Wacky International Internet Predators!!
Yes folks, that’s right. While this sort of thing does happen all the time, I came across TWO stories at the same time the other day that illustrate the point that predators using the Internet are all over globe.
So parents all over the globe need to be monitoring what their kids are doing online to make sure the creeps don’t get to reach their ultimate goal… That’s why we’ve made our PC Pandora monitoring software available to and compatible with windows users everywhere. There is no reason for parents to not be monitoring their child’s internet activity. Not doing so is failing to be a responsible 21st century parent.
Here’s a quick summary of the sickos and then the articles are below:
- A 40-year-old Sydney Australia man has been charged after he allegedly groomed an undercover police officer posing as a 14-year-old girl for sex over the internet.
- A 32-year-old British Colombia (Canada) man is under investigation for targeting up to 146 girls online. He was caught after the mother of a 14-year-old girl tipped off police to messages he sent to the daughter on facebook.
Sydney man charged with grooming teen
By Peter Hawkins, The Sydney Morning heraldA 40-year-old Sydney man has been charged after he allegedly groomed an undercover police officer posing as a 14-year-old girl for sex over the internet.
The officer from the Child Exploitation Internet Unit communicated with the man from Newtown in Sydney’s inner west for three months over an internet chat site.
Police allege that despite being told the girl he was chatting to was 14-years-old, the man was sexually explicit during several online conversations.
Police also allege the man performed sexual acts via webcam and offered between $100 to $500 to the officer posing as a minor to meet him and perform sexual favours.
Shortly before 3pm yesterday, detectives from the Child Protection and Sex Crime Squad swooped on the man after he had arranged to meet the “minor” at a public location in Parramatta.
He was arrested and taken to Merrylands Police Station where he was charged with five counts of using a carriage service to procure a person under-16.
“What’s concerning is that over this period of time he was repeatedly advised of the age of this child, yet that didn’t deter him,” Detective Superintendent John Kerlatec from the Child Exploitation Internet Unit said.
“[Yesterday] could have been a very ugly scenario if the child in question had been a real person.”
Superintendent Kerlatec said the arrest was a reminder for parents to be vigilant about children’s internet use, warning that predators often spend most of the day trawling online for victims.
He said sexual predators often tried to engage children by talking about popular music artists or hobbies.
“These people who prey on young children will go to great lengths,” he said.
“They’ll spend a great deal of time – we have evidence of up to 16 hours a day surfing the net – looking for opportunities to engage children.”
The arrest was part of Strike Force Ceiu, which was established in September to investigate the alleged online grooming of children.
Police said Child Protection and Sex Crimes Squad detectives conduct regular online investigations in an effort to combat the online exploitation of children.
The man was refused bail and is due to appear at Fairfield Local Court today.
Man targets young girls through Facebook: Cops
ctvbc.caA Kelowna, B.C. man police say has targeted 146 young girls online is now under investigation for sexual exploitation.
In one of the cases, RCMP claim the 32-year-old pretended he was ten years younger and sent explicit messages to a 14-year old girl through Facebook.
The girl’s mother contacted police after she discovered the online messages.
RCMP Const. Steve Holmes said the investigation revealed that the man had been attempting to lure the girl into a face-to-face meeting.
“It was clear, from the explicit language the male used, that his intent was to meet with the girl to perform acts of a sexual nature,” Const. Holmes said.
Although the girl repeatedly offered reasons why she could not meet with the man, he persisted.
Const. Holmes said online predators spend hours searching for targets and soften up their victims with carefully worded conversation, eliciting information from them in order to find out where they live and go to school.
“They use this information to find vulnerabilities to exploit in order to gain trust and convince their victims that they must meet,” Const. Holmes said.
“Most often conversations turn sexual at some point as most Internet predators are only interested in sexual encounters, or worse.”
