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Action on Internet Safety
Monday, 18 April 2005, 10:13 am | ECPAT
London/Bangkok – April 18, 2005 – Today children’s organizations in 67 countries are uniting to call on the world’s leading Internet and high tech companies to take responsibility for ensuring children’s safety online. More >>
ECPAT Commends Bold Move in Asia
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 11:43 am | ECPAT
Police and governments of six Asian countries agreed last week to closely collaborate to end human trafficking from the Mekong region where criminals mostly target women and children. More >>
Disturbing Trend in Child Sex Abuse Offences
Friday, 8 April 2005, 5:10 pm | ECPAT
Today the Department of Internal Affairs advised of the prosecution in Palmerston North of David Stuart Hartley found guilty possessing over 4,500 of child pornography images on his computer. The images included girls as young under two years old being ... More >>
Sex Charges Indicate Need for Guidelines
Tuesday, 5 April 2005, 4:22 pm | ECPAT
ECPAT New Zealand Director, Alan Bell is concerned about the incidence of child sex abuse where a trusted person has been the perpetrator. Frequently the child may be reluctant to tell others of the abuse and is often confused and scared delaying telling ... More >>
Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 85 years in Prison
Friday, 11 March 2005, 3:08 pm | ECPAT
The United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking has announced a groundbreaking decision by the Thai Criminal Court in a sex trafficking case. Ms Khunthea, a Cambodian national has been sentenced to 85 years in prison for procuring under-age women for ... More >>
Parents accused of selling their own children
Friday, 4 March 2005, 4:21 pm | ECPAT
A total of 66 men and women face charges for the rape and abuse of babies and young children in the town of Angers, France this week. The paedophile ring was said to have been run by two former convicted sex offenders. According to the prosecution, ... More >>
Rules regarding Internet use survey
Friday, 4 March 2005, 3:26 pm | ECPAT
Results compiled in February 2005 from a survey carried out by ECPAT NZ indicate that Auckland families are becoming aware of the dangers associated with Internet use. 78% of parents, who completed the survey, stated they had household rules in ... More >>
Australia Makes Positive Stand Against Child Porn
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 2:54 pm | ECPAT
The Australian Justice Minister, Chris Ellison, has announced a new law making Internet Service Providers (ISPs) more responsible for policing child pornography and child abuse material through the services that they provide. The law will require Internet ... More >>
ECPAT: Police Crackdown Welcomed
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 10:34 pm | ECPAT
Operation Tercel spearheaded by Police to crack down on those dealing with the publication and distribution of pornography portraying child abuse should be seen as a strong signal to those who are engaged in this despicable behavior. More >>
Ecpat Commends Action Against Offenders
Friday, 11 February 2005, 11:44 am | ECPAT
The Department of Internal Affairs yesterday announced another conviction of a child sex abuse offender. More >>
Agency Emphasises Need For Child Protection
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 3:59 pm | ECPAT
In the High Court in Auckland on Tuesday 8th February, two former Auckland Scout leaders Andrew John Pybus (32) and Nigel Richard Fenemor (48) were sentenced to seven years gaol for sexually abusing young boys. The accused had more than 60,000 still ... More >>
Alan Bell - New Director For ECPAT New Zealand
Tuesday, 18 January 2005, 1:29 pm | ECPAT
Alan Bell, of Auckland had a distinguished career in business management in New Zealand which he left in 1979 to join World Vision as Manager of the Wellington office. Subsequently he became a National Director – a position he held for some 20 years. He then worked ... More >>
Refusal To Grant Permanent Name Suppression Right
Friday, 21 May 2004, 11:04 am | ECPAT
The decision by the Auckland High Court, to refuse permanent name suppression to a 51-year old Auckland company director, for distributing and possessing child sex abuse images, sends the right message, say groups working to stop the trade. More >>
Home Detention For Child Sex Abuse ImagesTrader
Thursday, 6 May 2004, 11:43 am | ECPAT
The decision by the Parole Board, to grant home detention to Stephen Karl Folster, for trading and possessing images of children being raped and sexually abused, has disappointed lobby group ECPAT. More >>
Prison Term For Trader Of Child Sex Abuse Images
Tuesday, 27 April 2004, 5:51 pm | ECPAT
Tauranga man Ross Alexander Mundy was today sentenced to one-year imprisonment on a total of 41 charges of distributing and collecting videos and pictures of babies and children being raped and sexually abused. More >>
Leave To Apply For Home Detention
Wednesday, 31 March 2004, 5:46 pm | ECPAT
Yesterday’s decision by the Blenheim District Court, to grant Stephen Karl Folster leave to apply for home detention to serve his sentence for distributing and collecting electronic pictures of babies and children being raped and violently abused, raises ... More >>
Children in Commercial Sexual Activity - Report
Monday, 9 February 2004, 5:35 pm | ECPAT
This study explores the factors leading to the first involvement of a young person in underage prostitution. The target group were sex workers who began commercial sexual activities before the age of 18. More >>
Weak Sentences For Two Child Pornographers
Thursday, 29 January 2004, 4:37 pm | ECPAT
The fines handed down today to two men convicted of trading child sex abuse images was extremely disappointing, says two groups fighting child pornography. More >>
Name Suppression Decision Sends Wrong Message
Thursday, 18 December 2003, 5:05 pm | ECPAT
The decision by the Lower Hutt District Court, to grant name suppression to a man who collected images of adult men inflicting sex acts on babies, was deemed unacceptable by groups working to combat child pornography. More >>
No Prison For Trading Images Of 3yr Olds Raped
Wednesday, 12 November 2003, 3:41 pm | ECPAT
How much worse can child pornography images get? According to the Judge, the images traded by Aucklander Stephen John Laing were as bad as could be imagined. Yet the Judge, despite having the power to send Laing to prison, chose not to. More >>
