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Friday, July 8, 2016

Restore European Trust!

Restore European trust!

OPINION In My OpinioNIN MY OPINION
Bye-bye, UK. We’re leaving … .The second-biggest mobile telephone company in the world is considering the possibility of moving its headquarters out of the UK following the Brexit. Should Vodafone decide to relocate, Düsseldorf in Germany could emerge as a top contender to host the head office. Vodafone already has a presence in the German city, where it employs about 5,000 people. Moreover, Germany is the company’s largest market.
Restore EU trust with pragmatism, urges Germany’s Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble. And he is very right.
Europe needs fast and pragmatic moves to demonstrate a strong EU to citizens stunned by the Brexit. Indeed,  governments might need to override a sluggish Brussels.
Schäuble, Germany’s finance minister and long-time advocate of a “deeper” EU, has urged Europe’s governments to quickly tackle and solve “several central problems” to restore trust among its 508-million population. Also
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative ally told newspaper “Welt am Sonntag” (WamS) on last Sunday that it was not the time for visions or treaty reforms.
Yes, “pragmatic” efficacy must be demonstrated by the remaining 27 governments – assuming Britain formally exited the bloc.
How about a shift to inter-governmental precept? “If from the outset not all of the 27 pull their weight, then start with a few less,” Schauble commented. “And, if the [European] Commission does not act jointly, then we’ll take the matter into our hands and just solve the problems between governments.” “This inter-governmental approach proved itself during the Euro crisis,” Schäuble added, mentioning Europe’s asylum and migration policies as issues to which EU citizens wanted answers.
Europe’s member states each needed to clarify what they could do at national level, and “what we can’t do ourselves must be done at European level,” he said. Carrying on as usual was untenable amid “growing demagogy and deeper Euro skepticism,” he added.
Yes, the “EU Brexit summit” closed with continued uncertainty about future. One example among many: the Greece Central Bank reports ‘brain drain’ of 427,000 young, educated Greeks since 2008.
Let’s be honest, the question of whether the European Parliament should get the deciding role or not is not one that especially moves the public. I strongly agree with Schäuble, who was one of the architects of German reunification in the early 1990s.
Schäuble told also that Europe’s current priority should be to prevent “wildfire” disintegration and to avoid “the usual rhetoric,” adding that dumping EU treaties was no immediate answer. “We have to stay serious,” he said, insisting that it was not the moment to concentrate on reform of EU institutions.
Asked whether Luxembourg’s Jean-Claude Juncker was the right person as current president of the European Commission, Schäuble replied, “I pushed for Juncker.” “A personnel debate doesn’t get us any further. The Brexit decision must be a wake-up call for Europe,” the cabinet veteran said. “That’s what it’s about,” the 73-year-old, who in the 1980s was ex-Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s chief of staff.
In her weekly video podcast on last Saturday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe should become the most “competitive and knowledge-based continent in the world.” Also on Saturday, Economy Minister and SPD (social demoratic party) leader Sigmar Gabriel said Europe must shift its emphasis to a “growth pact” based on investment programs and “active” policies to boost its labor market.
Why is being a competitive and knowledge-based continent Europe also important for the Philippines? I learned from the German Ambassador to the Philippines, His Excellency Thomas Ossowski, that the meanwhile frozen diplomatic relations between Germany and the Philippines should be restored as well as soon possible – as being discussed in a 40-minutes talk with President-elect Rodrigo Duterte.
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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Philippines Web Abuse Ring Smashed in UK-led Operation



A paedophile ring that streamed live child abuse from the Philippines over the internet has been broken up after an operation by UK police and their counterparts in Australia and the US.
The National Crime Agency says 17 Britons have been arrested in Operation Endeavour, which spanned 14 countries.

Three other inquiries into men who pay to see abuse via webcams are under way, with 139 Britons among 733 suspects.


The NCA say it is an "emerging threat", particularly in developing countries.

It said: "Extreme poverty, the increasing availability of high-speed internet and the existence of a vast and comparatively wealthy overseas customer base has led to organised crime groups exploiting children for financial gain."

Analysis

The man whose arrest sparked the entire investigation was already a convicted paedophile.

Timothy Ford was found guilty of making indecent images of children in 1992 and 2001. 

At the time he was directing the Philippines abuse he was still under the supervision of a police dangerous persons management unit.

He was in contact with other British paedophiles and offered them opportunity to watch the abuse.

Ford discussed with another man setting up what they termed "pedopals vacations".

He talked about buying an internet cafe in the Philippines and renting out rooms by the hour.

Ford wrote to him "to us it's a bit of a game, but to them it's the difference between having a meal and not having a meal".

He would arrange the abuse with the children's mother and pay her money every month. The children would perform what he called "shows" for as little as 1,000 pesos (£13).
The Philippines investigation, which began in 2012, saw British officers work alongside the Australian Federal Police and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Five of the 17 UK suspects arrested have been convicted; one will face no further action, and two are dead. Nine more are still being investigated.

Operation Endeavour has also resulted in 29 arrests in other countries, including 11 people suspected of facilitating the abuse in the Philippines.

Suspects have been identified in Australia, the US, France, Germany, Canada, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Taiwan, Denmark and Switzerland.

In the Philippines, some 15 children aged six to 15 were rescued after being identified as victims. 

Payments by customers totalling more than £37,500 were uncovered by the investigation, with relatives getting paid for abuse of the children in some instances.
The investigation began in 2012 after Northamptonshire Police carried out a routine visit at the Kettering home of registered sex offender Timothy Ford, where they found a number of indecent videos on computers and a collection of DVDs recorded from webcams. 

'Every link in chain'
  The force contacted the UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) - now part of the NCA - leading to the launch of the global investigation.


Victim 'Lani' tells her story

Analysis of the digital media seized led to the identification of suspects and the child victims, and the Philippine National Police became involved.
Ford was sentenced in March last year to eight-and-a-half years in prison for his role in the case.

Detectives found records of money transfers to the parents of five children whose abuse he had paid to watch.
Timothy Ford Timothy Ford was jailed last year for his role in the abuse.
 
Among the other Britons convicted over the Philppines abuse was Michael Eller, 68, from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, who was jailed for 14 years last December.

Thomas Owen from Merseyside was jailed in July 2013 for seven years after being convicted as a result of the investigation.

Ceop deputy director Andy Baker said: "This investigation has identified some extremely dangerous child sexual offenders who believed paying for children to be abused to order was something they could get away with. 

"Being thousands of miles away makes no difference to their guilt. In my mind they are just as responsible for the abuse of these children as the contact abusers overseas.

"Protecting the victims of abuse is our priority and that means attacking every link in the chain, from dismantling the organised groups who are motivated by profit through to targeting their customers."

(C) BBC London