From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2004 Ukrainian child pornography raids
2004 Ukrainian child pornography raids
The 2004 Ukrainian child pornography raids occurred
in July 2004, when police in Ukraine raided a softcore
References
child pornography ring operating in the cities of Kiev, [1] ^ "Police Shut Ukraine Model Agency in Porn
Kharkiv and Simferopol.[1] The ring had operated since Crackdown". Reuters. July 28, 2004. Archived from
2001, and used a modeling agency as a front.[1] Approx- the original on August 10, 2004.
imately 1,500 girls aged from eight to sixteen were said http://web.archive.org/web/20040810103032/
to have been to the agency. Erotic materials produced by http://www.reuters.com/
the agency were distributed over the Internet to various newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5801731.
countries. [2] "2005 Country Report on Human Rights Practices
The alleged agency, known as Ukrainian Angels Stu- in Ukraine". United States Department of State. 2005.
dio, streamed on the web was called LS Models and had http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/
a number of different domains such as LS Island, LS 61682.htm. Retrieved 2006-04-07.
Magazine, Lolitas on Holiday, LS Dreams and a series of [3] "Criminal group involves 1,500 under-age
sites under the LS Land moniker. Ukrainian girls in porn business with parents’
The Crime Investigation Department of the Ministry knowledge". Pravda Online. 6 April 2005. Archived
for the Interior conducted the raids. The deputy head of from the original on 18 October 2007.
the department, Vitaly Yarema, said that the bank ac- http://web.archive.org/web/20071018031854/
counts of the agency, containing hundreds of thousands http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/96/383/
of dollars, had been frozen.[1] Ukrainian Angels Studios 15246_girls.html.
actually began work much earlier, around 1999 or 2000.
They split in 2001 into two separate outlets, LS and BD.
BD had its own series of photos and videos which last-
External links
ed until 2004. Many of the models went to other studios, • "Police Shut Ukraine Model Agency in Porn
none lasting more than a year. The last known groups Crackdown". reuters.com (Reuters). 2004-07-28.
were Karina World and Pink-Teens. Both closed in 2007. Archived from the original on 2004-08-10.
They featured former LS Models, now of legal age (over http://web.archive.org/web/20040810103032/
18). http://www.reuters.com/
The raids were conducted after a joint investigation newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5801731.
between Ukrainian police and Interpol. In 2005, the Unit- • "A Ukrainian child porn ring exposed". crime-
ed States Department of State announced that there was research.org (Computer Crime Research Center).
further cooperation between Ukrainian police and other 2004-07-29. http://www.crime-research.org/news/
law enforcement agencies internationally.[2] 29.07.2004/527/.
The investigation following the raids was completed • "Ukrainian child porn ring". crime-research.org
by 6 April 2005.[3] (Computer Crime Research Center). 2004-08-13.
Two leaders of the agency were taken into custody http://www.crime-research.org/news/2004.08.13/
but have since been released.[citation needed] Most of the 561.
parents of the girls refused to press charges. • "An Insight Into Child Porn". wikileaks (Wikileaks).
2002-02. http://mirror.wikileaks.info/wiki/
An_insight_into_child_porn/.
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