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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Around 80 men, including a local councillor and two schoolteachers, were detained this week in France’s most far-reaching swoop on suspected child sex abusers, police sources said. — AFP pic
PARIS, Dec 10 — Around 80 men, including a local councillor and two schoolteachers, were detained this week in France’s most far-reaching swoop on suspected child sex abusers, police sources said.
Police made arrests in 53 of France’s 101 departments, Commissioner Quentin Bevan told AFP yesterday.
The men arrested, whose ages range from around 30 to over 60, come from a wide range of backgrounds, from an elected official to a person on the dole.
“There is no typical profile in child sex crime. It’s found in all walks of life,” Bevan said.
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He heads the operational unit of the Office for Minors within the judicial police, which coordinated the operation.
The “unprecedented” swoop focused on professions where adults were in regular contact with children, the commissioner explained.
That enabled them to detain, among others, two teachers, several sports coaches and a monitor in a centre for disabled children.
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One of the teachers possessed “photos and videos stolen from his pupils” and is suspected of sexually assaulting at least one of them, Bevan said.
Around a dozen others are suspected of raping or sexually abusing minors.
The monitor in the centre for the disabled had been convicted of rape “several decades ago” but had been permitted to change his identity, which enabled him to have contact with children again, Bevan said.
“Online child sex abuse is not just about lone individuals trawling the internet... (Some) have gone on to commit crimes in real life or are on the verge of doing so,” he added.
“We’re not just talking about virtual images,” Martine Brousse, head of the Voice of the Child organisation, told BFM television.
“Vulnerable children have been raped and many have suffered acts of torture and barbarity.”
Police searches uncovered “more than 100,000” videos and photos on computers or hard drives.
Some were “extremely violent” and included “sexual acts on babies or children being sexually abused by animals”, Bevan said.
“It’s the worst kind of vile,” he said.
All the suspects admitted the facts presented to them while in police custody, although some tried to downplay them or deny responsibility.
Some were in the process of destroying their computers with hammers when police arrived, Bevan said.
Of the total, 51 men have appeared in court, of whom 13 have been jailed.
Another 38 are under court supervision. The remainder have been released pending further examination of the evidence.
The interior ministry said investigations were continuing. — AFP
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