The internationalisation of child abuse

[Jim Burton]

https://thecritic.co.uk/the-internation ... ild-abuse/

The news is grim from Senegal, where authorities have announced the cracking of an alleged paedophile gang, and the arrests of fourteen people.

The men accused of being members of the gang were charged with “organised paedophilia, pimping, rape of minors under 15, sodomy, and intentional transmission of HIV/Aids.” This meant, according to the police, that gang members were accused of knowingly forcing children to have sex with men with HIV and filming it to sell the results.

This was all for profit, and involved people in multiple countries. The direct commission of these criminal acts, the Senegalese authorities claim, was allegedly done by a man in France who was arrested last year.

What his own intentions were, so far, has not been stated. While it’s possible that someone in that position commissioned these crimes for private gratification, it’s unlikely. A wider network almost certainly exists — with more nodes possibly so far undiscovered in Senegal, and other connections in France and around the world. The illegal pornography that is produced in these circumstances can be traded like any illicit commodity. It could be sold on like a shipment of drugs or an illegal gun, intended for use anywhere on the planet.