{"id":9581,"date":"2013-08-23T09:49:06","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T09:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=9581"},"modified":"2013-08-23T09:49:06","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T09:49:06","slug":"s-african-child-porn-ring-more-people-investigated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=9581","title":{"rendered":"S. African child porn ring: more people investigated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/childporn-generic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9522\" alt=\"childporn-generic\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/childporn-generic.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Police are investigating another 44 people with possible links to an international child pornography ring, and have obtained at least 30 search warrants so far, a spokesman said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We did an investigation on 50 suspects&#8230; we then obtained 30 search warrants early in August,&#8221; said Lt-Gen Solomon Makgale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We executed those warrants and that&#8217;s how we arrested those six. The six are part of the 50.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police had followed up on a tip-off from Interpol last Thursday and arrested six men in four provinces for possession of child porn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The accused were arrested in Lichtenburg, Bloemfontein, White River, Douglasdale, Florida, and Potchefstroom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were a teacher, a retired school principal, a headmaster, a lawyer, a dermatologist, and a businessman.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since the arrests, they had appeared in various South African courts separately and had their cases postponed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Makgale said police were trying to obtain the remaining 20 search warrants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He could not confirm a report in The Times that among the alleged paedophiles were top executives of banks, insurance firms, legal practices, and IT companies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Wednesday, the newspaper reported the case had links to Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, Western Europe, and Australasia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It reported that children as young as five were believed to have been groomed to have sex with each other and adults. &#8211; Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are investigating another 44 people with possible links to an international child pornography ring, and have obtained at least 30 search warrants so far, a spokesman said on Friday. &#8220;We did an investigation on 50 suspects&#8230; we then obtained 30 search warrants early in August,&#8221; said Lt-Gen Solomon Makgale. &#8220;We executed those warrants and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=9581\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;S. 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