This case happened in the 90s between Belgium/Holland/Germany/France and others. It got totally covered up. It is in my opinion, the closest we got in discovering an organized international pedo ring, making money by abducting children and creating CP, involving highly placed individuals.
here is a documentary with EN subtitles(potato translation, hope it’s understandable enough)
And the most detailed one, with the testimonies of Vervlosem + Stan Maillaud and Janeet Seemann (who took over the investigation). It’s only in french though:
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Marcel Vervlosem, a belgian ex private investigator, with the help of a non-profit association « Werkgroep Morkhoven Nationaal » (that he created) investigates cases of runaway children from a psychiatric hospital in the region of Antwerp. From there, he discovers associations such as « ASBL Ganumèdes » and bars in Belgium which are involved in child prostitution and creating CP (in professional photo studios). On a video called « Madeira », Vervlosem recognizes a missing child from Germany, Manuel Shadwald. Investigations are open in Belgium but Vervlosem discovers quickly that nothing is done to search the pedos or the children present on the material.
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Vervlosem goes himself with journalists from RTBF to confront an identified pedo, Robbie Van Der Plancken; the guy charges everything on his dutch lover Gerrit Ulrich, who lives in Zandvoort, a seaside town in Holland. Vervlosem goes directly to the place. Ulrich lives in an apartment where 8 computers run 24h/24; apparently Ulrich manages a whole network and take care of bank transactions. Vervlosem pressures him, the guy is drunk and gives him one CD-ROM where supposedly Manuel is present. The CD contains around 8’000 CP images.
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Gerrit Ulrich then freaks out and tries to escape the network, informs Vervlosem of a secret hideout in the flat. He gets killed in Italy by Robbie Van Der Plancken. Vervlosem goes back to the apartment and discovers 20 others CD-ROM. Dutch intel went to the place before him.
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the 21 CD-ROMS contains around 90’000 CP images in total, including child rape, baby rape, mistreatment, torture and children put to death. Ulrich also had an address book containing personal contacts and bank references from all around the world, even in the World Bank.
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Vervlosem brings the first CD-ROM to dutch and belgium police, in front of journalists. We are in 1998 in middle of DUTROUX case.
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Instead of investigating the case, Belgium indicts Vervlosem for possession of CP and rape on minors. Some of the accusers then retract, admitting they were paid.
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French journalists discover the case, it gets big in France. Dutch police makes a document with all the portraits of the children present in the first CD-ROM. The document is made available to public in police stations for a few weeks. 81 families recognize their children. Separate investigations are open in France but none succeed. ALL get dismissed in 2003, with pretexts such as: the pictures are too old, the children have different nationalities, sex is wrong, that they are merely « lookalikes », etc. Of course, the address book is not investigated either.
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The CD-ROM is sent to king Albert II, general procurator, Jacques Chirac, INTERPOL etc. Nothing gets done.
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Vervloesem is condemned to 4 years in prison in 2008. He is gravely ill, with cancer among other things, and is not permitted proper hospitalisation. It is a miracle he survived the 4 years. He is now banned from having any contact with the press.
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The association Morkhoven + Vervlosem as well as families of victims assert that victims of DUTROUX, EMILE LOUIS (« lone » french serial killer), other « local » pedo-networks like in Angers (France) or famous missing children are present in the photos (such as Manuel Schadwald, Katrien De Cuyper, Cécile Bloch, Casey Rose Bohun, etc.). Recognized some high-placed individuals as well.
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Apparently the material is sometimes done on command, requesting the type of child and scenario. (see NIHOUL relation with DUTROUX for ex.) The most hardcore the stuff, the most expensive it is.
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According to the documentary, criminal profits from CP are estimated in billions of dollars per year.
alneuman ago
Whoa. So this all happened while the Dutroux scandal was going on too? And some group was powerful enough to cover ALL OF THIS UP?
I'll tell you all what the problem is--people turn their heads away when they hear of these things. I do NOT understand this reaction, since, as a German American who grew up to the Nazi atrocities on tv, I resolved to myself that I would NOT ever be one of those people who allowed things like Nazis to come to power, without speaking out...
But the fact is, when I speak to other members of my family about this, I get pooh-poohed, and when I present EVIDENCE, it's very difficult to get them to look at it (not cp stuff, just evidence of it happening, things like SRA), and when they DO look at it, they just say, 'i can't deal with things like this'.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, another child is abused/raped/murdered. SMH.
lynirr ago
indeed, people don't want to look/face this stuff. It's the biggest weapon the pedos have. For me, this Zandvoort case was the wake-up call; you can't deny the reality when you have the images in front of you. It's the ultimate evidence. Also yes it took place while the Dutroux scandal was going on. Dutroux went from 1996 (discovery) to 2003 (trial). Zandvoort was discovered in 1998, the case dismissed in 2003 in Paris (the case itself, all the kids recognized on pictures, etc.). Crazy.