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Russia major source of child pornography: Police
Moscow, Dec 04: Russia has become a major source of child pornography because the country has no laws governing its production or dissemination, a top police official said today.
Chepchugov said that since March his department had
discovered more than 3,000 Russian internet sites with
pornographic photos or films involving children, but less than
one percent of the content was produced in Russia.
Each site brings in between 15,000 and 30,000 dollars
every month, he said.
"While around the world prison sentences to punish these
crimes are extremely stringent, in Russia people who produce
child pornography can be sentenced to a maximum two years in
prison," Chepchugov said, referring to a general law on
pornography.
"This damages the country's reputation, but our deputies
are doing nothing," he said.
In June, Parliament's lower house, the state Duma, took
initial steps to adopt a law that defined child pornography as
a serious crime punishable by between three and 10 years in
prison.
Bureau Report