US Child Porn 2 - Arrests in connection with global child pornography
TAPE: EF02/0675
IN_TIME: 22:45:08
DURATION: 2:36
SOURCES: APTN/ABC
RESTRICTIONS:
DATELINE: Fairfax - 10 Aug 2002/File
SHOTLIST:
ABC
Austin, Texas - August 10, 2002
1. Wide shot of news conference
2. Still of Jeffrey Naimo
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Agent Theodore Siggins, US Customs Service
"Once we identified the physical location where Jeffrey lived we were able to apply for and obtain a search warrant for his hotel room. He did in fact live in a hotel room."
Customs Video - File
Fairfax, Virginia
3. Agent working on computer
ABC
Houstin, Texas - August 10, 2002
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Agent Theodore Siggins, US Customs Service
"He had requested a specific scene for them to do with a child. A couple did do that scene and sent him pictures of the girl and the various activities, and at that point Jeff then sent a letter to them saying, 'look, could I please have a pair of her socks and sneakers, and preferably the socks have been worn for a couple of days'. And he requested that they do that. He said 'hey, I'll be more than happy to replace the sneakers and everything', and they responded 'yes, they would', that in fact they would send the socks and sneakers."
Customs Video - File
Fairfax, Virginia
5. Various of agent working on computer
ABC
Longview, Texas - August 10, 2002
6. SOUNDBITE (English)John Vincent, US Attorney
"Those same two defendants are alleged to have created a written agreement, setting forth rules of conduct, concerning what type of activity should be captured in the images"
7. Various of computer investigations
8. Close up at hand on computer mouse
9. Various of pornographic information websites
10. Jeffrey Neimo's home exterior
11. VOX POX (English) Neighbor
"Little girls and a bunch of kids around his house all the time. In the summer time all the kids are playing in his front yard"
12. Close up on house window
13. Middle school near Neimo's home
14. Close up of document
15. Shot of Neimo's house
16. Agent searching through websites
17. Various websites
18. Exterior shot of chiropractic clinic
19. Close up on chiropractic clinic sign
20. Still of Lloyd Emerson
STORYLINE:
Sixteen people, including 10 Americans, have been charged with taking sexually explicit photographs of their own children or children in their care and sending them over the Internet to an international child pornography ring. Two men were arrested in a child pornography ring on Saturday.
The suspects are all men, except for a Danish woman, who was charged along with her husband, Eggert Jensen.
Among the U-S citizens charged since January are chiropractor Lloyd Alan Emmerson of California, who has pleaded innocent, and eight others named in a federal indictment unsealed on Friday in California.
Another, Jeffrey Naimo of Texas, has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Six residents of Denmark, Switzerland and the Netherlands were also indicted in California, including the Jensens, and the Justice Department is seeking their extradition. Two Englishmen and two Germans face charges in their home countries, officials said.
Each charge of sexual exploitation of children, conspiracy to exploit children and receiving and distributing child pornography carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years to a maximum of 20 years. Some defendants could receive 60 years if convicted of all charges against them.
More arrests are expected. Authorities are still trying to identify other children in some of the explicit pictures. Investigators allege that members of the ring befriended each other through internet chat rooms and began trading explicit computer messages.
Men sometimes requested photographs of children in specific sexual poses. One asked for an audiotape so he could hear a child crying while being spanked, the indictment said.
The investigation began when the international charity Save the Children found a picture on the internet that appeared to show a child being molested and reported it to Danish authorities. Danish police found information on the Jensens' computer that was forwarded to the U-S Customs Service and led to Emmerson's arrest.