Flashermac Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 I sleep all night and I work all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck6660 Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 Appears that Canada is earning quite a reputation . I wonder if Canadian passports will get a little more scrutiny when entering Thailand? 11/03/07 VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - A Canadian facing charges of child sex crimes against young boys in Thailand will remain in jail here until November 8, a court decided Friday. Teacher Orville Frank Mader, 54, was arrested when he arrived at this western Canadian metropolis Thursday on a flight from Japan, said police. He had been the subject of a manhunt in Thailand, where he is accused of abusing at least three young boys. Mader is the second Canadian recently accused of sex crimes in Thailand. In October, Bangkok police arrested Christopher Neil, who is accused of sex crimes in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Mader did not apply for bail, and he has not been convicted of previous crime in Canada, police constable Annie Linteau told AFP. She said Mader is held under a Canadian peace bond "used if there's reason to fear that this person may commit a sexual offence against a person under the age of 14 here in Canada." A judge will hear arguments next week on whether Mader will be released under conditions, which typically include confiscation of a passport, prohibition from travelling or being near children. Thailand is expected to formally ask Canada to extradite Mader, but for more than a decade, all extraditions to Thailand have been stalled in Canadian courts. Canada could choose to investigate the Thai allegations against Mader and prosecute him in Canada under a sex-tourism law, said law professor Benjamin Perrin of the University of British Columbia, who specializes in child sex tourism and human trafficking issues. But Perrin said while that law has been on the books for 10 years, "there's been only one conviction." Canada is "arguably amongst the worst in preventing pedophiles from exploiting children abroad," charged Perrin, a former advisor to Canada's immigration minister and the founder of Future Group, an international organization that battles human trafficking and child sex tourism. Perrin said that unlike other developed nations, Canada has no dedicated police officers to investigate overseas sex crimes, and noted Canada does not restrict travel by people accused of child sex crimes. "We have continued to renew passports of individuals who are under the cloud of these serious allegations," he said, noting that Mader had also been connected with sex crimes in Cambodia several years ago. Government figures show there are 110 Canadians "being investigated or charged overseas for abusing children, and that's just the tip of the iceberg," said Perrin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Scrutinizer Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 [Canada is "arguably amongst the worst in preventing pedophiles from exploiting children abroad," charged Perrin, a former advisor to Canada's immigration minister and the founder of Future Group, an international organization that battles human trafficking and child sex tourism.] Why are they the worst? How was this computed? Are pedos flocking to Canada due to these weak laws never enforced, and the fact that there seems to be a huge gap in this sort of crime fighting? Wasn't NAMBLA based in Canada? [Perrin said that unlike other developed nations, Canada has no dedicated police officers to investigate overseas sex crimes, and noted Canada does not restrict travel by people accused of child sex crimes.] Can a democratic nation/government restrict travel of people accused, but not proven guilty, of these crimes? Should they? If they have been accused why aren't they in jail and going to trial to prove their guilt or innocence? (Also, if accused, why aren't their passports confiscated until the trial is over? Even if they receive bail until the trial I would think it prudent to confiscate their passports?) And, once they have been proven guilty, if so, and served their time under the law, can a nation then restrict their travel to other countries? I'd like to think that they would have some system in place that would allow the customs/immigration agents of all countries they travel to, once proven a pedo, be able to see these convictions in some sort of computer system 'pop-up', or even a notation/mark/symbol in their passports, so the country they are traveling to could at least either refuse entry, or refuse a visa to begin with so they can't even get on the plane. It boggles the mind that in this day and age of the mighty computer these things can't be done and implemented worldwide. And, why don't the Mounties have a child sex/pedo department to follow up on these things? ["We have continued to renew passports of individuals who are under the cloud of these serious allegations," he said, noting that Mader had also been connected with sex crimes in Cambodia several years ago.] "Connected". "Accused". "Allegations". But no convictions. [Government figures show there are 110 Canadians "being investigated or charged overseas for abusing children, and that's just the tip of the iceberg," said Perrin.] Wow! That is huge numbers I'd think from one country! 110! Tip of the iceberg? WTF is going on there? Cent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 The iceberg is melting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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