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Article: International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children Study Reveals Child Pornography Not a Crime in Most Countries
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- U.S. Newswire
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- April 6, 2006
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WASHINGTON, April 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new study of child
pornography laws in 184 Interpol member countries around the world
has produced alarming results: more than half of these countries (95)
have no laws addressing child pornography and in many other
countries, the existing laws are inadequate.
"Currently, the laws around the world are alarmingly insufficient
to fight this epidemic," said Baron Daniel Cardon de Lecture,
Chairman of the Board of the International Centre for Missing &
Exploited Children (ICMEC). "This is simply not acceptable. It is
time for the leaders of every country to act. Our commitment is to