Dutch National held for child pornography

The city police today arrested a Dutch National on charges of making and distributing child pornography videos through his website --www.rapidshare.com Mr M Sudhakar, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Cyber Crime Cell, in a press release here said a Cyber Crime Team closed in on the Dutch National, identified as Williams, after the German-based Child Exploitation Online Protection Centre alerted the City Police Commissioner through Interpol.

After visiting the site and through the internet facilities of Bhrath Sansar Nigam, the special team identified the offender as Williams of The Netherlands, he said.

Investigations revealed Williams had been living at Choolaimedu in the city and other parts of India for the past 30 years, he said.

On the directive of City Police Commissioner T Rajendran, the Cyber Crime Cell Team arrested Williams under Sec 67 B IT (Amendment Act) 2008 and seized Compact Discs, Hard discs, Pen drive, Memory cards and a lap top from him.

He was produced before a Magistrate Court and remanded to judicial custody for 15 days. He was later lodged at the high-security Central Prison at Puzhal.

During interrogation, Williams claimed he had been doing social service in India. But investigations revealed he had already been arrested by the Mahabalipuram Police for a similar crime, Mr Sudhakar said in the release.

-- (UNI) -- 07MS62.xml

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