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Post by engers on Jan 28, 2009 2:30:27 GMT -5
The abbot of a monastery was among 11 people arrested Tuesday when Greek police broke up a suspected child pornography ring forming part of a European network, officials said. Police charged a further 13 people with possessing and trafficking pornography on the Internet and were searching for more than 130 other suspects. Those arrested included the abbot of a monastery near the town of Sparta in the Peloponnese, two doctors and an army officer, police said. In Greece, suspects can only be automatically arrested within 24 hours of committing a crime. "The accused purchased access to Internet sites containing illegal pictures and video images using their credit cards," said a police official, who declined to be named. "We're having a problem finding them as some used Internet cafes." Police raided suspects' houses and confiscated around 30 hard-drives, lap top computers and hundreds of DVD's containing pictures of children as young as 4-months-old, officials said. Greek authorities tracked down the suspects after being tipped off by British police. Last year, Greece charged 21 people in a separate porn bust. Greece's conservative government passed a law in 2007 which imposed heavy sentences, including life imprisonment, for crimes related to child pornography. www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2009/01/27/europe/OUKWD-UK-GREECE-PORN-ARRESTS.php
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Post by Kanaris on Jan 28, 2009 6:33:52 GMT -5
In related news... NATO’s Double Standards Make for a Hollow Alliance. The military alliance is only as strong and effective as its weakest links Alexander Melikishvili YaleGlobal, 26 January 2009 Russians are coming: Russian invasion of Georgia may threaten Europe, but does not increase its eligibility for NATO membership WASHINGTON: As events of the past year demonstrate, NATO faces an existential crisis, reflected in the three aspects underpinning its operations – an inconsistent enlargement policy, diminished internal cohesion and inadequate military planning. Unless NATO can overcome these weaknesses, excitement in Europe about a new era of cooperation with an Obama-led United States may turn out to be premature and groundless. Lost among diplomatic platitudes is the real question of what actually constitutes the set of criteria by which Brussels deems one country to be eligible for NATO membership while another is not. A comparison of Albania and Georgia highlights NATO’s dysfunctional enlargement process of late, raising serious questions about NATO prioritization in membership considerations. At the last NATO summit in April 2008, alliance members unanimously decided to extend membership to Albania. The “Solomonic” wisdom behind admitting Albania, widely recognized as the epicenter of organized crime and corruption in Europe, defies common sense and logic, pointing towards NATO’s double standards with regard to arbitrarily adjusting membership criteria on a case-by-case basis. 1 The unstable character of the Albanian state was highlighted on the eve of the summit: In mid-March a massive explosion at the munitions decommissioning facility just 15 kilometers west of the Albanian capital, Tirana, killed dozens, wounded hundreds and displaced thousands of people. This tragic incident led to the resignation of Albanian Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu, also implicated in an illegal arms-trafficking case. According to details of an ongoing federal investigation, in 2007 Florida-based defense contractor AEY Inc. illegally supplied malfunctioning Chinese-made weapons and munitions from Albanian stockpiles, to the Afghan Army, under terms of a multimillion-dollar Pentagon military-to-military assistance contract. 2 The hypocrisy was on display during a two-day visit by a NATO delegation to Georgia in September. Addressing Tbilisi State University students, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer emphasized that Georgia’s progress towards receiving the coveted Membership Action Plan (MAP) – a roadmap intended to facilitate an applicant country’s eventual incorporation into NATO – was contingent on implementation of further democratic reforms by the Georgian government. In response, speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili unveiled new reforms aimed at ensuring independence of judiciary, increasing media freedoms and supporting political opposition. more news here
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Post by libofshe on Jan 28, 2009 8:08:11 GMT -5
how's this article related news?
where do you make the connection between child pornography which seems to have stunk the high heavens of every facet of greek life and albanian arms trafficking??
greek religeous clergy paedophelia and nato membership related?
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Post by Kanaris on Jan 28, 2009 8:28:23 GMT -5
Organized crime.... consists of selling young preteen Albanian girls into the sex trade of the middle east and Europe..now piss off and don't make me hurt you.
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Post by engers on Jan 28, 2009 8:33:40 GMT -5
Organized crime.... consists of selling young preteen Albanian girls into the sex trade of the middle east and Europe..now piss off and don't make me hurt you. child abuser
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Post by libofshe on Jan 28, 2009 8:41:03 GMT -5
but do you not think that this phenomenon can only be solved at grass roots, if we weed out old perverts, much like yourself?
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Post by greekscandal on Jan 29, 2009 11:19:05 GMT -5
Good job Greek police
Who is the Assshole mod that moved this ?
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Post by alb12345 on Jan 29, 2009 14:01:38 GMT -5
kanaris wtf topix about child abuse you talk about nato !!!
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Post by alb12345 on Jan 29, 2009 14:03:57 GMT -5
Good job Greek police Who is the Assshole mod that moved this ? arxilles he ashamed of this that why he moved in here ;D
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