الجمعة، 3 فبراير 2012

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King (ID A15126254)
Canadian authorities arrest 60 in child porn bust
21 rescued from torture and forced labor at Mexico City rehab center
Philippine military kills three top militants in airstrike
Philippine military kills three top militants in airstrike

King (ID A15126254)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 09:11 PM PST

King is a Great Dane/Retriever Mix, he has been at the shelter since 1/28/12.

He is a wonderful little boy who is playful but also a sweet and loving dog.

He is looking for his forever home. Will it be with you?
Please come visit him at Lincoln Co Animal Services Monday through Saturday 11am til 4:30pm and until 5:30 on Thursday or call 704-736-4125.

Canadian authorities arrest 60 in child porn bust

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:38 PM PST

OTTAWA, CANADA (BNO NEWS) -- Canadian authorities have arrested and charged 60 men this week in connection with a major, ongoing investigation into child pornography offenses in Ontario, police announced on Thursday.

A total of 76 search warrants have been executed so far, resulting in the arrests of 60 males between the ages of 16 and 69. Police have laid 213 charges for the alleged possession, making, distributing and accessing child pornography. Charges for some also include luring a child and counseling to commit an indictable crime - not committed.

"This is one of the largest co-ordinated efforts of its kind in Ontario," Det.-Sgt. Frank Goldschmidt of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said, adding that additional arrests are pending. He said police from Windsor, London, Niagara, Toronto, Barrie, Sudbury and Ottawa participated in the sweep.

"I'm also gratified to report that 22 victims have been identified," he added.

Police have released few details about the operation, and could not say if the men were operating as a ring. Law enforcement officials said they have identified 8,940 individual IP addresses which are suspected to have downloaded child pornography in the last three months in Ontario alone.

"Every child has the right to be nurtured and the right to be safe," said OPP Acting Commissioner Scott TOD. "Child pornography is the sexual abuse of children. Every image of child pornography represents a child victim. Every trading or transmission of that image represents a re-victimization of that child."

Goldschmidt said child pornography is believed to be one of the only crimes which is still on a fairly substantial increase. Canadian police say collections of child pornography on the internet involve hundreds of thousands of images and hundreds of videos, with an increased demand for live streamed child porn.

21 rescued from torture and forced labor at Mexico City rehab center

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:10 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) -- Four people have been arrested after 21 patients at a Mexico City rehab center were rescued after being tortured and constrained to forced labor, local authorities said on Thursday.

Jesús Rodríguez Almeida of the Mexico City Attorney General's Office said the victims were admitted to the UNI Partner Groups Rehabilitation Center, which is located in the Providencia neighborhood in the city's Azcapotzalco delegation.

The victims were allegedly forced to carry out domestic labor in other cities. Security forces rescued them on Wednesday after a woman who had been held at the center since last June was able to notify the Attorney General's Office.

The four people arrested were in charge of the rehabilitation center, officials said. The suspects were identified as Cecilia Fraustro Sánchez, the center's administrator, as well as Esteban Chávez Barrera, Jorge Díaz Martínez and Salvador Molina Mendoza.

According to the victims, they were taken to the cities of Abasolo, located in the state of Guanajuato, and Cuernavaca, the capital of Morelos state, to carry out domestic chores at different homes in high-end neighborhoods.

At least eleven of the victims said they were forced into labor without pay and, if they refused to do so, they would be placed under cold showers for two hours without allowing them to change clothes afterwards. Others were showered with chlorine and detergents, causing skin damage and infections.

The operations were discovered after one of the victim's mother, who was paying the rehab center 1,000 pesos ($77) per month plus weekly charges of an additional 250 pesos ($20) for expenses, was not allowed to pick up her daughter or see her after the scheduled six-month program had ended.

Also this week, Mexico City's Public Ministry was notified after three people died at an Alcoholic Anonymous center in the city's Gustavo A. Madero delegation. Authorities arrested Mauro David Briseño and later charged him with multiple homicides.

According to reports, Briseño neglected medical attention to patients and only offered them tea to treat abdominal pains, which led to congestion of internal organs and ultimately, their deaths.

Philippine military kills three top militants in airstrike

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:02 PM PST

MANILA (BNO NEWS) -- At least 15 suspected militants, including three senior leaders, were killed on Thursday in an air raid in the southern Philippines, the military said.

The dawn strike targeted a militant hideout in Parang town in Sulu province in the Mindanao region, following civilian tips that there were Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants in the area. The attack lasted only for a few seconds before ground troops stormed the militant camp, killing 15 militants, the Inquirer Mindanao reported.

Military spokesman Colonel Arnulfo Burgos said Abu Sayyaf commander Umbra Jumdail and JI leaders Zulkifli bin Hir and Abdullah Ali were the senior leaders killed in the airstrikes. Zulkifli is a Malaysian leader of JI, the militant organization blamed for some of Southeast Asia's deadliest terrorist attacks, including the 2002 Bali bombings which killed more than 200 people.

Zulkifli was allegedly the over-all leader of the JI in the Philippines. At the time of his death, the U.S. government was offering a cash reward of $5 million for Zulkifli's capture.

Abdullah Ali, who goes by many aliases, is a Singaporean member of JI who fled to the Philippines shortly after the Bali bombings. The U.S. also offered a reward for his arrest, but only for $50,000.

Jumdail was the founder and one of the most senior figures of the Abu Sayyaf group, which was established in Mindanao in the 1990s with seed money from al-Qaeda. He had arrest warrants for 21 counts of kidnapping and serious illegal detention, according to the Inquirer Mindanao.

 Burgos said that no civilians were hurt in the operation, adding that this was a "thorough and deliberate" attack done after "months of intelligence gathering." He said there were reports that 30 terrorists, including six foreign JI members, arrived in Sulu last December. 

"We want to assure the people of Sulu that the operation conducted was aimed against known members of the terrorist groups - Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah -- who intend to expand their presence in Mindanao," Burgos added.

The al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf is a band of self-styled Islamists who have been blamed for some of the worst terrorist attacks in the Philippines and high-profile kidnappings involving foreign hostages.

Philippine military kills three top militants in airstrike

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:02 PM PST

MANILA (BNO NEWS) -- At least 15 suspected militants, including three senior leaders, were killed on Thursday in an air raid in the southern Philippines, the military said.

Zulkifli was allegedly the over-all leader of the JI in the Philippines. At the time of his death, the U.S. government was offering a cash reward of $5 million for Zulkifli's capture.

Abdullah Ali, who goes by many aliases, is a Singaporean member of JI who fled to the Philippines shortly after the Bali bombings. The U.S. also offered a reward for his arrest, but only for $50,000.

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