)
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